TLATE IX 



POISONOUS CHAMPIGNONS 



Marasmius urens 



Pileus: Pale buff in color; tough and fleshy; flat convex, 



becoming depressed and at length wrinkled; one to two 



inches in diameter. 

 Gills: Unequal, cream colored, becoming brownish; much 



closer together than in the true Champignon, hardly 



reaching the stem proper. 

 Stem: Solid; fibrous; pale, its surface more or less covered 



with white, flocculent down, and densely clothed with 



white down at base. 

 Taste: Acrid. 

 Habitat: Lawns and pastures, often in association with the 



edible M. oreades. 



Marasmius peronatus 



Pileus: Reddish buff; convex slightly flattened at top, be- 

 coming convex by expansion; very wrinkled when old; 

 diameter, at full expansion, between one and two inches. 



Gills : Thin and crowded ; creamy, becoming light reddish 

 brown, continuing slightly down stem by a short, abrupt 

 curve. 



Stem: Solid; fibrous; pale, densely clothed with stiff yel- 

 low hairs at base. 



Taste: Acrid. 



Habitat: In woods, among dead leaves, etc. 



