124 TWENTY-THTRD REPORT ON THE StATE CABINET. 



dicliotomonsly branched, sometimes anastomosing, crisped, 

 glaiicous-green ; stipe lateral or none. 



Pileus 4"- 8" broad. 



Trunks of trees, etc. Common. September - November. 



Genus — MARASMIUS Fr. 



Hymenopborum confluent with the stem, though different in 



texture, descending into the floccose trama. Hymenium 



dry, covering the interstices as well as the gills. Gills or 



folds thick, tough and subcoriaceous. Edge acute. — Be7'7i\ 



Oiitl. 



The tough subcoriaceous texture of the plant, and the drj', 



continuous hymenium are the chief cliaracters in this genus. 



Specimens of these plants are easily preserved, being less fleshy, 



putrescent and perishable than the preceding. Most of tlie 



species grow upon wood, decaying twigs or leaves. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Stem naked, solid 1. 



Stem velvety-tomeutose or hairy a. 



a. LamelltB narrow, crowded 2. 



a. LamellfB uot crowded 3. 



Stem smooth, shiuiug, hollow b. 



b- Pileus even ; plant fetid 4. 



b. Pileus distantly sulcate-striate c. 



c. Pileus whitish d. 



d. Lamellae attached to a free collar 5. 



d. Lamellae attached to the stem G. 



c. Pileus subrufous e. 



e. Pileus expanded 7. 



e. Pileus campanulate or convex 8. 



■'■1. Matiasmius oreades Bolt. 



Pileus fleshy, firm, smooth, convex, then expanded, often 

 irregular and broadly subumbonate, watery fulvous when 

 moist, whitish or cream-colored when dry ; lamellae broad, 

 distant, free, whitish or cream-colored; stipe equal, smooth, 

 solid, concolorous, sometimes rooting. 



Height 2-3', breadth of pileus l'-2'. 



Grassy ground and pastures. May - October. Yery common. 



The plant is described as growing in rings. I have never 

 seen it forming a complete ring, but it often forms a part of 

 one. Edible. 



2. Makasmius velutipes B. & C. 



Pileus thin, submembranaceous, smooth, convex or ex- 

 panded, grayish-rufous when moist, cinereous when dry ; 

 lamelliD very narrow, crowded, whitish or gray ; stipe slender, 



