156 AGARICINI. 



Lentinus. On dead trunks. Glamis, 1875. Oct. 



Tufted, at first infundibuhform, then lateral flabelliform, fuliginous, fioccoso- 

 pulverulent, with little umber particles ; stem elongated, at length smooth ; 

 gills thick, pallid, deeply decurrent, their edge crenulate but not torn. Pileus 

 2 inches across, stem 3 inches high. B. & Br. Name—pulvzs, dust. Pul- 

 verulent. Fr. Hym. Fur. p. 483. B. & Br. n. 1567. S. My col. Scot. n. 648. 

 Ag. Scop. Cam. p. 434. 



* L. resinaceus Fr. — Pileus ochraceous-cinnamon, somewhat 

 fleshy, pliant, excentric, somewhat gummy-villous. Stem unequal, 

 tomentose. Gills crowded, serrated, shining white. 



Somewhat caespitose. Covered with a dry, tenacious, somewhat resinous 

 gluten arising from the quasi-glandular villous down. 



On trunks. Forres. 



Name — resina, resin. From the resinous covering. Fr. Hym. Fur. p. 

 483. B. & Br. 7i. 1283. S. Mycol. Scot. u. 649. Ag. Trog. Fl. 1832. p. 525. 



5. L. adhserens Fr. — Pileus dingy pallid, somewhat fleshy, 

 pliant, irregular, convexo-umbonate then depressed and infundi- 

 buliform, lacunose, somewhat pulverulent, coated with a glutin- 

 ous varnish. Stem somewhat hollow, rooted, of the same colour 

 as the pileus and like it coated with a glutinous varnish. Gills 

 decurrent in lines, very thin, torn, white. 



Small, unequal, taste at length astringent. 



In pine woods. Rare. 



Name — ad, and hcereo, to stick. From the glutinous varnish. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 483. C. Hbk. 71. 685. S. Mycol. Scot. 11. 649. Ag. A. &■= S. — A. 

 adhaesivus With. 



*** Cochleati. Pileus smooth. 



6. L. cochleatus Fr. — Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, flesh- 

 colour, but becoming pale, somewhat tan, fleshy-pliant, thin, 

 commonly excentric, imbricated, very unequal, somewhat lobed 

 or contorted, sometimes plane, sometimes infundibuliform-umbi- 

 licate, but not pervious, smooth. Stem solid, firm, sometimes 

 central, most frequently excentric, sometimes wholly lateral, 

 always sulcate, smooth, flesh-coloured upwards, rufous-fuscous 

 downwards. Gills decurrent, crowded, serrated, white -flesh- 

 colour. 



Pliant, tough, flaccid, very changeable in form, sometimes solitary, some- 

 times caespitose, imbricated, growing into each other. From very small 

 forms, which are commonly solitary, with the stem and pileus scarcely 2.5 

 cent. (1 in.) it ranges to 7.5 cent. (3 in.) 



On stumps. Frequent. Aug.-Oct. 





