THE WHITB-SPORED AGARICS 



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The stem is fibrous-stuffed, pale, densely clothed at the base with stiff yellowish 

 hairs. 



It grows in the woods, among dead leaves, from May till frost. . 



It is usually solitary yet is sometimes found in clusters. It has been eaten 

 frequently without injury, but by most writers is branded poisonous. It is quite 

 acrid, but that disappears in cooking. The dense yellow hairs at the base, of the 

 stem appear to constitute the distinguishing characteristic. Found from July to 

 October. 



Figure 112. Marasmius peronatus. Natural size. Cap reddish-buff. Gills creamy 

 or light reddish-brown. 



Marasmius ramealis. Fr. 



Ramealis means a branch or stick ; so called because the plant is found grow- 

 ing on sticks, in open woods. 



The pileus is very small, somewhat fleshy, plane or a trifle depressed, obtuse, 

 not striate, slightly rugulose, opaque. 



The gills are attached to the stem, somewhat distant, narrow, white. 



