Panus. 



1 60 AGARICINI. 



** Stem definitely lateral. 



3. P. stipticus Fr. Pileus 1-2.5 cent. (>-i in.) broad, cin- 

 namon becoming pale, arid, thin, but not membranaceous, reni- 



form, pruinose, the cuticle separating into furfnraceous scales. 

 Stem not reaching 2.5 cent, (i in.) long, solid, definitely lateral, 

 compressed, dilated upwards, ascending, pruinose, paler than the 

 gills. Gills ending determinately (not decurrent), thin, very 

 narrow, crowded, elegantly connected by veins, cinnamon. 



Gregarious, ccespitose, remarkable for its astringent taste. The pileus 

 sometimes has an infundibuliform appearance with lobes all round. 



On stumps, &c. Common. Aug.-Feb. 



Reckoned poisonous. Spores obovoid-sphseroid, 2-3x1-2 mk. K. ; 3x4 

 mk. W.G.S. Name stypticus, astringent. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 241. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 489. Berk. Out. p. 227. C. Hbk. n. 692. S. Mycol Scot. n. 653. 

 Ag. Bull. t. 140, 557, /. i. Schceff. t. 208. Sow. t. 109. Fl. Dan. t. 832. /. 

 i, I292./". i. Tratt. Austr. t. 2. Krombh. /. 44. /". 13-17. Buxb. C.v.t. xo.f. i. 



4. P. farinaceus Schum. Pileus cinnamon-umber, somewhat 

 coriaceous, flexuous, cuticle separating into whitish-bluish-grey 

 scurf. Stem short, lateral, of the same colour as the pileus. 

 Gills determinately free, distinct, paler. 



The habit is that of P. stipticus. 



On fir pole. Glamis, 1873. Dec. 



Name farina, meal. From the scurf on the pileus. Schum. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 490. 5. Mycol. Scot. n. 654. 



*** Pileus resupinate, sessile or extended behind. 



5. P. patellaris Fr. Pileus 12 mm. (% in.) or a little more 

 broad, pallid externally, resupinate, coriaceous, orbicular, plano- 

 cup-shaped, aclnate by the sessile vertex, the free margin involute, 

 furfuraceo - villous externally. Gills concurrent in a central 

 point, crowded, quite entire, arid, dark ochraceous. 



Very remarkable, nearest to P. stipticus. 

 On cherry. Forres. March. 



Name /rtfe//#, a small dish. Fr. Monogr. \. p. 242. Hym. Eur. p. 490. 

 Icon. t. 176. /. 3. B. & Br. n. 1680. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 655. 



6. P. Stevensoni B. & Br. Pileus olivaceous-light yellow, 

 spathulate ; flesh greenish-yellow. Stem dilated upwards, con- 

 vex and golden, slightly hispid. Gills narrow, entire. 



On oak. Glamis, 1877. Penicuik, 1878. Sept.-Oct. 



