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emarglnate-adnexed, thin, white ; spores 7 by 4 fi ; stipe equal, red- 

 dish brown, glabrous, not mycelioid, shining. 



Upon dead leaves and grass. Not common. This species seems 

 to differ from M . a 1 1 i a t u s (Schaeff.) Schrot. chiefly in the 

 absence of the odor of onions, which is not noticeable in one and 

 very marked in the other. 



50 Marasmius delectans Morgan 

 Jour. Myc. 11:206. 1905. 



Pileus subcoriaceous, convex, then expanded and depressed, 1-2 

 cm broad; surface glabrous, rugulose, white, changing in drying to 

 yellow or pale alutaceous ; lamellae emarginate-adnexed, subdistant, 

 slightly venose-connected, moderately broad, unequal, white; spores 

 lance-oblong, 7-9 hy 4 fx; stipe long, slender, slightly tapering up- 

 ward, arising from abundant white mycelium, glabrous, shining 

 brown, white at the apex, 3-5 cm long, 1-1.5 mm thick. 



Upon dead leaves of deciduous trees. Not common. Reported 

 as M. calopus (Pers.) Fr. 



51 Marasmius glabellus Peck 



Ann. Rep't N. Y. State Mus., 26:66. 1874. 



Pileus membranous, convex to expended, 6-15 mm broad; sur- 

 face dark ochraceous, often roughened on the disk, pruinose with 

 cystidia, margin distantly striate ; lamellae free, unequal, inter- 

 veined, distant, broad, ventricose, whitish ; spores 9 by 4.5 /a ; 

 cystidia pointed, 30-40 /a long; stipe horny, hollow, reddish brown 

 or chestnut, glabrous, shining, white at the apex, equal or thickened 

 and myceloid at the base, 2.5-5 ^"^ loi^g> i "^"^ thick. 



Upon dead leaves in woods. Not uncommon. 



52 Marasmius bellipes Morgan 

 Jour. Myc. 11:207. 1905. 



Pileus thin, subfleshy, campanulate, then expanded, 1.5-2.5 cm 

 broad; surface glabrous, pale pinkish to purplish, margin plicate- 

 sulcate; lamellae approximate, subdistant, moderately broad, equal, 

 white; spores lanceolate, 10-12 by 3-4 fx; stipe long, slender, 

 thicker upward, brown and shining below, purplish at the apex, 

 glabrous, arising from abundant mycelium, 4-6 cm long, i mm 

 thick. 



