98 AGARICINI. 



Sub- Gen. 15. Claudopus. Smith. Seem. Journal. 

 Pleurotus and Crepidotus. Fr. partly. 



Spores pink, or pale lilac; stem lateral or none, when present 

 confluent and homogeneous with the hymenophore ; gills sinuate 

 or decurrent. — {PL III.., fig. 15.) 



Hab. On wood or the ground. 



Claudopas corresponds with Pleurotus ^ only differing in the colour of the 

 spores. — W. G. S. 



271. Agaricus (Claudopus) euosmus. Berk. "Tarragon 



Claudopus." 



Imbricated, strong-scented. Pileus depressed, shining, and 

 satiny when dry ; stem short or obsolete, confluent ; gills yentri- 

 cose, very decurrent, dingy white ; spores pinkish. — Berk. Outl. 

 p. 135. Huss. i. t. 75. Badh. 1. 11, partly. Ann. N.H. wo. 326. 



On elm posts, stumps, &c. Spring. 



Pilei very much crowded, 2 in. or more across, deeply depressed, unequal, 

 at first white, invested with a light blue varnish, at length of a light brown; 

 stem distinct above, connate below ; gills rather broad, running down to the 

 bottom of the free portion of the stem. Spores oblong, narrow, oblique, whitish, 

 tinged with purple. The whole plant smells when first gathered strongly of 

 tarragon.— J/. J. B. (Plate Ill.^f. 15, reduced.) 



272. Agaricus (Claudopus) variabilis. P. "Variable 



Claudopus." 



Pileus sub-membranaceous, resupinate, then reflexed, silky with 

 white down ; gills radiating, rather crowded, white, then rusty- 

 red, at length pale cinnamon, — Fr. Ep)icr.p>. 211. Pers. Obs. ii. t. 

 5,/. 12. Soiv.t.dl. Bull.t.lb2,b81. Fl. Dan. 1. 1666. Eng.Fl. 

 \.p. 103. 



On sticks, &c. Common. [S. Carolina.] 



Pileus \-l in. broad, membranaceous, at first hemispherical, with a short 

 stem, soon resupinate, and then again reflexed, the stem becoming quite ob- 

 solete, white, covered with silky down ; sometimes there is no stem at first, 

 but the pileus is resupinate from the earliest stage of growth. Spores elliptic, 

 rusty-pink.— J/. /. B. Spores '0002 X -00013 in.— W. G. S. 



21 Z. Agaricus (Claudopus) depluens. BatscJi. "Ground 



Claudopus." 



Pileus submembranaceous, resupinate, reflexed, somewhat con - 

 chate, clothed with white down behind ; gills broad, crowded, 

 grey, then reddish. — Fr. Epicr.p. 212. Batsch.f. 122. Pe?'s. 31. 

 E.t.24c,f.6. Ann.JSr.H.no.73. 



On the ground, in stoves, &c. Oct. [S. Carolina.] 



Whitish when dry. 



