138 Claudopus Ochrosporae. 



byssisedus, Pers. P. 1 2 cm. resupinate then horizontal, 

 reniform, plane, downy, grey then pale ; g. adnato-decur. greyish- 

 white, reddish with the spores ; s. incurved, downy, base surrounded 

 with white fibrils ; sp. glob, rough, 67. 



Differs from Pleurotus applicatus by presence of s. and pink sp. 



[Zahlbruckneri, Beck. P. resupinate then reflexed, sessile, 

 reniform, shining white, downy; g. radiating, reddish, edge paler, 

 denticulate ; sp. minutely warted, subg. 6 7. 



Differs from G. variabilis in denticulate edge of gills and sp. 



[Klukii, Blonski. P. shell-shaped, reniform, downy, greyish-tan ; 

 g. crowded, decur. whitish then bright rosy ; s. slightly curved, base 

 white and downy ; sp. 56 x 3. 



Allied to C. byssisedus but larger. 



[Peteauxi, Q. P. cupulate then reniform, wavy, thin, fragile, 

 minutely tomentose, shining white ; g. free, sinuate, radiating from a 

 central point which is continued into a very short, white tomentose 

 stem ; sp. 7 long. 



OCHROSPORAE. 



A. Gills separating spontaneously, or very easily from 



flesh of pileus. 



Paxillus. Margin of pileus persistently involute ; gills decurrent 

 or adnato-decurrent. 



B. Gills not separating spontaneously, nor easily from 



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Stem furnished with a volva, or an interwoven ring, 

 or with 



Locellina. Volva and ring both present. 

 Pholiota. Ring alone present. 



* * Volva and ring both absent. 

 f Stem central. 



Pluteolus. Gills free. 



Bolbitius. Pileus membranaceous ; gills deliquescent at maturity. 



Inocybe. Stem fleshy, fibrous externally ; pileus fibrillose or 

 scaly ; gills sinuato-adnexed. 



Hebeloma. Stem fleshy, fibrous externally ; pileus glabrous, 

 viscid ; gills sinuato-adnexed. 



Naucoria. Stem cartilaginous externally; edge of pileus in- 

 curved at first; gills adnexed or adnate. 



