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65. MARASMIUS JUGLANDIS B. & C. Saccardo, Syl- 
LOGE IX. 67. 
Pileus explanate, irregular, pale umber, glabrous, thin, flaccid. 
Stipe angular, hollow, compressed above, darker below, pruinose, 
concolorous. Lamellae unequal, adnate, watery-white, thin, flac¬ 
cid ; spores subglobose, 4x3 mic. 
Growing on trunks of Juglans and Hickoria among mosses. 
Pileus 2 cm. in diameter, the stipe 2-3 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick. 
66. MARASMIUS GREGARIUS Peck. Bull. Torr. 
Bot. Club. 1896. 
Pileus submembranaceous, glabrous, depressed or broadly 
umbilicate, when wet striatulate, bay or pale alutaceous, the disk 
darker. Stipe short, slender, hollow, flocculose or subpubescent, 
pale bay, toward the base darker. Lamellae narrow, subdistant, 
adnate, sometimes branched, whitish; spores subglobose, nearly 
4 mic. in diameter. 
Growing on decorticated wood; Kentucky. Pileus 10-13 
mm. in diameter, the stipe 1-2 cm. long and 1 mm. thick. 
b'. Pileus white or pallid. 
a". Stipe colored. 
67. MARASMIUS TENERRIMUS B. & C. Fungi Cub. 
no. 
Pileus convex then plane, whitish subpellucid, the center de¬ 
pressed, very tender, tomentose. Stipe setiform, solid, pubescent, 
pale brown. Lamella^ broad, adnate, whitish. 
Growing on rotten sticks in woods. Pileus 13 mm. in diam¬ 
eter, the stipe 13 mm. long, bristle-shaped. 
68. MARASMIUS SALIGNUS Peck. 35 N. Y. Rep. 
1882. 
Pileus submembranaceous, convex or plane, even, glabrous 
or subpruinose, whitish. Stipe short, slender, slightly mealy or 
pruinose, reddish-brown. Lamellae rather narrow, subdistant, 
adnate, whitish; spores ovoid or subelliptic, pointed at one end, 
6-8 x 4 mic. 
Growing on the bark of living willow trees. Pileus 4-10 mm. 
in diameter, the stipe 12-20 mm. long and scarcely 1 mm. thick. 
69. MARASMIUS RAMULINUS Peck. N. Y. Rep. 1897. 
Pileus very thin, submembranaceous, broadly convex, even, 
becoming radiatelv rugulose on the margin, subumbilicate or 
slightly depressed in the center, white. Stipe slender, minutel} 
downy or pruinose, whitish then rufescent. Lamellae rather close, 
adnate, white; the spores elliptic, 7-8 x 3-4 mic. 
Growing on dead twigs, branches and herbaceous stems. 
Pileus 4-8 mm. in diameter, the stipe 12-18 mm. long. 
