48 CollyUa. 



finally obscure ; s. 2 4 cm. fibrillose, with a thin cartilaginous cuticle, 

 brownish or grey ; sp. 7 9 x 4 5. 



[lentinifonnis, Karst. P. convexo-plane, umbil. or depr. irreg. 

 even, glabrous, rufescent ; g. almost free, crowded, white then spotted 

 black ; s. apex thickened and silky, whitish, blackish when bruised ; 

 sp. 1011x46. 



Resembling Lentinus cochleatus in form and colour. 



[concolor, Del. White then tan. P. umboniform then exp. 

 even, rarely scaly ; g. adnexed, pallescent ; s. solid, equal, glabrous. 



[loripes, Fr. Caespitose. P. exp. flexuose, lax, yellowish rufous, 

 even, glabrous ; g. white then sulphur yellow ; s. "pallid, flexuous, 

 fibrillosely striate. 



[aerina, Q. P. flexuous, tomentose, coppery olive; g. distant, 

 yellow; s. striate, orange yellow. 



fusipes, Bull. P. 3 7 cm. exp. umbo at length disappearing, 

 rufous or dingy tan, often cracked ; g. adnexed, white then dingy ; 

 s. 7 10 cm. ventricose, grooved, rooting, glabrous, cartilaginous ; 

 sp. 5 6 x 3 4. 



Tufted. Edible. 



var. oedematopa, Schaeff. Subcaespitose, p. conical then flat- 

 tened, rufous bay ; g. pallid ; s. ventricose, fibrillosely pulverulent. 



var. contorta, Bull. Caespitoso-connate, pileus and twisted stem 

 thinner ; g. crowded, white. 



lancipes, Fr. P. 5 7 cm. exp. umb. radiately rugulose, margin 

 striate, pale flesh colour then pallid ; g. connected by veins, tinged 

 flesh colour ; s. 4 6 cm. striate, narrowed towards rooting base ; 

 sp. . 



Differs from G. fusipes in rugulose pileus, and in growing singly. 



mimica, W. G. Sm. Smell strong, fishy. P. 2 3 cm. obtuse, 

 with separable cuticle, dingy ochraceous, as are the broad g. ; s. nar- 

 rowed towards base, ochraceous, 4 5 cm. ; sp. 8 x 4 5. 



* * Gills crowded, narrow. 



maculata, A. & S. White; P. 510 cm. obtuse, compact, 

 becoming spotted with rust colour ; g. free, closely crowded ; s. 

 7 12 cm. more or less ventricose, grooved, narrowed below, spotted 

 rusty ; subgl. 4 6. 



var. immaculata, Cke. Not becoming spotted ; g. minutely 

 serrulate. 



var. scorzonera, Batsch. Smaller, yellowish, stem long, rooting, 

 often wavy ; g. yellowish. 



[serpentina, Otth. P. campan. yellowish white, glabrous, some- 

 what shining, whitish, edge involute, white-fibrillose ; g. crenulate, 

 whitish, becoming tinged red ; s. whitish, striate, silky shining, hollow, 

 ending in a long contorted serpentine root running amongst leaves. 



prolixa, Fl. Dan. P. 710 cm. lax, exp. gibbous, even, 

 glabrous, tawny or brick red tinge ; g. free, crowded, narrow, not 



