REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I914 JI 



•Fallen leaves and branches. Not yet reported from New York. 

 It is not unlikely that it will be found in the southern part of the 

 State, since it occurs in Ohio. 



33 Marasmius ramulinus Peck 



Ann. Rep't N. Y. State Mus., 51 :286. 1898. 



Pileus very thin, submembranous, broadly convex, subumbilicate, 

 4-8 mm broad ; surface white, margin nearly even to irregularly 

 plicate-striate; lamellae adnate, rather close, white; spores 7-8 by 

 3.5-4 fi; stipe slender, inserted, whitish, becoming tawny-red, 

 stuffed, minutely downy or pruinose, 12-18 mm long. 



Upon dead twigs and herbaceous stems. Rare. 



34 Marasmius phyllophilus Peck 

 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 116, p.26. 1907. 



Pileus membranous, convex or nearly plane, gregarious, 8-16 

 mm broad; surface dry, strongly rugose-striate or rugose-sulcate, 

 whitish with a faint pinkish tint when dry; lamellae adnexed, dis- 

 tant, narrow, rounded behind, whitish, the interspaces venose ; 

 spores 5-6 by 3-4 /*; stipe inserted, slender, equal, tough, hollow, 

 white, covered with whitish downy or velvety pubescence, 20-30 

 mm long, 1 mm thick. 



Upon dead leaves. Rare. 



35 Marasmius insititius Fries 



Epicr. Myc. 386. 1838. 



Pileus membranous, convex to plane or subumbilicate. 6-12 mm 

 broad ; surface not polished, pale yellowish brown, then whitish, 

 margin becoming plicate-sulcate ; lamellae unequal, simple, broadly 

 adnate, distant, narrow in front, pallid; spores 4 by 2 /x ; stipe in- 

 serted, horny, hollow, reddish brown, floccose-furfuraceous, 2-3 

 cm long, 1 mm thick. 



Upon dead leaves and twigs. Not uncommon. 



36 Marasmius tomentosipes Peck 



Torrey Club Bui. 29, p. 71. 1902. 



Pileus thin, convex, becoming nearly plane, generally umlulicale, 

 gregarious or subcespitose, 1-3.5 cm broad; surface glabrous, 

 widely striate on the margin when moist, golden yellow, brownish 



