Sept. 1905 ] North American Species of Mar asmias 
209 
Growing on damp ground in shaded places. Pileus 3-5 cm. 
in diameter, the stipe 4-8 cm. long and 2-4 mm. thick. 
b. Pileus striate or pile ate-side ate. 
33. MARASMIUS RADIUS B. & C. Fungi Cub, 92. 
Pileus convex, striate, glabrous. Stipe thickened above and 
below, pruinose, glabrescent. Lamellae ventricose, distant, 
rounded behind and slightly adnate, thick. 
Growing on bark amongst moss. Pileus 1-2 cm. in diameter, 
the stipe 2-3 cm. long and 2 mm. thick. 
34. MARASMIUS PERSONATUS B. & C. Fungi Cub. 
JI 9- 
Pileus depressed, striate, pale, tawny. Stipe rigid, glabres¬ 
cent, sulcate when dry, attached by an orbicular strigose base, 
concolorous. Lamellae close, adnexed. 
Growing on old leaves. Pileus 6-7 mm. in diameter, the stipe 
.4 cm. long. 
35. MARASMIUS VELUTIPES B. & C. Ann. & Mag. 
N. H. 1859. 
Pileus thin, umbilicate, brown or ochre-brown, the margin 
striate. Stipe straight, clothed with pale velvety down, ferru¬ 
ginous at the base. Lamellae narrow, close, pallid, attached. 
Growing on old leaves in dried up places in swamps. The 
pileus 1-2 cm. in diameter, the stipe 4-5 cm. long and 2 mm. thick. 
36. MARASMIUS SUBPILOSUS Peck, Bull. Torr. 
Bot. Club. 1903. 
Pilpus thin, even or the center rugulose and the margin stri¬ 
ate, pruinose-pubescent, convex or nearly plane, whitish, the cen¬ 
ter often brown tinged with yellow. Stipe slender, stuffed or hol¬ 
low, pruinose-pubescent, the base gray-tomentose, reddish-brown, 
white above. Lamellae rather broad, ventricose, adnate, sub- 
sinuate, white, the edge minutely ciliate. 
Growing among leaves and branchlets in wet woods; Idaho. 
Pileus 1-2 cm. in diameter, the stipe 3-5 cm. long and 1 mm. thick. 
37. MARASMIUS PAPILLOSUS Clements, Bot. Sur¬ 
vey IV. 1896. 
Pileus conic-papillate, then campanulate or explanate, mem¬ 
branaceous, striate, glabrous, whitish or ochraceous. Stipe equal, 
whitish, pruinose above, below densely woolly. Lamellae few, 
attached, white; spores ellipsoid, 6x4 mic. 
Growing on rotten wood. Pileus 7-15 mm. in diameter, the 
stipe 15-25 mm. long and 2 mm. thick. 
III. STYLOBATAE. Pileus convex-involute, then plane 
.and depressed. Stipe cartilaginous without a root, dilated at the 
