226 MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Pan us levis, B. & C. 

 The Light Panus. Edible. 



Levis, light. Pileus two to three inches broad, orbicular, somewhat depressed, 

 white, covered with a dense mat of hair; margin inflexed and marked by triangular 

 ridges. 



The gills are broad, entire, decurrent. 



The stem is two to three inches long, attenuated upward, eccentric, lateral, 

 solid, hairy below like the pileus. The spores are white. 



This certainly is a very beautiful plant and will hold the attention of the 

 collector. It is not common with us. I have found it only on hickory logs. It 

 is said to be of good flavor and to cook readily. 



Lent inns. Fr. 



Lentinus means tough. The pileus is fleshy, corky, tough, hard and dry, 

 reviving when moist. 



The stem is central or lateral and often wanting, but when present is con- 

 tinuous with the cap. 



The gills are tough, unequal, thin, normally toothed, decurrent more or less, 

 margin acute. The spores are smooth, white, orbicular. 



All the species, so far as I know, grow on wood. They assume a great 

 variety of forms. This genus is very closely related to Panus in the dry, coriaceous 

 nature of the pileus and the gills, but it can be readily recognized by the toothed 

 margin of the gills. 



Lentinus vulpinus. Fr. 

 Strong-Scented Vulpinus. 



Vulpinus is from vulpes, a fox. 



This is quite a large, massive plant, growing in a sessile and imbricated man- 

 ner. It has appeared in large quantities for the past four years on an elm. very 

 slightly decayed, but in quite a dam]) and dark place. The reader will get some 

 idea of the size of the whole plant in Figure l8l if he will consider each pileus to be 

 five to six inches broad. They are built up one on top of another, overlapping each 

 other like shingles on a roof. 



The pileus is fleshy but tough, shell-shaped, connate behind, longitudinally 

 rough, costate, corrugate, tan-colored, and the margin is strongly incurved. 



