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pale ochraceous, flesh white ; lamellae subdistant, broad, sinuate, de- 

 current, transversely lacerate and dentate serrate on the edge, 

 white; stem short, hard, solid, often pointed at the base, more or 

 less adorned with recurved scales sometimes furnished when 

 young with an imperfect evanescent annulus, white or whitish; 

 spores ellipsoidal, .0004-.0005 of an inch long, ,ooo2-.ooo24 broad. 



Pileus 2-4 inches broad ; stem 1-2.5 inches long, 3-6 lines thick. 



Single or cespitose. Decaying wood of coniferous trees. Often 

 on and injurious to railroad ties, fence posts and bridge timbers. 

 Common. May to October. 



The pileus is occasionally umbonate. The scales may be brown 

 or almost black. The stem is sometimes eccentric. It often 

 emerges from cracks in the wood and is then pointed at the base. 



Lentinus spretus Pk. 



SPURNED LENTINUS 



N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 105, p.24. 



Pileus thin, tough, convex becoming nearly plane, obtuse or 

 umbonate, rimose squamulose, grayish brown or pale alutaceous, 

 sometimes more highly colored in the center, flesh white; lamellae 

 close, rather narrow, decurrent, whitish, serrate dentate on the 

 edge, sometimes lacerate; stem equal or sometimes narrowed 

 toward the base, sometimes thickened, solid, subsquamose, often 

 eccentric, whitish, often brownish toward the base; spores white, 

 oblong, .0003-.0004 of an inch long, .00016-.0002 broad. 



Pileus 2-5 inches broad ; stem 1-3 inches long, 3-6 lines thick. 



Decaying wood of pine. Warren and Rensselaer counties. 

 July to September. 



This species is closely related to Lentinus 1 e p i d e u s Fr. 

 from which it may be separated by its more slender habit, thinner 

 pileus, smaller scales, and more decurrent lamellae without a sinus, 

 and specially by its smaller spores. The dimensions ascribed to 

 the spores of L. lepideus by European authors vary. It is 

 possible therefore that L. spretus may have been confused 

 by them with the preceding species. 



Lentinus tigrinus (Bull.) Fr. 



SPOTTED LENTINUS 



Pileus thin, subcoriaceous, convex or nearly plane, umbilicate, 

 spotted with innate hairy blackish scales, whitish; lamellae narrow, 

 close, unequal, decurrent, toothed on the edge, white ; stem slender, 



