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emarginate-adnexed, thin, white ; spores 7 by 4 p ; stipe equal, red- 

 dish brown, glabrous, not mycelioid, shining. 



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

 to differ from M. alliatus (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 by 4 n; 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 /*; 

 cystidia pointed, 30-40 /x 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 cm l° n &> I mm 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 /x ; stipe long, slender, 

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

 glabrous, arising from abundant mycelium, 4 6 cm long, 1 mm 

 thick. 



