AGAEICINI. 



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Pileus flaccid, even ; gills not anastomosing at tlie base, rather tliick and 

 close ; stem not 1 in. high, sometimes obsolete.— i^/-ie.?. 



Always known by its conchate form and tougher substance from similar 

 species of the genus Agarkus.—M. J. B. 



692. 



Fanus stypticus. Fr. " Styptic Panus." 



Pileus coriaceous, reniform, cinnamon, growing pale, cuticle 

 breaking up into mealy scales ; stem lateral, short, dilated above; 

 gills determinate, thin, crowded, connected by veins, cinnamon. 

 —Fr.E2)icr.2).3Qd. BuU.t.U0,Db7,fA. Schcef. t.208. Sow. 

 1. 109. Fl. Dan. t 832,/. 1. 1. 1292, f. 1. Tratt. Ans. t. 2. Kromhh. 

 t. 44,/ 13-17. Buxh. v. 1. 10,/ 1. Eng.Fl. y.jj. 73. Smith. P.M. 

 f. 6. Berh. exs.no. 136. 



On stumps, dead trees, &c. Common. [S. Carolina.] 



Gregarious or csespitose. Pileus 1-1^ in. broad, semiorbicular, the margin 

 entire or lobed, surface nearly even, pruinose or furfuraceous, often zoned, 

 varying in depth of colour ; margin involute ; gills often branched, beauti- 

 fully connected by veins, pale cinnamon. Stem about \ in. high, ascending, 

 dilated above, pruinose. — M.J.B. Spores '0001 X 'OOOIS in. 



Gen. 16. 



Fig. 58. 



XEROTUS, Fr. Ep.p. 48. 



Spores wbite ; pileus membrana- 

 ceous ; stem confluent with the hy- 

 menophore, which descends into and 

 forms a trama ; gills dichotomous, 

 fold-like, coriaceous, adnato-decur- 

 rent, with an obtuse entire edge ; in 

 the single British species branched 

 and very distant. {Fig. 58.) 



Hab. The British plant grows 

 in peat-mosses. 



This genus, which is chiefly tropical, 

 resembles a coriaceo-membranaceous Can- 

 tTiartllus, with narrow gills. 



693. Xerotus degener. Fr. '• Moss Xerotus." 



Pallid. Pileus between coriaceous and membranaceous, piano- 

 depressed, flocculose, hygrophanous, striate when moist ; stem 

 solid, thin, velvety; gills plicate, branched, distant, pallid. — Fr. 

 Epicr. p.4.00. Schcpff.t.24:d. Sow. t. 210. 



In peat mosses. Very rare. 



Pileus somewhat zoned, grey, thin, but tongh. (Fig. 59.) 



