126 AGARICINI. 



354. Agaricus (Crepidotus) haustellaris. Fr, "Kidney- 



shaped Crepidotus." 



Pileus rather fleshy, reniform, even, slightly villous ; stem 

 lateral, attenuated upwards, villous, white ; gills rounded, nearly 

 free, brownish cinnamon. — Fr. Epicr.p. 211. Berk. Outl. p. 164. 

 Batsch.f. 121. 



On dead trunks. Rare. 



Not observed since the time ofWitherin^ ; gp'egarioiis, coespitose, or imbri- 

 cated. Stem distinct, attenuated upwards, 2-4 Hues long, 1 line and more 

 thick, at first ascending, then horizontal. Pileus lateral, kidney-shape d,_i-l 

 in. broad, pale red tan-colour, becoming pale. Flesh watery, pale yellowish. 



355. Agaricus (Crepidotus) Rubi. Be7'k, "Bramble 



Crepidotus." 



Pileus fleshy, clothed with very minute crystalline meal ; stem 

 short, incurved, solid, strigose at the base ; gills adnato-decur- 

 rent, greyish, then umber, slightly ventricose. — Be?'k. Outl. p. 

 164,^. 9,/. 7. Eng.Fl.Y. p. 102. 



On dead bramble, &c. Aug. Eare. 



Pileus \ in. or more broad, at first regular, with a short stem, gradually 

 becoming excentric, and resupinate, of a yellowish, or livid-grey hue, pallid 

 when old ; gills rather distant, at first greyish, then umber, edge pulverulent. 

 Stem very short, at first straight, then incurved, solid, externally mealy, ad- 

 hering by a little fine down. — J/. /. B. 



356. Agaricus (Crepidotus) chixnonophilus. B. ^ Br. 



" Downy Crepidotus." 



White. Pileus convex, rather thick, villous ; stem very short, 

 or obsolete; gills distant, attenuated behind. — Berk. Outl. p. 164. 

 Ann. Nat. Hist. no. 687. 



On small dead branches of Pyrus torminalis. Benefield, 



Norths. 



Pure white. Pileus \ in. across, convex, clothed with villous down, mar- 

 grin infiexed. Stem extremely short or obsolete. Gills few, distant. Spores 

 very pale, yellow-brown, oblongo-elliptic, with a distinct lateral nucleus. — 

 M.J.B. 



357. Agaricus (Crepidotus) pezizoides. Nees. " Pezizaeforin 



Crepidotus." 



Pileus sessile, thin, cup-shaped, then reflexed, mealy, sub- 

 tomentose ; gills meeting in the centre, somewhat distant, oliva- 

 ceous-brown, then tawny. — Fr. Epicr. p. 212. Nees. A.N. Cur. 

 ix. t. 6,/. 18. Eng. Fl. v. p. 103. 



On rotten branches. Kare. 



