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AGARICINl. 



On stumps. Doubtful. 



Inserted on the faith of Bolton's figure, which "may be only Agaricus 

 sali^fius." Pilcus 2-3 in. broad; gills rather broad. 



Gen. 15. 



PANUS, Fr. Epicr. p. 396. 



Fig. 57. 



690. 



Spores white; pileus ud equal- 

 sided or lateral, tough, flesliy, at 

 length coriaceous, but not woody, 

 drying up, but reviving with mois- 

 ture ; stem the same with the hy- 

 memophore; gills thinner than in 

 the last genus, tough, at length 

 coriaceous, unequal, with an entire 

 acute edge; trama floccose. 



Hab. On stumps. {J^^^'g- 57.) 



All the species are tough (at first 

 softer) J never woody, drying up in decay. 



Panus toirulosus. Fr. " Twisted Panus.' 



Pileus fleshy, then tough, coriaceous, plane, then infundibuli- 

 iprm. or dimidiate, even, flesh-coloured or ochraceous; stem 

 short, oblique, clothed with grey down ; gills decurrent, rather 

 distant, distinct behind, ruddy, then tan-coloured. — Fr. Epicr. p. 

 397. Batsch.f.SS. Fault. 26, f. 3, 4:. Nees.f. 17 6. Kromhh.t.4:2, 

 /.3-5. ^0/^.^.146. 



On old stumps. [Mid. & Up. Carolina]. 



Stem solid, seldom exceeding an in. long, grej', covered with a violaceous 

 down. Pileus entire. 2-3 in. broad, smooth. Flesh pale. Variable in colour, 

 sometimes shaded very slightly, if at all, with pink. Spores '00u2 X "00013 

 in. (Fig. 57, reduced.) 



691. 



Panus conchatus. Fr. " Shell Panus." 



Pileus fleshy, tough, thin, unequal, excentric and dimidiate, 

 cinnamon, becoming pale, at length squamulose ; stem short, 

 unequal, pubescent at the base ; gills forming decurring lines on 

 the stem, somewhat branched, whitish, flesh-coloured, then 

 ochraceous. — Fr. Epicr. p. 398. Kromhh. t. 42,/. 1-2. Schceff. t. 

 43,44. Bull.t.2d8,bl7,f. O.F. Eng. Fl. y. p. 71. Ann.N.H. 

 no. 67. 



On trunks. Rare. Margate. Apethorpe. [Cincinnati, U. S.] 



