Nov. 1905] No.ith American Species of Marasmius 
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88. MARASMIUS SARMENTOSUS Berk. Journ. Bot. 
1849. 
Pileus hemispheric, brownish, at first umbonate, densely silky, 
the margin involute, at length expanded. Stipe clothed with de¬ 
pressed hairs, at length glabrescent, remarkably sarmentose. 
Growing on old leaves and branches. Pileus 1-2.5 cm. in 
diameter, the stipe 20-22 cm. long. 
89. MARASMIUS TOMENTELLUS B. & C. Fungi 
Cub. 131. 
Pileus convex, sulcate, tawny. The common stem creeping, 
black, white-pubescent; the stipes short, pubescent. Lamellae few, 
concolorous with the pileus. 
Growing on dead wood. Pileus 2 mm. in diameter, the stipes 
4 mm. long, the common stem many centimeters long. 
III. GLABELLI. Pileus thin, membranaceous, convex 
or campanulate, commonly plicate-sulcate. Stipe slender, nearly 
always glabrous, arising from a floccose tubercle or from a circu¬ 
lar disk. Lamellae few or distant, free or adnexed. Growing on 
old wood, sticks, leaves, etc. 
a. Lamellae free or subfree. 
90. MARASMIUS SICCUS Fries, Epic. 1838. A (My- 
cena) siccus Schweinitz Syn. Car. 1822, A. (Collybia) sic¬ 
cus Schweinitz N. A. F. 1834. 
Pileus membranaceous, campanulate, obtuse, rugulose, pale 
rose-color. Stipe horny, filiform, long, glabrous, shining, black. 
Lamellae venose, distant, white. 
Growing among deciduous leaves. Pileus 1-2 cm. in diam¬ 
eter. 
91. MARASMIUS HAEMATOCEPHALUS Fries, Epic. 
1838, A. (MYCENA) HAEMATOCEPHALUS MONTAGNE, ANN. Sc. 
Nat. 1837 & Sylloge Crypt. 1856. 
Pileus thin, membranaceous, convex, radiate-plicate, blood- 
red, the disk darker and rugulose. Stipe slender, even, glabrous, 
cinereous-black, shining, red at the apex, the base dilated into 
a pale orbicular membrane. Lamellae few, equal, whitish, attenu¬ 
ate and contiguous to the stipe. 
Growing on old leaves, rotten wood, etc. Pileus 8 mm. in 
diameter, the stipe 3-5 cm. long and scarcely thicker than a hog 
bristle. 
92. MARASMIUS FERRUGINEUS Berkeley Journ. 
Bot. 1843. 
Pileus membranaceous, convex, plicate, saffron-ferruginous. 
Stipe slender, twisted, cinereous-black, glabrous, shining; the 
base orbicular, minutely hairy. Lamellae pallid, attenuate behind, 
venose between. 
Growing on old leaves, branchlets, etc. 
