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Pileus 3-4in. hroRd, excentric, at first convex, fhe margin involute, then 

 more expanded; cuticle thick, tough, elastic, gluey, but not moist, not easily 

 separable from the flesh, distilling drops of a limpid reddish fluid, with a hot 

 and astringent styptic taste, margin beautifully reticulated, of a pale orange 

 bufl" or nankeen colour, pruinose, very fleshy, flesh mottled ; gills paler, 

 rounded behind, connected by veins, free, joined at the base by an obsolete 

 collar. Stem 1-2 in. high, ^in. thick, obhque, thickest below, smooth, whit- 

 ish, of a fibrous structure, sometimes a little hollow. — 21. J. B. Spores slightly 

 echinulate, -OuOlZ X '00023 in. 



114. Agaricus (Pleurotus) craspedius. Fr. '• Thick-stem 



Pleurotus." 



Pileus fleshy, soft, convexo-plane, or depressed, imdulato- 

 lobate, sub -pruinose; stem solid, excentric, short; gills adnate, 

 scarcely crowded, broad, whitish. — Fr. Epicr.p. 131. Paul. t. 44, 

 /. 3. Fl. Dan. ^.891. Saund. 4' Sm. t. 7. 



On the trunks of trees. 



Csespitose. Stem elastic, spongy within, unequal, pallid. Pileus more or 

 less excentric, 3-5 in. broad, brick-red, pale tan, or greyish ; margin at first 

 involute, then opened, crenately lobed and waved, and fimbriate. 



115. Agaricus (Pleurotus) fimbriatus. ^c»Z#. " Fringed Pleu- 



rotus."' 



Pileus fleshy, thin, plane, then funnel-shaped, even, hygro- 

 phanous ; margin at length sinuate and lobed ; stem somewhat 

 excentric, stuffed, compressed, firm, short, rootless, villous ; gills 

 adnate, thin, much crowded, slightly forked, white. — F7\ Epicr. 

 p. 131. Bolt. t. 61. Sterh. 1. 15, B. Ann. N.R., no. 672*. E?ig. Fl. 

 Y.p. 37. 



On tninks. Rare. 



Gre3arious, or tufted. Pileus 3 in. broad, slightly fleshy, plano-convex 

 ■when young, often excentric ; turning pale ; gills very close, narrow and ten- 

 der, often forked ; stem about 1 in, long, smooth. — Fries, ilost beautifully 

 and repeatedly lobed and fimbriated.— J/./. B. 



116. Agaricus (Pleurotus) lignatilis. Fers. •' Beech Pleurotus." 



Pileus fleshy, firm, convexo-plane or somewhat umbilicate, 

 floccoso-pruinose; stem stuffed, then hollow, flexuose, sub-villose; 

 gills adnate, crowded, narrow, white. — Pers. Si/n.p.o68. B. Sf 

 Br. Ann. N.H. (1865), no. 996. Fl. Dan. 1. 1797. Saund. 4' Sm. 

 t.6. 



On beech trees. Burnham Beeches, abundant in 1863. 



With a strong mealy odour. Stem sometimes 2-3 in. sometimes only 3-4 

 lines long, thin, unequal, pileus usually more or less excentric, from 1 to 3- 

 4 in. broad, repand, undulately lobed. Spores '00015 X "00012 in. 



