WHITE-SPORED AGARICS. 



135 



C 

 tfl 



Lentinus lecomtei Fr., is a very common and widely distributed 

 species growing on wood. 

 When it grows on the upper 

 side of logs the pileus is some- 

 times regular and funnel- 

 shaped (cyathiform), but it is 

 often irregular and produced 

 on one side, especially if it 

 grows on the side of the sub- 

 stratum. In most cases, how- 

 ever, there is a funnel-shaped 

 depression above the attach- 

 ment of the stem. The pileus 

 is tough, reddish or reddish 

 brown or leather color, hairy 

 or sometimes strigose, the 

 margin incurved. The stem is 

 usually short, hairy, or in age 

 it may become more or less 

 smooth. The gills are narrow, 

 crowded, the spores small, 

 ovate to elliptical 5-6x2~3/<. 

 According to Bresadola this is 

 the same as Panus mdis Fr. 

 It resembles very closely also 

 PJHUS cyathiformis (Schaeff.) 

 Fr., and P. strigosus B. & C. 



Lentinus lepideus Fr., \_L. 

 sqiiamosus (Schaeff. )Schroet.] 

 is another common and widely 

 distributed species. It is much 

 larger than L. lecomtei, whitish 

 with coarse brown scales on 

 the cap. It is 12-20 cm. high, 

 and the cap is often as broad. 

 The stem is 2-8 cm. long and 

 1-2 cm. in thickness. It 

 grows on wood. 



Lentinus stipticus (Bull.) 

 Schroet. (Panus stipticus Bull.) 

 is a very small species com- 

 pared with the three named 



o 



3 



N 



ft 



n 

 o 



Orq 



