100 Pleurotus. 



[eryngii, D. C. P. fleshy, tough, exp. depr. irreg. rufous-grey, 

 scabrid-virgate ; g. broad, tinged pink ; s. naked, whitish, solid ; sp. 

 79 x 3'5. 



[nebrodensis, Inzeng. P. compact, convex then depr. even, 

 glabrous, grey ; g. decur. whitish ; s. solid, excentric or lateral, short, 

 ascending, whitish. 



[nausepsodulcis, Karst. P. soft, irreg. unequal, exp. even, gla- 

 brous, entirely tan ; g. decur. crowded, pallid ; s. excentric, rarely 

 central, solid, tomentose, whitish ; sp. 7 8 x 5. 



sapidus, Kalchbr. Caespitose. P. fleshy, deformed, centre depr. 

 glabrous, pallid ; g. decur. whitish ; several stems springing from a 

 common base ; sp. 11 12 x 4. 



More or less trumpet-shaped. Edible. 



[cornucopoides, Pers. P. very variable in form, convex, depr. 

 glabrous, white then livid yelllow ; g. decur. white ; s. subexcentric to 

 lateral, expanding into p. 



[lingulatus, Paulet. P. dimidiate or entire, umbil. convex, 

 deformed, even, pale ochre, edge incurved; g. subdecur. closely 

 crowded, paler than p. ; s. solid, long, subcompr. white; sp. 10 12 long. 



[melanopus, Pr. P. excentric or dimidiate, deformed, some- 

 what lobed, glabrous pale rufous ; g. decur. crowded, narrow, whitish 

 red ; s. solid, glabrous, ascending, black. 



[spodoleucus, Fr. P. plane, orbicular, even, glabrous, greyish ; 

 g. crowded, white, separate behind ; s. solid, glabrous, paler than p. ; 

 sp. 5 6 x 2 3. 



pantoleucus, Fr. White. P. 4 7 cm. even, glabrous, spathu- 

 late, depr. behind, marginate; g. crowded, distinct at base; s. 

 1 2 cm. ascending, glabrous, not rooting ; sp. 11 12 x 4. 



Differs from P. spodoleucus in pileus being white and depressed 

 behind. 



[pometi, Fr. White. P. fleshy, rather flaccid, convex, even, disc 

 depr. ; g. decur. crowded, not joined behind ; s. elastic with a downy 

 rooting base ; sp. 6 9 x 3 4. 



[Battarrae, Q. White. P. cyathiform, spotted with blackish 

 brown squamules ; g. milk-white ; s. slender, attenuated ; sp. 12 long. 



[lignicola, Sacc. White. P. tough, irreg. exp. subumbil. floc- 

 cosely pruitiose ; g. adnato-decur. crowded, shining white ; s. long, 

 incurved, flocculose at first ; sp. 14x4. 



mutilus, Fr. White. P. 2 2'5 cm. fleshy, irreg. silky when dry ; 

 g. narrow, simple ; s. 1 2 cm. long, terete, base downy ; sp. - - . 



Resembles Omph. scyphoides. Differs in nearly glabrous, irreg. 

 p. not becoming infundib. 



[macropus, Bagl. Large, caespitose. P. excentric, exp. glabrous, 

 sooty-grey ; g. decur. white ; s. joined at base, firm, long, thickly 

 tomentose. 



[luteo-caesius, Bagl. P. subexcentric, exp. fibrillosely rivulose, 

 tawny brown, edge wavy, incurved; g. subdecur. narrow, greyish 

 yellow; s. solid, fibrillose, long rooting. 



