﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST, 
  1 
  897 
  28/ 
  

  

  Marasmius 
  vialis 
  n, 
  sp. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  membranaceous, 
  convex, 
  pruinose, 
  white; 
  lamellae 
  arcuate, 
  

   distant, 
  decurrent, 
  white 
  ; 
  stem 
  short, 
  tough, 
  solid, 
  at 
  first 
  white, 
  then 
  

   brown 
  or 
  blackish 
  but 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  pruinosity, 
  commonly 
  

   swollen 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  into 
  a 
  small 
  downy 
  bulb. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  2 
  to 
  5 
  Hues 
  broad; 
  stem 
  6 
  to 
  lo 
  lines 
  long, 
  about 
  .5 
  line 
  

   thick. 
  ; 
  

  

  Damp 
  ground 
  by 
  roadside. 
  Gansevoort, 
  Saratoga 
  county. 
  July. 
  

  

  This 
  fungus 
  has 
  almost 
  the 
  same 
  style 
  of 
  coloration 
  as 
  Marasmius 
  

   nigripes, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  its 
  smaller 
  size, 
  distant 
  decurrent 
  

   lamellae, 
  bulbous 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  solid 
  stem 
  and 
  in 
  its 
  habitat. 
  

  

  Marasmius 
  subnudus 
  (FUis) 
  Pk 
  

  

  Pileus 
  thin, 
  flexible, 
  tough, 
  broadly 
  convex 
  or 
  nearly 
  plane, 
  

   glabrous, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  striate 
  on 
  the 
  margin,, 
  often 
  somewhat 
  irregu- 
  

   larly 
  uneven, 
  dull 
  brownish 
  red 
  or 
  dingy 
  bay, 
  taste 
  of 
  the 
  dry 
  plant 
  

   bitter, 
  unpleasant; 
  lamellae 
  narrow, 
  subdistant, 
  rounded 
  behind, 
  

   nearly 
  free, 
  whitish 
  or 
  creamy 
  yellow, 
  becoming 
  darker 
  in 
  drying; 
  

   stem 
  slender, 
  equal, 
  tough, 
  inserted, 
  solid, 
  reddish 
  brown 
  above, 
  

   blackish 
  brown 
  below, 
  everywhere 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  grayish 
  down 
  or 
  

   tomentum 
  which 
  is 
  commonly 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  dense 
  near 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  10 
  to 
  20 
  lines 
  broad; 
  stem 
  1.5 
  to 
  3 
  in. 
  long, 
  i 
  to 
  1.5 
  lines 
  

   thick. 
  

  

  Fallen 
  leaves 
  and 
  sticks 
  in 
  woods. 
  July 
  and 
  August. 
  Suffolk, 
  

   Albany, 
  Rensselaer 
  and 
  Essex 
  counties. 
  Common. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  M. 
  pcronatus 
  subnudus 
  Ellis, 
  no. 
  909, 
  N. 
  A. 
  fungi. 
  It 
  

   differs 
  so 
  much 
  in 
  its 
  characters 
  and 
  general 
  appearance 
  from 
  the 
  

   descriptions 
  and 
  figures 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  M. 
  peronatus, 
  that 
  it 
  seems 
  

   to 
  me 
  to 
  be 
  worthy 
  of 
  specific 
  distinction. 
  The 
  pileus 
  is 
  almost 
  

   membranaceous, 
  often 
  wavy 
  or 
  irregular 
  on 
  the 
  margin, 
  never 
  um- 
  

   bonate 
  sO' 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  seen, 
  and 
  more 
  highly 
  colored. 
  The 
  lamellae 
  

   are 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  crowded, 
  nor 
  have 
  I 
  ever 
  seen 
  them 
  rufescent. 
  The 
  

   stem 
  is 
  not 
  sensibly 
  narrowed 
  upward 
  and 
  its 
  color 
  is 
  darker 
  than 
  in 
  

   M. 
  peronatus. 
  The 
  tomentum 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  as 
  

   copious 
  and 
  conspicuous 
  as 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  European 
  plant. 
  The 
  

  

  