118 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Agaricus stipticus, Persoon, Obs., i. p. 8, t. 5, f. 3. 



On rotten wood. 



Pileus watery, not gelatinous, very hygrophanous, margin 

 slightly striate when moist, at length depressed behind. 



Pileus watery, rather fleshy, soft, fragile, altogether plane, 

 horizontal, extended behind in a straight line into a very 

 short, white, tomentose stem ; reniform or cuneate, waters* 

 cinnamon when moist, margin slightly striate, even and 

 whitish when dry, truly hygrophanous, at length depressed 

 behind, subsessile. Gills originate determinately behind, 

 crowded, linear, thin, whitish then watery cinnamou. Inter- 

 mediate between Crepidotus mollis and C. byssisedus. (Fries.) 



Crepidotus alveolus. Lasch. 



Pileus 1-2| in. across, flesh about 2 lines thick, whitish, 

 soft, lateral, obovate, repand, plane, glabrous, ochraceous- 

 brown, sessile or produced behind into a short, stem-like, 

 tomentose base ; gills determinate, broad, crowded, pale then 

 brownish-tan. 



Agaricus alveolus, Lasch, no. 582; Fries, Hym. Eur., 

 p. 275 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 189. 



On trunks. Closely allied to Crepidotus mollis, but more 

 fleshy, darker coloured, becoming pale when dry, sometimes 

 olive-tinged near the margin. 



It is doubtful whether the figure in Cke., Illustr., pi. 490A, 

 called Agaricus (Crepidotus)' alveolus, Lasch, is the right 

 fungus; the specimens measure up to 1 in. across, subreni- 

 form, ochraceous-tan, very convex and subumbonate behind, 

 and attached by a small point ; gills distant, about 2 lines 

 broad, tawny-ochraceous. 



Dimidiate, laterally subsessile or produced behind into a 

 short stem-like tomentose base, horizontal, pileus fleshy, soft, 

 obovate, sometimes repand, almost plane, 2 in. and more 

 long, even, glabrous, moist, ochraceous-brown, sometimes 

 tinged with olive towards the margin, pale when dry; gills 

 determinate, not decurrent from the base, broad, crowded, 

 bi'ownish-tan. Closely allied to Crepidotus mollis, differing 

 in the more fleshy rather wedge-shaped pileus, the darker 

 colour of every part, and especially the broader gills. 

 (Fries.) 



