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pilei are joined. The nearest ally to this curious species is 

 Lentinus omphalodes. (B. & Br.) 



Lentinus fimbriatus. Currey. 



Pileus ^ f in. across, flesh thin, rather coriaceous, some- 

 what dimidiate, depressed behind, pale fawn-colour, or 

 whitish, with scattered darker floccose scales; margin 

 slightly incurved and hairy, gills descending but not truly 

 Recurrent, narrow, tinged with brown, margin toothed and 

 torn ; stem up to ^ in. long, not 1 line thick, solid, whitish, 

 incurved. 



Lentinus fimbriatus, Currey, Linn. Transact., xxiv. p. 152, 

 t. 25, f. 2 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 356 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1148A. 



On a stump standing in a pond. 



Distinguished among British species by its small size. 



Lentinus vulpinus. Fr. 



Piles 1-2 in. across, sessile or produced behind into a 

 stem-like base, imbricated, tough, somewhat orbicular or 

 shell-shaped, grown together behind, longitudinally 

 wrinkled and rough with minute floccose points, pale tan- 

 colour; margin incurved, entire; gills 2 lines broad, margin 

 torn, white. 



Lentinus vulpinus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 238 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 357 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1142s. 



On trunks and stumps. 



Inodorous, and like Armillaria mellea, the pilei become 

 powdered with the white spores. (Fries.) 



Lentinus flabelliformis. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, thin, flabby, tough, almost sessile, 

 reniform, plane or somewhat depressed behind, glabrous, 

 even, fawn-colour or pale cinnamon, margin more or less 

 crenulate ; gills 2 lines broad, often torn, pallid. 



Lentinus flabelliformis, Fries, Epicr., p. 395 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 357 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1148B (after Bolton). 



On trunks and stumps. 



Clustered or imbricated. Fries mentions a small var. 

 herbarum, with a membranaceous pileus that becomes pale ; 

 growing on stems of Epildbium. 



