1 68 AGARICACE.^ Crepidotus 



lib. C. applanatus Karst. (from the plane pileus) a c. 



P. reniform, watery, pale cinnamon to whitish • marg. substriate 

 when moist. St. when present white-tomentose. G. sub- 

 rounded, watery-cinnamon or ochreous. 



Decaying wood. Oct. ij X ^ X ^ in. Much like 1444 in appearance. 



776. C. ealolepis Karst. (from the beautiful scales of the pileus ; Gr. 



ka/os, beautiful, kpis, a scale) a b. 

 P. reniform, pale dull-ochreous, rufescent-scaly. St. a small villous 

 base. G. rounded on base, pale brown then fuscous-ferruginous. 

 Dead wood, poplar. Oct. Diam. i| in., sometimes 2f in. 



777. C. haustellaris Karst. (from its watery substance ; haustellaris ■, 



a drawer of water) a. 

 P. ob ovate or reniform, pale yellowish-tan, then paler. St. 



excentric, slightly attenuate upwards, white. G. rounded, 



adnexed, fuscous-cinnamon. 

 Gregarious. Dead trunks, poplar ; rare. I X § X | in. 



778. C. Rubi (from its habitat ; Rubus, bramble) a c. 



P. obovate or reniform, crystalline-mealy, yellow to livid-grey, 

 then pallid. St. excentric, whitish, strigose at base. G. sub- 

 decurrent, brown. Spores brown. 



Gregarious; uncommon. July-Oct. xgX^X^in. 



779. C. ehimonophilus Sacc. (from its time of growth ; Gr. cheimou, 



winter, p/n'/os, loving) a. 

 P. circular, convex, white, villous-downy. St. excentric, almost 



obsolete, white. G. subdecurrent on base, few, distant, pale 



yellow-brown. Spores pale yellow-brown. 

 Dead leaves, Pyrus torminalis, logs. Dec. Diam. ^ in. 



780. C. epibryus Quel, (from its frequent habitat, moss ; Gr. epi, 



upon, bruon, moss) a c. 

 P. resupinate, at first cup-like, sessile, membranous, white. G. 



rounded to a central or excentric axis, pale yellowish. 

 Mosses, grass, leaves, holly, Vaccinium . Oct. Diam. T 3 ^ in. 



781. C. Phillipsii Sacc. (after William Phillips, mycologist) a b c. 



P. ovate, expanded, smooth, pale umber; marg. striate. St. 



curved, colour as P. G. rounded-adnate, paler than P. 

 Dead grass. May-Oct. \ X \ X 3^ in. 



782. C. proboseidens Gill, (from the trunk-like stem; Gr. proboskis, 



a snout) a b. 



P. obovate, pendulous, scabrous-spotted, pale sepia; marg. 

 incurved. St. attenuate to base, inserted on and darker than 

 P., shaded umber-sienna. G. inferior, adnate, rounded to an 

 excentric axis, flesh-colour. 



Pendulous from a wooden ceiling. Dec. | X | X ^ in. 



783. C. pezizoides Gill, (from its resemblance! to certain cup-fungi 



of the genus Pezizd) a. 

 P. resupinate, saucer-shaped, then reflexed, sessile, mealy, 



whitish. G. radiating from a central axis, tawny. 

 Gregarious. Rotten branches ; rare. Diam. ^ in. 



