WHITE-SPORHl) AdARICS. 



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Lentinus Iccomtei Fi., is a very common aiivl wiJcly distributed 

 species growing on wmxuI. 

 When it grows on tlu- upper 

 side of logs the pileus is some- 

 times regular and funnel- 

 shaped (cyathiform), but it is 

 often irregular and produced 

 on one side, especially if it 

 grows on the side of tlu- sub- t- 

 stratum. In most cases, how- g 

 ever, there is a funnel-shaped r. 

 depression above the attach- J 

 ment of the stem. Tlie pileus _ 

 is tough, reddish or reddish g 

 brown or leather color, hairy =' 

 or sometimes strigose, the C. 

 margin incurved. The stem is -5- 

 usually short, hairy, or in age | 

 it may become more or less 'rr> 

 smooth. The gills are narrow, S 

 crowded, the spores small, | 

 ovate to elliptical 5-6 x 2-3 /'. g 

 According to Bresadola this is S" 

 the same as Paiius ruJis Fr, 2. 

 It resembles very closely also ^ 

 Paniis cyatliiformis (Schaeff.) £ 

 Fr., and }\ stiionsiis B. & C. | 



Lentinus lepideus Fr., [A. ^ 

 squaniosus (^Sc\vA<i\\ . ) Schroet.] ^ 

 is another common and widelv 

 distributed species. It is much ,"| 

 larger than L. U'comtei, whitish « 

 with coarse brown scales on I 

 the cap. It is (2 20 cm. high, 8 

 and the cap is often as broad. 

 The stem is 2-8 cm. long and 

 1-2 cm. in thicl<ness. It 

 grows on wood. 



Lentinus stipticus (Bull.) 

 Schroet. {Paiius stipticus Bull.) 

 is a very small species com- 

 pared with the three named 



