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Pileus submembranaceous, tough, soon explanate, depressed, 
plicate-rugose, whitish. Stipe stuffed, glabrous, brown, the apex 
thickened and paler. Lamellae broad, subdecurrent, thick, dis¬ 
tant, white; spores elliptic, 10x6 mic. 
Growing on old wood, fallen twigs, leaves, etc. Pileus 1-2 
cm. in diameter, the stipe about 2.5 cm. long. 
136. MARASMIUS LANGUIDUS Fries Hym. Eur. 
Agaricus languidus Lasch. Linnaea, No. 157. 
Pileus a little fleshy, convex, gibbous or umbilicate, floccu- 
lose, rugose-sulcate, yellowish and flesh-color, becoming whitish. 
Stipe stuffed, thickened above, naked and pallid, below brown or 
blackish and sometimes villose thickened at the base. Lamellae 
adnate becoming decurrent, distant, narrow, venose-connected; 
spores 6-7x4 mic. 
Growing on twigs, herbaceous stems, etc. Pileus 10-15 mm. 
in diameter, the stipe about 2.5 cm. long. 
137. MARASMIUS HYPERELLUS Fries, Nov. Symb. 
1857- 
Pileus very thin, membranaceous, explanate, umbilicate, 
lineate-triate, rugulose when dry, whitish. Stipe filiform, fis- 
tulose, glabrous, brown or blackish, encircled by an orbicular 
base. Lamellae subdecurrent, distant, thin, whitish. 
Growing on sticks. Pileus 10-12 mm. in diameter, the stipe 
3.5-4 cm. long. 
138. MARASMIUS VIRIDI-FUSCUS B. & C. Fungi 
Cub. 103. 
Pileus thin, explanate, radiate-striate, pale green. Stipe 
slender, glabrous, thickened upward, brown or blackish below. 
Lamellae broad, distant, decurrent, green. 
Growing on dead sticks. Pileus 10-12 mm. in diameter, the 
stipe 12 mm. long. 
139. MARASMIUS CYATHIFORMIS B. & C. Fungi 
Cub. 104. 
Caespitose. Pileus cyathiform, glabrous, brown when dry. 
Stipe dilated upward. Lamellae distant, decurrent. 
Growing on dead wood. Pileus 2-2.5 cm * i n diameter, the 
stipe 2-3 cm. long and 1 mm. thick. 
140. MARASMIUS PURPURASCENS B. & C. Fungi 
Cub. 105. 
Pileus thin, infundibuliform, minutely tomentose, striatulate, 
pale purple, when dry whitish. Stipe glabrous, concolorous. 
Lamellae close, narrow, decurrent, concolorous. 
Growing on sticks in shady woods. Pileus 2 cm. in diam¬ 
eter, the stipe 2-3 cm. long. 
B. STIPE VELVETY OR PRUINATE. 
