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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Marasmius velutipes. B. & C. 



Velutipes means velvet-footed, from the velvety stem. The pileus is thin, 

 submembranaceous, smooth, convex, or expanded, grayish-rufous when moist, 



cinerous when dry, a half to 

 one and a half inches broad. 



The gills are very narrow, 

 crowded, whitish or grayish. 



The stem is slender, three to five 

 inches long, equal, hollow, clothed 

 with a dense grayish velvety 

 tomentum. Peck. 



They usually grow in a very 

 crowded condition, many plants 

 growing from one mat of my- 

 celium. It is quite a common 

 plant with us, found in damp 

 woods or around a swampy place. 

 The pileus with us is convex. 

 Some authorities speak of an um- 

 bilicate cap. The plant is quite 

 hardy and easily identified because 

 of its long and slender stem, 

 with the grayish tomentum at the 

 base. Found from July to 

 October. 



The specimens in Figure 105 

 were found at Ashville, Ohio. 



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Figure 105. Marasmius velutipes. 



Marasmius coh&rens. (Fr.) Brcs. 

 The Stemmed-Massro Marasmius, Edible. 



Cohaerens means holding together, referring to the stems being massed to- 

 gether. 



The pileus is fleshy, thin, convex, campanulate, then expanded, sometimes 

 slightly umbonate, in old specimens the margin upturned or wavy, velvety, reddish 

 tan-color, darker in the center, indistinctly striate. 



The gills are rather crowded, narrow, adnate, sometimes becoming free from 

 the stem, connected by slight veins, pale cinnamon-color, becoming somewhat 

 darker with age. the variation of color due to the number of cystidia scattered over 

 the surface of the gills and on their edge. Spores, oval, white, small. 6x3/4. 



The stem is hollow, long, rigid, even, smooth, shining, reddish-brown, growing 



