Claudopus AGARICACE^-E 1 19 



549. E. nigrella Gill, (from the blackish pileus ; niger, black) a b. 



P. smooth, deep umber. St. glaucous, pale salmon-brown, not 

 black-punctate. G. flesh-colour or subashy, not serrulate or 

 with a black edge. 



Sometimes caespitose. Pastures. Autumn. J x 2 x ^ in. 



550. E. rhodoeylix Gill, (from the resemblance of the pileus to a 



rose-coloured cup ; Gr. r/wdon, a rose, kulix, a cup) a b. 



P. convex, fuscous, grey or tan ; marg. striate when moist. St. 



stuffed, ashy, tan, or white. G. very distant, flesh-colour. 



Rotten wood, stumps, alder, wall-tops. Sept. \\ x 1 x ^ in. In the 

 young state when the gills are white this resembles 386. 



551. E. flosculus Sacc. (from its likeness to a small flower) a b. 



P. slightly irregular, pruinoso-crystalline, pink-tan ; mid. dark 

 brown. St. pruinose or innately fibrillose, pinkish-tan, dark at 

 base. G. slightly wavy, bright rose. 



In conservatories, on the ground and on tree-fern stems. June, f Xf X^ in. 



552. E. acus Sacc. (from the needle-like stem ; aeus, a needle) a b, 

 P. deeply umbilicate, pruinose, white ; marg. incurved, striate. 



St. smooth, white. G. thick, distant, deeply decurrent, rose. 

 Coco-nut fibre in conservatories. Aug. | x \\ X -£% in. 



XX. CLAUDOPUS Gill. 



(From its dwarfed stem ; claudus, lame, Gr. pous, a foot.) 



Veil represented by tomentum or down. Hymenophore confluent 

 and homogeneous with the fleshy stem when the latter is present. 

 Pileus excentric, lateral or resupinate. Stem, when present, lateral, 



Fig. 29. — A, sections of Clatidopus variabilis Gill. ; B, sections of 

 C. byssiscdus Gill. Natural size. 



simple, without cartilaginous bark. Gills reaching to the excentric 

 stem or axis. Spores smooth or waited, rubiginous. (Fig. 29.) 



The species are small. They grow on wood or on the ground. 



Claudopus agrees in structure and habit with Pleurotus and 

 Crepidotus. Species 553 — 555 



553. C. variabilis Gill, (from its variability) a b c. 



P. resupinate, then reflexed, white-tomentose. St. minute, 

 excentric or none. G. salmon-pink or salmon-brownish. 



Sticks, stumps, leaves, oak, beech, maple, bramble, apple, sedge, moss, 

 living chickweed ; common. May-Mar. Diam. \\ in. Sometimes 

 sterile with white gills. Sometimes ^ in. or less in diam. 



