630 A^aricinefX!, Leuoosporae, Xorotus. 



sus, margine promiueute libero; lamellis concurreiitibus amethy- 

 stinis. 



Hnb. ad saxum tophaceum in Italia, — - Valde insignis inqui- 

 reudus. Omissus in Fr. Hym. Europ. 



XEROTUS Vv. Elench, I. p. 48, (Etym. xeros siccus). — Hymenopho- 

 rum cum stipite contiguum, in tramani pileo coriaceo similarera 

 descendens. Laniellie coriacea), late pliciformos, dichotomae, acie 

 integerrima, obtusa. Fuogi rigidi, persistenstes, cum Cantharellis 

 analogi, sed iota structura diversi. 



Genus tropicum, nobile. Species diioe europajie huc relatrc ulterius el)servan- 

 dae. A'. ronianns post Miclieliuin vix lectus. X. degener Thclephoris, imrao 

 Cirtdoderribus arnnis, 



I, Pileo fllocculoso tomeiitoso v. pulverulento. 



1. Xerotus degener Vi\ F.picr. p. 400, Monogr. II, p. 24;>. Ilym. Eur. 2593 

 p. 4!»1. — l*iloo curiaceo-membranaceo, tcnacissimo, plano-infun- 

 dibultrormi, integro, udo striato et spadiceo-griseo, sub/.onato, sicco 

 Hocculoso; stipite solido, fusco, albo-velutino; lamellis pauci*;, de- 

 currentibus, distantibus, simplicibus v. dichotomis, albido-griseis. 



Hah. ad terram nudam in Europa. — Thclephorcn undulalcv 

 prox.ime affinis. Hymenium juvenile costis obtusis, adultuni lamellis 

 acie acutis insigne. Sporsc inaequales. 8-12 :; 4-G (Berk.): stipes I- 

 2 cm. long., 2 mm. cr. Ad hunc proxime accedunt J. degener 

 Schaefior l. 243 et A. iur/bsus Sowerb. t. 210; forsan identici. Doct. 

 (Jlueh.H hanc speciem ad Cantharellum carbonarium ducit; an 

 recie^ 



2. Xerotus tomentosus Kl. in Linnaea 1833, p. 480, Fr. Epicr. p. 401. ?594 

 — Cervinus; pileo coriaceo-lento, plano, dein infundibuliformi, to 

 montoso; stipite solido velutino; lamellis decurrentibus, crassis, an- 

 gustis, dichotomis. 



Jlab. \\\ truucis loco ignoto (Lehmann). — Pileus 3-4 cm. 



lat. ; stipes 3 cra* long., 6-8 ram. cr, 



3. Xerotus canthareiloides Berk. in Ilook. Journ. 1851, p. 47, Dec. 2595 

 n. 327. — • Fileo subinfundibuliformi, fuligineo, subtiliter fascicu- 

 lato -tomentoso, margine involuto; stipite gracili, obscuro, glabriu- 

 sculo,- laraellis ochraCeis, dichotomis, angustissimis, obtusiusculis, 

 decurrentibus; sporis ovoideis, hyaliriis. 



Uab. in ligno putri Jillapahar India} or. — Pileus 3,5-4 cra. 



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