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46 Marasmius pirinus Ellis 



Torrey Club Bui. 8, p.64. 1881. 



Pileus membranous, hemispheric, slightly umbilicate, minute, 

 1-1.5 cm broad; surface sulcate-striate, atomat or spiny under a 

 lens with ovoid, pointed cells, at first pallid, becoming chestnut; 

 lamellae few, distant, white; spores obovoid, 7-8 by 2.5-3 /^» 

 cystidia oblong-fusoid, narrowed to a point above, 12-13 /x long; 

 stipe filiform, pallid above, often striate, 6-J mm long. 



Upon dead leaves of pear trees. Rare. 



47 Marasmius thujinus Peck 



N. Y. State Mus. Bui. d'j, p.26. 1903. 



Pileus membranous, hemispheric or convex, often subumbilicate, 

 2-3 mm broad ; surface subglabrous, minutely pulverulent-tomentose 

 under a lens, cinereous, tinged with lilac, margin distantly striate ; 

 lamellae adnate, few, distant, white ; spores ellipsoid, pointed 7-8 

 by 3-4 ju; stipe capillary, inserted, pallid, dry, pellucid, glabrous, at 

 times slightly brownish or minutely floccose at the base, 12-24 ^^ 

 long, scarcely thicker than a hair. 



Upon dead leaves of Thuja occidentalis. Rare. 



48 Marasmius alliatus (Schaeff.) Schrot. 



Epicr. Myc. 379. 1838 (As Marasmius scorodonius Fries) . 



Pileus soft, fleshy, soon expanded, 1-2 cm broad ; surface at first 

 even and rufous, soon 'becoming smooth, rugulose, crisped and 

 white ; context having a strong odor of onions ; lamellae adnate, 

 crisped, white ; spores 6-'^ by 3-4 /x ; stipe ^firm, horny, hollow, equal 

 or enlarged above, red or reddish brown, glabrous, shining, 2-4 cm 

 long, 1-2 mm thick. 



Upon decaying vegetable debris in woods. Common. *' Odor of 

 skunk cabbage." Peck. Although the American plant is considered 

 to be the same as the European, there is a constant difference in 

 the character of the stipe. In our form the stipe is much firmer and 

 more rigid than in the European form. 



49 Marasmius calopus (Pers.) Fries 



Epicr. Myc. 379. 1838. 



Pileus soft, fleshy, convex to plane or depressed, S-18 mm 1)r(\'i(l : 

 surface smooth, becoming rugulose, liglit yellow or wliite ; lamellae 



