Crepidotus 



AGARICACE^: 



167 



attenuate downwards, paler than P., white-fibrillose, basewhite- 

 floccose. G. adnato-decurrent, subdistant, umber. 



Gregarious. Grass, ferns, stalks, chips; common. May-Oct. ^xi^Xygin. 

 Must not be confounded with 858 or 860. Var. ecbola Karst. Stem 

 rooting ; roots of grasses. 



XXXI. CREPIDOTUS Quel. 

 (From the shape of some of the species ; Gr. krepis, a slipper.) 



Veil obsolete. Hymenophore confluent and homogeneous with 

 the fleshy stem. Pileus excentric, lateral or resupinate, commonly 

 thin and with soft flesh. Stem lateral, simple or absent. Gills 



Fig. 40. A, Crepidotus applanatus Karst. One-half natural size. 



B, C. epibryus Quel. Twice natural size. 



Entire and in section. 



more or less decurrent, reaching the stem or axis, or radiating from 

 an excentric point. Spores pale ferruginous or cinnamon. (Fig. 40.) 



The species, except 784, grow on wood, trunks, twigs, grass, 

 moss, etc., they are mostly small in size. 



Crepidotus agrees in structure with Pleurotus and Claudopns. 



Species 772785 



772. C. palmatus Gill, (from a fancied resemblance in the pileus to 



the palm of the hand) a c. 



P. fleshy, convex, expanded, smooth, ferruginous to warm 

 brownish-buff. St. solid, excentric or lateral, curved, smooth, 

 whitish. G. rounded, subdistant, brownish-buff. 



Trunks. Oct. 5 x if X \ in. 



773. C. alveolus Quel. (from a fancied resemblance, when inverted, 



to a little trough ; alveus^ a trough) a c. 

 P. obovate, dimidiate, ochreous-fuscous. St. a villous base. G. 



subdecurrent on base, clay-fuscous. 

 Stumps, oak ; rare. Aug.-Nov. Diam. 2 in. 



774. C. mollis Quel. (mollis, soft) a b c. 



P. obovate, dimidiate, pale yellowish-tan ; marg. at first incurved, 

 then undulate. St. a strigose base. G. rounded on base, 

 sometimes broad, cinnamon. 



Stumps, poplar, willow, pear, sticks, logs, sawdust, squared timber, humus ; 

 common. May-Dec. Diam. 2^ in. 



