156 AGARICINI. 



Lentinus. On dead trunks. Glamis, 1875. Oct. 



Tufted, at first infundibuliform, then lateral flabelliform, fuliginous, floccoso- 

 pulverulent, with little umber particles ; stem elongated, at length smooth ; 

 gills thick, pallid, deeply decurrent, their edge crenulate but not torn. Pileus 

 2 inches across, stem 3 inches high. B. er 1 Br. Name piilvis, dust. Pul- 

 verulent. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 483. B. &> Br. n. 1567. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 648. 

 Ag. Scop. Cam. p. 434. 



* L. resinaceus Fr. Pileus ocliraceous-cinnamon, somewhat 

 fleshy, pliant, excentric, somewliatgummy-villous. Stem unequal, 

 tomentose. Gills crowded, serrated, shining white. 



Somewhat crespitose. Covered with a dry, tenacious, somewhat resinous 

 gluten arising from the quasi-glandular villous down. 



On trunks. Forres. 



Name resina, resin. From the resinous covering. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 

 483. B. &* Br. n. 1283. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 649. Ag. Trog. Fl. 1832. p. 525. 



5. L. adhserens Fr. Pileus dingy pallid, somewhat fleshy, 

 pliant, irregular, convexo-umbonate then depressed and infundi- 

 buliform, lacunose, somewhat pulverulent, coated with a glutin- 

 ous varnish. Stem somewhat hollow, rooted, of the same colour 

 as the pileus and like it coated with a glutinous varnish. Gills 

 decurrent in lines, very thin, torn, white. 



Small, unequal, taste at length astringent. 



In pine woods. Rare. 



Name ad, and hczreo, to stick. From the glutinous varnish. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 483. C. Hbk. n. 685. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 649. Ag. A. & S. A. 

 adhsesivus With. 



*** Cochleati. Pileus smooth. 



6. L. cochleatus Fr. Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, flesh- 

 colour, but becoming pale, somewhat tan, fleshy-pliant, thin, 

 commonly excentric, imbricated, very unequal, somewhat lobed 

 or contorted, sometimes plane, sometimes infundibuliform-umbi- 

 licate, but not pervious, smooth. Stem solid, firm, sometimes 

 central, most frequently excentric, sometimes wholly lateral, 

 always sulcate, smooth, flesh-coloured upwards, rufous-fuscous 

 downwards. Gills decurrent, crowded, serrated, white -flesh- 

 colour. 



Pliant, tough, flaccid, very changeable in form, sometimes solitary, some- 

 times caespitose, imbricated, growing into each other. From very small 

 forms, which are commonly solitary, with the stem and pileus scarcely 2.5 

 cent, (i in.) it ranges to 7.5 cent. (3 in.) 



On stumps. Frequent. Aug.-Oct. 



