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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



The gills are free or slightly 

 attached, few, distant, broad, 

 narrowed toward the stem, whit- 

 ish. 



The stem is hollow, tough, 

 smooth, shining, blackish-brown, 

 two to three inches long. The 

 pileus is about a half inch broad. 



The plant is quite common in 

 our woods. I have not found it 

 elsewhere. The plants in the 

 photograph represent the pink 

 form, which is not so common as 

 the ochraceous-red. In the pink 

 form the center of the cap and 

 the apex of the stem is a delicate 

 pink, which gives the plant a beautiful appearance. 



Found from June to October. I have not tested it but have no doubt of its 

 esculent qualities. 



Figure III. Marasmiu9 siccus. Natural size. Caps deeply 

 furrowed and pinkish. 



Marasmius fagineus. Morgan. 



Fagineus means belonging to beach. 



Pileus a little fleshy, convex then plane or depressed, at length somewhat 

 repand, rugose-striate, reddish-pallid or alutaceous. 



The gills are short-adnate, somewhat crisped, close, pale reddish. 



The stem is short, hollow, pubscent, thickened upward, concolorous ; the base 

 somewhat tuberculose. Morgan, Myc. Flora M. V. 



This plant is quite frequently found in our woods growing on the bark at the 

 base of living beech trees. Its habitat, its reddish or alutaceous cap, and its 

 paler gills will clearly identify the species. 



Marasmius peronatus. Fr. 

 The Masker Marasmius. 



Peronatus is from pcro, a boot. 



The pileus is reddish-buff, convex, slightly flattened at the top, quite wrinkled 

 when old ; diameter, at full expansion, between one and two inches, margin 

 striate. 



The gills are thin and crowded, creamy, becoming light red dish -brown, con- 

 tinuing down the stem by a short curve. 



