CREPIDOTUS. 119 



Crepidotus calolepis. Fr. (figs. 1-3, p. 3.) 



Pileus - in. across, rather fleshy, dimidiate, sessile, 

 attached by a downy point, otherwise free behind, pale, 

 variegated with minute, crowded, rufescent scales; gills 

 radiating from the point of attachment, rather broad, at 

 length rusty-brown. 



Agaricus (Crepidotus) calolepis, Fries, in Vet. Ak. Forhandl., 

 1873; Cke., Hdbk., p. 190; Cke., Illustr., pi. 499s. 



On rotten trunks of aspen ; branches, &c. 



Stem reduced to a sessile tubercle. Pileus scarcely J in. 

 broad, flesh firm, not gelatinous. Spores ferruginous-brown. 

 (Fries.) 



Crepidotus haustellaris. Fr. 



Pileus ^- in. across, rather fleshy, flaccid, exactly lateral, 

 reniform, plane, even, minutely villous, tan-colour; stem 

 distinct, lateral or very excentric, up to in. long, villous, 

 attenuated upwards, white; gills determinate, rounded 

 behind, pallid then brownish-cinnamon. 



Agaricus (Crepidotus^) haustellaris, Fries, Syst. Myc., i. 

 p. 274; Cke., Hdbk., p. 190 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 515A. 



On fallen branches of poplar, &c. 



Having much in common with Crepidotus calolepis, but 

 abundantly distinct. Small, regular, not caespitose; espe- 

 pecially characterised by the subconical stem and almost 

 free gills. (Fries.) 



Crepidotus epibryus. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 lines across, membranaceous, resupinate, quite 

 sessile, adnate by the vertex, silky then smooth, white ; gills 

 radiating from the centre, thin, crowded, white, then 

 reddish-yellow. 



Agaricus (Crepidotus) epibryus, Fries, Syst. Myc., i. p. 275 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 191 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 51 6c. 



On mosses, leaves, &c. 



Regular, almost cup-shaped, small, without a rudiment of 

 a stem, and not produced at the vertex qr point of attach- 

 ment. 



On the larger mosses. Structure and general appearance 

 of Crcpidotus variabilis, but conspicuously different in tho 

 more regular form, cup-shaped, always entire, not effuso- 



