92 AGARICACE^: Plenrotus 



413. P. eraspedius Gill, (from the thick stem ; crassus, thick, pes, a 



foot) a b. 

 P. pulvinate or subumbonate, pale buff; marg. crenato-lobed. St. 

 and Flesh white. G. rounded or adnate. 



Caespitose. Strong odour of cucumber. Trunks, rotten wood, poplar. 

 Sept.-Oct. 4§ x 2 x if in. 



414. P. fimbriatus Gill, (from the fringed margin of pileus ; fimbria, 



fringe) a. 



P. infundibuliform, hygrophanous, whitish ; marg. lobed and 



reflexed. St. central or lateral, somewhat attenuate downwards, 



whitish. G. adnato-ascending, narrow, thin, crowded, white. 



Flesh remarkably thin. 



Gregarious, somewhat caespitose. Trunks, dead; rare. Aug. -Jan. 

 4§ X if X ^ in. Habit not unlike Lentinics. 



415. P. Ruthse Sacc. (after Ruth Berkeley) a. 



P. piano-depressed, fan-shaped, tan-whitish ; marg. striate. St. 



lateral or excentric, salmon-reddish. G. adnato-decurrent, 



veined, paler than St. 



Sawdust. Oct. 2§ X § X \ in. Sometimes twisted and contorted like 1158, 

 for the white variety of which with similar habitat it might be readily 

 mistaken. 



416. P. lignatilis Gill, (from its habitat and hardness ; lignum, wood) 



a b c. Whitish-tan. 



P. convexo-plane, slightly depressed, flocculoso-pruinate ; mid.. 



pale buff. St. stuffed, woody, pruinato-villous. G. adnate or 



sinuate. Flesh whitish, faintly sienna at base of stem. 



Caespitose or single. Odour strong of meal. Beech, growing on 1532 

 and 1593. 3 x 2h X J in. A variety has P. ashy with mid. black and 

 marg. white. 



417. P. eireinatus Gill, (from the orbicular pileus ; circ'uw, to make 



round) a b c. White. 



P. plane, silky-lustrous. St. smooth, attenuate downwards. G. 



subdecurrent. 



Odour weak and pleasant, not mealy. Rotting stumps, birch. Sept.-Oct. 

 2f X if X & in. 



418. P. sapidus Sacc. (from its taste ; sapidus, savoury) a b c. 



P. piano-depressed, fleshy, smooth, white, pale ochreous, brown 

 or lavender shaded. St. connato-branched, smooth, white. 

 G. subdistant, reticulate on stem, white. Spores pale lilac. 



Caespitose. Trunks, elm. July-Aug. 4J x 2\ X | in. 



419. P. pantoleueus Gill, (from its colour; Gr. pas, all, leukos, white) 



a b c. 



P. convex, dimidiate, spathulate, smooth. St. excentric. G. 



broad. 



Solitary. Trunks, branches, willow. Oct. 4^X2|xfin. Sometimes small 

 with a depressed pileus. 



