Leucosporee 



L. COClllea'tllS Fr. cochlea, a snail. PileilS 2-3 in. broad, flesh- Len tmus. 

 color, but becoming pale, somewhat tan, fleshy-pliant, thin, com- 

 monly excentric, imbricated, very unequal, somewhat lobed or con- 

 torted, sometimes plane, sometimes funnel-shaped-umbilicate, but not 

 pervious, smooth. Stem solid, firm, sometimes central, most frequently 

 excentric, sometimes wholly lateral, always silicate, smooth, flesh-colored 

 upward, reddish-brown downward. Gills decurrent, crowded, serrated, 

 white-flesh-color. Fries. 



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

 sometimes cespitose, imbricated, growing into each other. From very 

 small forms which are commonly solitary, with the stem and pileus 

 scarcely I in. it ranges to 3 in. 



On stumps. Frequent. August to October. 



According to Fries the odor is weak, of anise; but it is generally 

 strong and very pleasant. Stevenson. 



Spores nearly globular, 4^ diameter Morgan; spheroid or ellipsoid- 

 spheroid, uniguttate, 4-61". K.; almost globular, 4ft W.G.S. 



The dense clusters of all sized members are usually plenty in favored 

 localities. It is inviting in appearance, taste and spicy odor. It re- 

 tains a suspicion of the latter when cooked which gives the dish a flavor 

 pleasant to many. It must be young to be tender. When dry like 

 others of its kind it can be grated and used in many ways. 



L. Un'derwoodii Pk. Pileus fleshy, tough, convex or nearly plane, 

 the glabrous surface cracking into areola-like scales which are indistinct 

 or wanting toward the margin, whitish or slightly tinged with buff or 

 pale ochraceous. Flesh white. Gills moderately close, decurrent, 

 slightly connecting or anastomosing at the base, somewhat notched on 

 the edge, whitish, becoming discolored in drying. Stem stout, hard, 

 solid, eccentric, squamose, colored like the pileus. Spores oblong, 

 13-15x5-6.5^. 



Plant cespitose. Pileus 3-6 in. broad. Stem i-S-3 m - l n g> about 

 I in. thick. 



This differs from L. magnus in its cespitose habit, eccentric stem, 

 longer spores, less distinctly areolate-squamose pileus and in its habitat. 

 The gills are connected at the base very much like those of Pleurotus 

 ostreatus. Peck, Torr. Bull. Vol. 23, No. 10. 



North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Mcllvaine. 



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