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bluish gray at times ia dried plants ; context with a strong odor ; 

 lamellae adnate, distant, rather narrow, paler than -the pileus ; 

 spores 7 by 3.5 /x; stipe attenuate upward, densely tomentose above, 

 strigose below, white or yellowish, 4-5 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 



Upon dead leaves in woods and swamps. South eastern part of 

 the State. Rare. 



Peck has called New York specimens of this plant M . p e r o n - 

 atus (Bolt) Fr. Ellis called this plant M. carneo-pur- 

 p u r e n s , but does not, however, seem to have published a descrip- 

 tion of the species. The purplish pileus and the strigose stipe plainly 

 characterize the plant. 



10 Marasmius rubrophyllus Pennington 



North American Flora, v. 9, pt 4, p. 27. 1915 

 Pileus subfleshy, tough, broadly convex to nearly plane, often 

 slightly depressed, gregarious, 1-4 cm broad ; surface dry, smooth', 

 reddish brown to dark alutaceous ; margin even ; lamellae adnexed 

 or adnate, moderately close, narrow, reddish, becoming reddish 

 brown in dried plants ; spores 7 by 3.5 fx ; stipe firm, even, short, 

 reddish brown, uniformly covered with a white down or pruinose 

 coat, 2-3 cm long, 1-2.5 ^^^^^^ thick. 



Upon bark or wood, rarely among dead leaves. Rare. 

 This species has been called M. peronatus (Bolt.) Fr. in 

 some local lists and M . plancus Fr. and M. erythropus 

 (Pers.) Fr. in others. 



II Marasmius caryophylleus (Schaeff.) Schrot. 



Krypt. Fl. Schles., 3:561. 1889. 



Fries, Epicr. Myc. 375. 1838 (As M. oreades (Bolt) Fr.). 



Pileus fleshy, tough, convex, plane or subumbonate, 3—5 cm 



broad ; surface white to pale tan or reddish pallescent, glabrous ; 



margin at first involute, smooth, even, sometimes reflexed in age or 



in dried plants ; context somewhat tough, thick at the disk, whitish, 



the taste pleasant, the odor fragrant ; lamellae white, yellowish 



when dry, broad, distant, free ; spores 7-9 by 4-5 fx ; stipe pallid, 



solid, corticate, with a villous, interwoven cuticle, appearing nearly 



smooth or slightly villous-pubescent, 4-5 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. • 



Upon lawns and grassy places. Common. 



