14*5 MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



The gills are subdistant, reaching the stem, slightly venose-connected, sub- 

 crenulate on the edge, white. 



The stem is equal, even or finely striate, hollow, smooth above, velvety- 

 tomentose toward the base, reddish-brown. Peck. 



These plants are very small, often no doubt overlooked by the collector. They 

 are gregarious in their mode of growth. 



Marasmius longipes. Pk. 



Longipes means long stem or foot. 



The pileus is thin, convex, smooth, finely striate on the margin, tawny-red. 



The gills are not crowded, attached, white. 



The stem is tall, straight, hollow, equal, covered with a downy meal, rooting, 

 brown or fawn-color, white at the top. 



These plants are quite small and slender, sometimes four to five inches high. 

 They are rather common in our woods after a rain. 



Marasmius graminum. Berk. 



Graminum is the gen. pi. of gramen, which means grass. 



The pileus small, membranaceous, convex, then nearly plane, umbonate, deeply 

 and distinctly striate or sulcate, tinged with rufous, the furrows paler, disc brown. 



The gills are attached to a collar that is free around the stem, few in number, 

 slightly ventricose, cream-color. 



The stem is short, slender, equal, smooth, shining, black, whitish above. 



The spores are globose, 3-4^. 



This species is very near M. rotula but it can be easily distinguished by the 

 pale rufescent, distinctly sulcate pileus, and its growing on grass. I have fre- 

 quently found it on the Chillicothe high school lawn. 



Marasmius siccus. Schw. 

 The Bell-Shaped Marasmius. 



This is a very beautiful plant found in the woods after a rain, growing from 

 the leaves. They are found singly, but usually in groups. 



The pileus is at first nearly conical, then campanulate, membranaceous, dry, 

 smooth, furrows radiating from almost the center, growing larger as they ap- 

 proach the margin, ochraceous-red, the disk a little darker. 



