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Marasmius vialis n. sp. 
Pileus membranaceous, convex, pruinose, white; lamellae arcuate, 
distant, decurrent, white; stem short, tough, solid, at first white, then 
brown or blackish but covered with a white pruinosity, commonly 
swollen at the base into a small downy bulb. 
Pileus 2 to 5 lines broad; stem 6 to io lines long, about .5 line 
thick. 
Damp ground by roadside. Gansevoort, Saratoga county. July. 
This fungus has almost the same style of coloration as Marasmius 
nigripes, from which it differs in its smaller size, distant decurrent 
lamellae, bulbous base of the solid stem and in its habitat. 
Marasmius subnudus (Ellis) Pk 
Pileus thin, flexible, tough, broadly convex or nearly plane, 
glabrous, more or less striate on the margin, often somewhat irregu¬ 
larly uneven, dull brownish red or dingy bay, taste of the dry plant 
bitter, unpleasant; lamellae narrow, subdistant, rounded behind, 
nearly free, whitish or creamy yellow, becoming darker in drying; 
stem slender, equal, tough, inserted, solid, reddish brown above, 
blackish brown below, everywhere clothed with a grayish down or 
tomentum which is commonly a little more dense near the base. 
Pileus 1 o to 20 lines broad; stem 1.5 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1.5 lines 
thick. 
Fallen leaves and sticks in woods. July and August. Suffolk, 
Albany, Rensselaer and Essex counties. Common. 
This is M. pcronatus subnudus Ellis, no. 909, N. A. fungi. It 
differs so much in its characters and general appearance from the 
descriptions and figures of the European M. pcronatus, that it seems 
to me to be worthy of specific distinction. The pileus is almost 
membranaceous, often wavy or irregular on the margin, never um- 
bonate so far as I have seen, and more highly colored. The lamellae 
are not at all crowded, nor have I ever seen them rufescent. The 
stem is not sensibly narrowed upward and its color is darker than in 
M. pcronatus. The tomentum on the lower part is by no means as 
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copious and conspicuous as represented in the European plant. The 
