No. 15.] HYMENIALES OF CONNECTICUT. I3 



2. Flesh changing to red where bruised ; cap covered with 



red scales L. americana 



Flesh not changing to red 3 



3. Stem with movable ring L. procera 



Stem with fixed ring 4 



4. Surface of cap covered with many small, erect, pointed 



scales, light brown or olive-brown in color. . .L. asperula 

 Surface of cap not covered with small, erect, pointed 

 scales 5 



5. Surface of cap granular; plants red-yellow. . .L. granulosa 

 Surface of cap not granular 6 



6. Surface of cap covered with a dense white veil of 



mealy down L. farinosa 



Surface of cap with distinct, persistent scales 7 



7. Stem covered with soft, floccose scales 8 



Stem smooth ; surface of cap cracking into numerous 



reddish scales in a crested manner L. cristata 



8. Spores elliptical L. clypeolaria 



Spores spindle-shaped L. metulaespora 



MARASMIUS Fr. 

 Stems cohering into a somewhat solid mass. . .M. cohaerens 

 Stems separate and distinct i 



1. Plants succulent and fleshy M. oreades 



Plants becoming dry and leathery 2 



2. Flesh having odor and taste resembling that of 



onions M. scorodonius 



Flesh without distinct odor and taste 3 



3. Stem black, shining; cap thin, depressed in center M. rotula 

 Stem, not black 4 



4. Stem hairy below, smooth above 5 



Stem smooth or slightly tomentose 6 



5. Stem filled with dark, blood-colored juice M varicosus 



Stem without colored juice, densely hairy below 



M. semihirtipes 



6. Gills permanently connected by veins M. retiphyllus 



Gills not connected by veins ; stem long and graceful ; 



cap with striate margins ^L elongatipes 



