150 MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Figure 113. Marasmius ramealis. Natural size. 



The stem is about one inch long, stuffed, mealy, white, inclined to be rufescent 

 at the base. 



The spores are elliptical, 4x2^. 



This is a very pretty plant but easily overlooked. It is found on oak and 

 beech branches, frequently in large groups. Figure 113 illustrates their mode of 

 growth and will assist the collector in identifying the species. Not poisonous, but 

 too small to gather. Found from July to October. The specimens in Figure 113 

 were found in Haynes' Hollow near Chillicothe and photographed by Dr. 

 Kellerman. 



Marasmius sacchariiuts. Batsch. 

 Granular Marasmius. Edible. 



Saccharinus is from sacchantm. sugar; it is so called because the white pileus 

 looks very much like loaf sugar. 



The pileus is entirely white, membranaceous, convex, somewhat papillate, 

 smooth, sulcate and plicate. 



The gills are broadly and firmly attached to the stem, narrow, thick, very 

 distant, united by veins, whitish. 



The stem is quite thin, thread-form, attenuated upward, at first fiocculose, at 

 length becoming smooth, inserted obliquely, reddish, pale at the apex. Spores, 



5X3^ 



Quite common in wet weather on dead oak limbs in woods. This plant differs 

 from M. epiphyllus in its habitat, in the papillate form of its pileus and the stem's 

 being fiocculose, then smooth ; also in that the gills are united in a reticulated 

 manner. Common. July to October. 



