QQ Twenty-sixth Report on the State Museum. 



subequal, sometimes compressed at the top, stuffed or hollow? 

 pruinose. 



Plant csespitose, 1-2' high, pileiis 6"-10" broad. 



On a birch stump in woods. Eichmondville, Schoharie county. 

 June. 



Sometimes the pileus is irregular and the stem eccentric. 



Maeasmius longipes Peck. 



Pileus thin, convex, smooth, finely striate on the margin, tawny- 

 red ; lamellae not crowded, attached, white; stem tall, straight, 

 equal, hollow, pruinose-tonientose, radicating, brown or fawn 

 color, white at the top. 



Plant 2-6' high, pileus 4"-6" broad, stem .5" thick. 



Among fallen leaves in woods. Savannah and Bethlehem. 

 August and October. 



The tall, straight, slender stem is the characteristic feature of 

 this plant. 



Marasmius glabellus Peck. 



Pileus membranaceous, convex, then expanded, distantly striate, 

 often uneven on the disk, dingy ociiraceous ; lamellae broad, dis- 

 tant, unequal, free, ventricose, whitish, the upper margin and the 

 interspaces venose ; stem corneous, equal, smooth, hollow, shining, 

 reddish-brown or chestnut, whitish at the top, mycelio-thickened 

 at the base. 

 Plant r-2' high, pileus 6"-10" broad, stem .5" thick. 



Fallen leaves in woods. Worcester and Oroghau. July and 

 September. 



The color of the pileus approaches that of M. campanulatus, but 

 it is generally paler and tinged with brown. 



Maeasmius straminipes Peck. 



Pileus membranaceous, hemispherical or convex, smooth, striate, 

 whitish; lamellae distant, unequal, attached, white; stem corneous, 

 smooth, shining, filiform, inserted, pale straw color. 



Plant l'-2' high, pileus l"-3" broad. 



Fallen leaves of pitch pine, Pinus rigida. Center. October. 

 The pale yellow stem becomes pallid in the dry state and is 

 sometimes tinged with brown at the base. 



Panus strigosus B. (& G. 



Decaying wood of deciduous trees. Croghan. Septernber. 

 It is remarkable for its large size and the dense hairy covering 

 of the pileus and stem. 



