LENTINUS. 313 



the pileus smootli ; gills decurrent, crowded, rather narrow, 

 pallid ; stem about f in. long, somewhat silky, solid, veil 

 scarcely evident. 



Lentinus Dunalii, Fries, Epicr., p. 390; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 1139b; Cke., Hdbk., p. 255. 



On trunks, &c. 



Allied to L. tigrinus ; ring on the stem very rudimentary. 

 More or less clustered. 



Lentinus lepideus. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, fleshy, tough, convex then depressed 

 and unequal, pale dingy ochraceous, becoming broken up 

 into darker, spot-like squamules; flesh 2-3 lines thick at 

 the disc, white ; gills slightly sinuate, decurrent, 2-3 lines 

 broad, margin irregular, torn, transversely striate, whitish, or 

 tinged with yellow ; stem usually about 1 in. long, but 

 sometimes longer, about \ in. thick, tapering to a rooting 

 base, hard, j)ale, with downy squamules, veil very soon 

 disappearing ; spores narrowly elliptical, smooth, 7 X 3 /x. 



Lentinus lepideus. Fries, Epicr., p. 390; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 1140 and 1141 (monstrous form); Cke., Hdbk., p. 355. 



On trunks, stumps, &c. 



Showy, large, firm, much deformed, somewhat excentric, 

 smell pleasant. Often white. (Fries.) 



Developing into very grotesque forms when growing in 

 dark situations. 



** Pulverulenti. 



Lentinus leontopodius. Schulzer. 

 Pileus 4-8 in. across, fleshy, compact, tough, irregular, 

 very excentric, or almost lateral, broadly umbilicate, margin 

 arched and bent down, more or less lobed, distinctly tomen- 

 tose, i)ale reddish-ochraceous, rather darker towards the 

 margin ; flesh 5-9 lines thick at centre of pileus, gradually 

 becoming thinner towards the margin, very close and com- 

 pact, white ; gills deeply decurrent on the under side of the 

 stem, not crowded, 3-4 lines broad, pale reddish-ochraceous, 

 margin darker and minutely toothed, veined at the sides, 

 connected by veins ; stem 3-4 in. long, up to 1 in. thick, 

 curved and ascending, solid, hard, tough, somewhat equal, 



