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subequal, sometimes compressed at the top, stuffed or hollow; 
pruinose. 
Plant cespitose, 1-2’ high, pileus 6-10” broad. 
On a birch stump in woods. Richmondville, Schoharie county. 
June. 
Sometimes the pileus is irregular and the stem eccentric. 
Marasmius tonerprs Peck. 
Pileus thin, convex, smooth, finely striate on the margin, tawny- 
red; lamelle not crowded, attached, white; stem tall, straight, 
equal, hollow, pruinose-tomentose, radicating, brown or fawn 
color, white at the top. 
Plant 2-5’ high, pileus 4’-6” broad, stem .5” thick. 
Among fallen leaves in woods. Savannah and Bethlehem. 
August and October. 
The tall, straight, slender stem is the characteristic feature of 
this plant. 
Marasmivs @LaBELLus Peck. 
Pileus membranaceous, convex, then expanded, distantly striate, 
often uneven on the disk, dingy ochraceous; lamellee broad, dis- 
tant, unequal, free, ventricose, whitish, the upper margin and the 
interspaces venose ; stem corneous, equal, smooth, hollow, shining, 
reddish-brown or chestnut, whitish at the top, mycelio-thickened 
at the base. 
Plant 1—2' high, pileus 6’-10” broad, stem .5” thick. 
Fallen leaves in woods. Worcester and Croghan. July and 
September. 
The color of the pileus approaches that of JZ. campanulatus, but 
it is generally paler and tinged with brown. 
MaRrasMIUs sTRAMINIPES Pech. 
Pileus membranaceous, hemispherical or convex, smooth, striate, 
whitish ; Jamelle distant, unequal, attached, white; stem corneous, 
smooth, shining, filiform, inserted, pale straw color. 
Plant 1-2’ high, pileus 1’—3” broad. 
Fallen leaves of pitch pine, Pinus rigida. Center. October. 
The pale yellow stem becomes pallid in the dry state and is 
sometimes tinged with brown at the base. 
Panus striaosus B. & C. 
Decaying wood of deciduous trees. Croghan. September. 
It is remarkable for its large size and the dense hairy covering 
of the pileus and stem. 
