THE WH1TE-SP0RBD AGARICS 146 



Marasmius calopus. Fr. 



Calopus is from two Greek words meaning beautiful and foot, so called 

 because of its beautiful stem. 



The pileus is rather fleshy, toug-h, convex, plane then depressed, even, at 

 length rugose, whitish. 



The gills are emarginate, adnexed, thin, white, in groups of 2-4. 



The stem is hollow, equal, smooth, not rooting, shining, reddish-bay. It. is 

 found growing on twigs and fallen leaves, in the woods. Smaller than M. 

 Scorodonius but with longer stem. 



Marasmius prasiosmus. Fr. 

 The Leek-Scented Marasmius. 



Prasiosmus means smelling like a leek ; from prason, a leek. The pileus is 

 one-half to one inch broad, somewhat membranaceous, tough, bell-shaped, pale 

 yellow or whitish, disk often darker, wrinkled. 



The gills are adnexed, somewhat close, white. 



The stem is tough, hollow, pallid and smooth above, dilated at the base, 

 tomentose and brown. It is found in woods adhering to oak leaves after 

 heavy rains. It is very near M. porreus but differs from it in its gills being 

 white and caps not being striated. It differs from M. terginus mainly in its 

 habitat and leek-like scent. 



Marasmius anomalus. Pk. 



Anomalus, not conforming to rule, irregular. The pileus is one to two inches 

 broad, somewhat fleshy, tough, convex, even, reddish-gray. 



The stem is two to three inches long, hollow, equal, smooth, pallid above, 

 reddish-brown below. 



The gills are rotundate-free, close, narrow, whitish or pallid. Morgan. 



This is quite a pretty plant, growing on sticks among leaves in the woods. 

 It is larger than most of the small Marasmii found in similar habitats. 



Marasmius semihirtipes. Pk. 



Semihirtipes means a slightly hairy foot or stem. 



The pileus is thin, tough, nearly plane or depressed, smooth, sometimes striate 

 on the margin, hygrophanous, reddish-brown when moist, alutaceous when dry 

 the disk sometimes darker. 



