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54. MARASMIUS TENEBRARUM B. & C. Fungi Cub. 
95 - 
Pileus convex, umbilicate, thin, radiate-striate, pale rufous, 
glabrous. Stipe solid, rather thick, glabrous, whitish. Lamellae 
close, narrow, adnate, pale brown. 
Growing on sticks in woods. Pileus 8-9 mm. in diameter, the 
stipe 8-9 mm. long. 
b. Lamellae white or pallid. 
a. Pileus colored. 
55. MARASMIUS PUTREDINIS B. & C. Fungi Cub. 
98. 
Pileus plane, thin, glabrous, gray or rufescent. Stipe con- 
colorous, solid, equal, glabrous. Lamellae narrow, adnate, white. 
Growing on rotten wood in forests. Pileus 1-2.5 cm - 1n diam¬ 
eter, the stipe 2 cm. long and 1 mm. thick. 
56. MARASMIUS FLORICEPS B. & C. Fungi Cub. 127. 
Pileus conic then explanate, umbonate, sulcate, glabrous, 
bright red-brown. Stipe twisted, hollow, brown below, glabrous 
and shinning. Lamellae few, broad, white. 
Growing on rotten wood. Pileus 2 cm. in diameter, the stipe 
3-4 cm. long and 2 mm. thick. 
57. MARASMIUS BADICEPS Peck, Bull. Torr. Bot. 
Club, 1897. 
Pileus thin, convex, glabrous, bay or red-brown. Stipe 
glabrous, hollow, black-brown. Lamellae narrow, subdistant, ad¬ 
nate, whitish; spores broadly elliptic, 5x3 mic. 
Growing on wet fallen fragments. Kansas. Pileus 6-13 cm. 
in diameter, the stipe 2-3 cm. long and 2 mm. thick. 
58. MARASMIUS LEPTOPUS Peck, N. Y. Rep. 1902. 
Pileus thin, broadly convex or nearly plane, glabrous, ob¬ 
scurely and rugosely striate on the margin, reddish-brown. Stipe 
slender, glabrous, hollow, whitish or pallid. Lamellae thin, nar¬ 
row, close, adnate, white; spores oblong or narrowly elliptic 7-9 
jc 3-4 mic. 
Growing on fallen leaves. Pileus 6-10 mm. in diameter, the 
stipe 2-4 cm. long and 1 mm. thick. 
b'. Pileus white or Pallid. 
59. MARASMIUS SCORODONIUS Fries, Hym. Eur. 
Strong-smelling. Pileus a little fleshy, tough, even, soon 
plane, rugulose and crisped. Stipe horny, fistulous, equal, gla¬ 
brous, shining, rufous. Lamellae adnate, crisp, whitish; spores 
elliptic, 6-8 x 3-4 mic. 
