White-spored Series 



Collybia familia (Edible) 



(SEE PLATE FACING PAGE 66) 



Cap or Pileus Greyish, with centre darker. Smooth margin, 

 often cracked. Slightly striate. 



Gills or Lamella Slightly greyish, soft, un- 

 equal, free, not crowded. 



Stem or Stipe Greyish, hollow. Lower 

 part covered with white woolly sub- 

 stance. 



Sports White. 



Flesh Greenish grey. 



Time September. Section of C. familia 



Habitat The specimen photographed was 



found growing upon a prostrate evergreen tree near Lake 

 Placid. 



GENUS PAN US (SEE PLATE FACING PAGE 151) 



The members of this genus are leathery plants, with the 

 stems lateral or wanting. The gills are simple, not forked, and 

 the spores are white. Panus stypticus is common on rotten 

 wood, and gives out a weird, phosphorescent light. 



The species of the genus Panus so much resemble species 

 of the genus Lcntinus, which do not have toothed margins, that 

 Panus zndLentinus are considered by some as one genus, with 



the name Lentinus. Some species of Panus are dangerous. 



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GENUS TROGIA 



But one American species is reported; this is small and 

 leathery, brownish in colour, with the spore-bearing surface 

 white. The lamellae are obtuse on their edges, and are not hairy. 

 The spores are white. This plant is common on fallen branches 

 of the alder. 



GENUS SCH1ZOPHYLLUM 



The members of this genus have white spores and a leathery 

 pileus, with the lamellae hairy and grooved, or split. Schiqo- 

 phyllum commune is common on twigs or branches. It varies 

 from % to 2 inches across, appearing as fluted shells on the 

 bark. 



Fa-mll'-T-i Pi'-ntts Trdg'-f-i SkKz-S-phyl'-ltim CQm-mu'-ne 



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