312 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 



I. Mesopodes. 



Pileus more or less entire, stem distinct. 



* Lejndei. Pileiis scaly. Veil more or loss evident. 

 (Yeil absent in all the following sections.) 



** Pulverulenti. Pilens downy or pulverulent. 



*** Coclileati. Pileus glabrous. 



II. Pleuroti. 

 Dimidiate, sessile or with, a lateral stem. 



I. MESOPODES. 

 Le]^idei. 



* 



Lentinus tigrinus. Fr. (fig. 6, p. 301.) 



Pileus usually about 2 in. across, fleshy-coriaceous, thin, 

 generally orbicular and central, convexo-plane at first, at 

 length infundibuliform, white variegated with blackish, 

 adpressed, pilose squamules, the margin often split when 

 dry; gills decurrent, not at all sinuate, narrow, crowded, 

 unequal, white, margin toothed ; stem solid, very hard, 

 about 2 in. long, usually attenuated downwards, minutely 

 squamulose, whitish, base often ascending and brownish, 

 apex at first furnished with an entire reflexed ring, but this 

 soon disappears ; spores elliptical, smooth, 7 X 3 * 5 /a. 



Lentinus tigrinus. Fries, Epicr., p. 389 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 

 1138 and 1139a; Sowerby, tab. 68. 



On dead wood, oak, &c. 



Subgregarioiis or caespitose. Slenderer than L. lepideiis, 

 and more coriaceous and regular. (I'ries.) 



Lentinus Dunalii. Fr. 

 Pileus 1-2 in. across, coriaceous, thin, umbilicate, margin 

 often waved and deformed, pallid, ornamented with ad- 

 pressed, spot-like scales which eventually fall away, leaving 



