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AGARICINI. 



Trogia. 



Genus XVIII. 



-Trogia (after Trog, a Swiss botanist). 

 Fr. Epicr. p. 402. 



Gills fold -like, edge longitudinally channelled (in the single 



European species only crisped). In 

 other respects agreeing with Xerotus. 

 Soft, flaccid, but arid a?td persistent, 

 texture Jibrillose. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 

 491. 



Reviving when wet. Spores white. 



1. T. crispa Fr. — Pileus 1-2.5 

 cent, (/^-i in.), light yellow-rufescent 

 behind, whitish at the margin, sessile 

 with or without a vertical stem, then 

 reflexed, horizontal, very irregular- 

 ly shaped, lobed, delicately villous. 

 Gills in the form of veins, dichoto- 

 uwus, narrow, crisped, very much 

 swollen, edge very obtuse but not 

 channelled, whitish or bluish-grey. 



Substance and texture as described in the generic characters. Very grega- 

 rious, commonly imbricated. When young pezizoid or cup-shaped. 



On logs, birch, &c. Uncommon. Oct. -Nov. 



It occurs almost white. Spores elongated or cylindrical, 4x1 mk. K. 

 Name — crispus, crisped or curled. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 244. Hym. Eur. p. 

 492. C. Hbk. n. 694. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 658. Merulius Pers. Ic. descr. i. 

 8./. 7. Cantharellus Fl. Dan. t. 1759. B. £~ Br. ?i. 1135. 



LVII. Trogia crispa. 

 Natural size. 



Schizophyl- 

 lum. 



Genus XIX.— Schizophyllum (<tx'i&, to split ; $v\\ov, a leaf). 



Fr. Obs. i. p. 103. 



Pileus fleshless, arid. Gills coriaceous, fan-wise branched, 

 united above by the tomentose pellicle, bifid, split longitudinally 

 at the edge. Spores somewhat round, white. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 

 492. 



The two lips of the split edge of the gills are commonly revo- 

 lute. The farthest removed of all the Agaricini from the type. 

 Growing on wood. 



1. S. commune Fr. — Pileus scarcely exceeding- 2.5 cent. (1 in.), 



