312 AGARIC ACEyE Pamis 



1443a. P. rudis Fr. (from its rough appearance ; rudis, rough) a b. 

 P. becoming corky, thin, unequal, bristling with hairs, ochreous- 

 fawn or reddish, lilac shaded ; marg. incurved. Sf. short, 

 unequal, shaggy-velvety, ochreous-fawn, hairs lilac. G. very 

 decurrent, very crowded, narrow, whitish-pink, then pale 

 ochreous-fawn, sometimes lilac shaded. Flesh white. 



Caespitose. Odour pleasant of anise. Trunks, beech. May. 2^x2ix4-in. 



1444. P. styptieus Fr. (from its astringent taste ; stypticus, astringent) 



a b c. 



P. arid, thin, reniform, sometimes minutely white-furfuraceous 

 scaly, tan or cinnamon, becoming pale. St. attenuate down- 

 wards, pruinose, paler than G. G. adnate, thin, crowded, 

 salmon or ochreous-salmon to cinnamon. 



Gregarious, caespitose, usually densely imbricate. Taste hot, pungent. On 

 decaying stumps, trunks, dead trees, etc., fir, alder, beech, oak ; 

 common. Feb. -Dec. \\ x f X in. Becoming wholly rich orange 

 when dry. 



1445. P. farinaeeus Fr. (from the scurfy pileus ; farina, meal) 



a b c. 



P. somewhat coriaceous, flexuous, reniform, cinnamon-umber 

 with pale grey scurf. St. colour as P. G. adnexed, distinct, 

 paler than P. or yellow ochre. Flesh whitish-grey. 



Trunks, branches, fir. Dec. i x | X T V in. Not unlike 1444 or 439 in 

 appearance. Var. albidotomentosus Cooke & Mass. P. clad with short 

 velvety-whitish down. St. short or absent. Often in imbricate tufts. 

 P. -i in. in diam. 



1446. P. patellaris Fr. (from the shape, like a small dish, patella] a. 

 P. sessile, resupinate, coriaceous, at first viscid, umber or dark 



sepia to buff; marg. white. St. obsolete or rudimentary. 

 G. concurrent to a subcentral point, arid, yellowish to some- 

 what pale cinnamon. 

 Branches, cherry, beech. Mar. J in. in diam. 



1447. P. Stevensonii B. & Br. (after the Rev. John Stevenson). 



P. spathulate, olivaceous light yellow. St. attenuate downwards, 



convex, slightly hispid, golden. G. narrow, entire. 

 Oak. Sept. -Oct. 



LV. XEROTUS Fr. 



(From the dry substance and ear-like shape ; 

 Gr. xeros, dry, ons, an ear.) 



Veil obsolete. Pileus coriaceo-membranous. Stem central, con- 

 tinuous with the hymenophore, which descends into the trama. 

 Gills adnato- decurrent, coriaceous, broadly fold-like, dichotomous, 

 edge entire, obtuse. Spores white. (Fig. 69.) 



