Sept. 1905 ] North American Species of Marasmius 
20 ? 
Growing among fallen leaves. Pileus 1-2 cm. in diameter, 
the stipe 5-8 cm. long, squarrose one-third the distance from the 
base. 
24. MARASMIUS BOMBYCIRHTZA B. & Cooke, Gre- 
VILLEA VI, I29. 
Pileus membranaceous, somewhat convex, pallid, the margin 
striate. Stipe fistulous, whitish, glabrous above, below elongated, 
rooting, white, floccose. Lamellae adnate, white. 
Growing on fallen cones of Magnolia grandiflora. Pileus 6-8 
mm. in dimaeter, the stipe 5-8 cm. long, of which the lower half 
is rooting and clad with white cottony fibrils. 
25. MARASMIUS PLICATULUS Peck Bull. Torr. 
Bot. Club. 1897. 
Pileus submembraneous, convex or subcampanulate, glabrous, 
usually sulcate-striate, pale brown or vinous red. Stipe slender, 
tubular, glabrous above, shining, blackish-brown, red at the apex, 
the base covered with abundant whitish hairs or down. Lamellae 
subdistant, narrowed behind, attached, whitish, spores elliptic- 
ovoid, hyaline, 10-13 x 5-7 mic. 
Growing among fallen leaves; California. Pileus 2-3 cm, 
in diameter, the stipe 7-13 cm. long and about 3 mm. thick. 
26. MARASMIUS BELLIPES Morgan sp. nov. 
Pileus thin, a little fleshy, campanulate then expanded, gla¬ 
brous, plicate-sulcate, pale pinkish to purplish. Stipe long, slen¬ 
der, thicker upward, glabrous, brown and shining below, the sum¬ 
mit purplish, arising from an abundant white mycelium. Lamellae 
moderately broad, equal, rather distant, white, approximate; 
spores lanceolate, hyaline, 10-12 x 3-4 mic. 
Growing on old leaves of deciduous trees. Pileus 1.5-2.5 cm. 
in diameter, the stipe 4-6 cm. long and 1 mm. thick. 
B. STIPE, AT LEAST WHEN DRY, EVERYWHERE 
PR UINA TE- V EL VETY. 
a. * Pileus even or only rugulose. 
27. MARASMIUS ERYTHROPUS Fries Hym., Eur. 
ICONES T. I74. AGARICUS ERYTHROPUS PERSOON SYNOPSIS l8oi. 
Inodorous. Pileus a little fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse, even, 
pallescent, afterward rugose. Stipe fistulous, striate, glabrous, 
dark reddish, by dryness subpruinose, the base white-strigose. 
Lamellae seceding-free, broad, lax, venose-connected entire, whit¬ 
ish ; spores lanceolate, 7-9 x 3-4 mic. 
In beech woods among the old leaves and on the trunks. 
Pileus 2-3 cm. in diameter, the stipe 5-8 cm. long and 2-3 mm, 
thick. 
