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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Marasmius candidus. Bolt. 

 The White Marasmius. 



Candidus means shining- white. This delicate species grows in moist and 

 shady places in the woods. It grows on twigs, its habitat and structure are fully 

 illustrated in the Figure 107. 



The pileus is rather membranaceous, hemispherical, then plane or depressed, 

 pellucid, wrinkled, naked, entirely white. 



Figure 107. Marasmius candidus. Natural size. 



The gills are adnexed, ventricose, distant, not c>ntire. 



The stem is thin, stuffed, whitish, slightly pruinose, base tinged with brown. 

 Spores are elliptical, 4x2^. 



This plant has a wide distribution in this country. The specimens figured 

 were collected by H. H. York near Sandusky, Ohio, and were photographed by 

 Dr. Kellerman. I have found them at various points in Ohio. 



