CLASSIFICATION OF A.G MCI- ..71 



crowded ,uill*. Our plant Beems to be overlooked usually, ai 11 

 delicate and soon shrivels. 



Section ill. Resupinati. Pileus ai Aral resupinate, then reflei 

 ed, sessile. 



*l'ihns fleshy, rather thick: trama homogeneou 



710. Pleurotus porrigens FY. 



Syst. Mvc. L821. 



niostrations: Michael, Fuhrer f. Pilzfreunde, Vol. III. No. 100. 

 Cooke, 111.. PI. 259. 



PILEUS '_' 1 cm. broad, elongated ear-shaped, obovateor fan Bhap 

 ed, 3-8 cm. long, at first resupinate and Bnborbicnlar with p 

 ently inrolled i/Kirn'm, then reflexed and prolonged, ;i— *-*-it<liriLx or 



horizontal, pun white, sessile, glabrous except tin- base which i> 

 villose-tomriiiusc. margin regular or lobed. FLESB thin, rather 

 brink'. <!ILLS radiating, narrow, crowded, Linear, thin, much 

 forked or even anastomosing at base, ai length creamy-yellowish. 

 SPORES Blightly longer than wide, oval, <>!■ subglobose, 6-7 1 

 iniii-.. smooth. CYSTIDLA none. 



Oaespitosely imbricated. On decayed \\ I of conifers. In the 



hemlock ami pine regions of the State. Angusl September. 



Easily confused with Panus angustatus and Pleurotus alboto- 

 mentosus. It differs from these in the absence of ;i gelatinous 1 

 in the pileus. Prom /'. petaJoides it iv distinguished by it- \\ 

 color ami absence of cystidia on the gills. It** home i> usually <<n 

 very rotten wood of hemlock or pine. P. ><• pin- tus Ell. i> sai< 

 Ik* the same thing. 



711. Pleurotus septicus Fr 



Svst. Mvc. 1821, 



Illustrations: Patouillard, Tab. Analyt., So. 62*3 

 Cooke, 111.. PL 259. 



PILEUS 5-20 nun. broad, resupinati m first, then reflexed, 

 vex then plane, short-stipitate, white, pubescent, • 

 FLESB thin, nol truh membranous. <;II/LS subdistant, 



