AGAEICIXI. 



241 



obliquely, reddisli; gills broadly adnate, narrow, thick, very dis- 

 tant, connected by yeins, whitish. — Fr. Epicr.p. ^^Q. Batsch.f. 

 83. 



On dead twigs. Rare. King's Cliffe. 



Differs from M. epiphtjllus in the pileus being at first papillate, and the 

 stem flocculose, then smooth; the gills united in a reticulated manner. 



681. 



Sect. 3. Stemless. 



nZarasmius spodoleucus. B. ^- Br, 



mius." 



" Stemless Maras- 



Conchiform, resnpinate, margin at length free, cinereous aboYe, 

 pnlrerulent or slightly furfuraceous ; stem wanting; gills few, 

 white; interstices eyen. — B. 'yBr.Ann.N.H.^May,l^h^. Berk. 

 Outl.p.224:. Ann. N.H. 710. 803. 



On dead elm twisrs, Batheaston. 



•■ID-- 



About 2 lines across, resuiDinate, altogether stemless. conchiform ; margin 

 free, arched, above cinereous, pulverulent, or slightly t'urfuraceous. Hyme- 

 nium white, very even. Gills few, narrow, entire, so short as to leave a naked 

 space at the base. — B.d:Br. Spores very small, '0000 S X '00006 in. 



Gen. 14. 



LENTINUS, Fr. Ep. 45. 



Spores white ; jiilens fleshy, coria- 

 ceous, tough, hard, and dry ; stem 

 hard and often obsolete, when pre- 

 sent continuous, and the same with 

 the hymenophore; gills tough, sim- 

 ple, unequal, thin, edge acute, gene- 

 rally toothed ; trama none. 



Hab. On stumps, rarely on the 

 ground. {Fig. 56.) 



A natural but very polymorphic genus, 

 distinguished by its tough and fleshy sub- 

 stance. 



Fig. 56. 



682. Lentinus tigtinus. Fr. " Tiger-spot Lentinus." 



Pileus fleshy-coriaceous, thin, orbicular, umbilicate, whitish, 

 clothed with innate black scales ; stem thin, without striae, squam- 

 ulose, with a decided veil ; gills attenuated, decurrent, very nar- 

 row, white then yellowish. — Fr. Epicr.p. 389. Bull. t. 70. Sow, 

 t.Q8, Batt.t.l2J.B.D, E?ig.Fl,Y.p.6d, Vent. t. 4:6, f. 6,7, 



