POISONOUS CHAMPIGNONS

=Marasmius urens=

=Pileus:= Pale buff in color; tough and fleshy; flat

convex, becoming depressed and at length wrinkled;

one to two inches in diameter.

=Gills:= Unequal, cream colored, becoming brownish;

much closer together than in the true Champignon,

hardly reaching the stem proper.

=Stem:= Solid; fibrous; pale, its surface more or less

covered with white, flocculent down, and densely

clothed with white down at base.

=Taste:= Acrid.

=Habitat:= Lawns and pastures, often in association

with the edible _M. oreades_.

=Marasmius peronatus=

=Pileus:= Reddish buff; convex slightly flattened at

top, becoming convex by expansion; very wrinkled

when old; diameter, at full expansion, between one

and two inches.

=Gills:= Thin and crowded; creamy, becoming light

reddish brown, continuing slightly down stem by a

short, abrupt curve.

=Stem:= Solid; fibrous; pale, densely clothed with

stiff yellow hairs at base.

=Taste:= Acrid.

=Habitat:= In woods, among dead leaves, etc.

[Illustration: PLATE IX POISONOUS CHAMPIGNONS. MARASMIUS URENS. M.

PERONATUS.]