THE WHIT ESP ORED AGARICS 



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stem, frequently quite simple and few in number, about fifteen, with shorter 

 ones between, somestimes forked, whitish. 



The stem is one to two inches long, horny, filiform, hollow, quite smooth, 

 black, often twisted when dry. The spores are 7x3-4.//,. 



This is a very attractive little plant found on the leaves in the woods after a 

 rain. They are quite abundant. Found from July to October. 



Marusmius foctidus. Sow. 



Foetidus means stinking or foetid. 



The pileus is submembranaceous, tough, convex, then expanded, umbilicate 

 striato-plicate, turning pale when dry, subpruinose. 



The gills are annulato-adnexed, distant, rufescent with a yellow tinge. 



The stem is hollow, minutely velvety, bay, base flocculose. 

 The caps are 

 light brownish-red 

 in color, fading 

 when dry. When 

 fresh it has a 

 foetid odor quite 

 perceptible for 

 such small plants. 

 It is found on de- 

 cayed sticks and 

 leaves in woods. 

 During wet weather 

 or after heavy 

 rains it is quite 

 common in the 

 woods about Chil- 

 licothe. 



Found from July 

 to October. 



This is also 

 called Heliomyces 

 feet ens (Pat.) and 

 is so classified by 

 Prof. , Morgan in 

 his very excellent 

 Monogram on 

 North American 

 Species of Maras- 



Figure 104. Marasmius foetidus. 



