114 AGARICINI. 



Gills, moderately close, converging to an excentric point, 

 dark ferruginous. 



Stem, very short or obsolete, obliquely attached to the 



vertex of pileus. 



An interesting specimen growing on willow limbs. When dry and 

 shriveled it will revive on the application of moisture. In a jungle near 

 Trexlertown. 



P. stipticus. Fr. 



Pileus, coriaceous, reniform, cinnamon, growing pale; 

 cuticle breaking up into mealy scales. 



Gills, determinate, thin, crowded, connected by veins, cin- 

 namon. 



Stem, lateral, short. 



Common on old logs and stumps all through the Valley. Scarcely one 

 inch broad. 



The name stipticus is from the taste, astringent. Poisonous. 



Genus XLI. I^BN^ITBS. 

 Spores white, pileus coriaceous, dimidiate, sessile. Gills 

 coriaceous, firm, unequal, branclied, edge obtuse. 



3y. betulina. Fr. 



Pileus, corky and coriaceous, firm, zoned, tomentose, pallid, 



margin of same color as the different shades of the pileus. 



Gills, straight, somewhat branched, pallid. 



Stem, none. 



There is no hard fungi as common on stumps as this one. It is a 

 beautiful sight to see a stump ornamented with it. 



If. vialis. Pk. 

 Pileus, corky, almost woody, firm, zoned. 

 Gills, thick, firm, serpentine. 

 Stem, none. 

 Common on hemlock timber. 



