648 Proceedings of the Ohio State Academy of Science. 



CLAUDOPUS W. SMITH. 



Plant yellow or buff ; lamellae close, orange-yellow. S. 375 ; A. 



149; H. 256; Mc. 267; M. 198; P. R. 39:67. 



C. nidulans Pars. 

 Plant white ; lamellae distant, white then flesh-color. S. 733 ; H. 



256 ; St. 220 ; P. R. 39 : 68 C. variabilis Pers. 



C. nidulans is sometimes known as Pleurotus nidulans and 

 is sometimes known in America as Panus dorsalis Bosc. 



Hard includes C. variabilis in his book but without a state- 

 ment as to its collection in Ohio. 



PHOLIOTA FR. 



A.^ Plants growing on the ground. 



B.^ Stipe solid; lamellae serrulate; pileus wrinkled. S. 736; 

 H. 260; St. 223; Mc. 270; M. B. 122: 143. 



P. caperata Pers. 



B.- Stipe stuffed or hollow; edge of lamellae entire; pileus 



not wrinkled. 



C.^ Lamellae very broad; pileus dry, finally cracked; 



stipe stout, about i cm. in diameter. S. 738; St. 



225 ; Mc. 271 ; H. 258; M. loi . . P. dura Bolt. 



C.- Lamellae narrow; pileus moist, not cracking; stipe 



slender, not more than 5 mm. in diameter. S. 738; 



St. 226; Mc. 274; H. 257; A. 150; M. B. 122: 



148 ; M. loi P. praecox Pers. 



A.- Plants growing on wood, rarely on the ground and then near 

 decaying logs, etc. 

 B.^ Pileus viscid. 



C? Lamellae narrow ; pileus lemon-yellow. S. 753 ; M. 



B. 122 : 150; M. 102 P. limonella Peck 



C.^ Lamellae broad. 



D.^ Stipe very stout, 1-2.5 cm. in diameter, solid, not 

 scaly; pileus scarcely viscid. S. 747; St. 229; 



H. 263 P. heteroclita Fr. 



D.^ Stipe usually less than i cm. in diameter, prom- 

 inentlv scalv. 



