CLASSIFICATION 219 



A showy fungus when well grown, firm, usually more or less de- 

 formed and somewhat excentric. Smell pleasant. Often much 

 deformed, and assuming very grotesque forms when grown in dark 

 places, as on wood in cellars, on pit-props, etc. 



On trunks, stumps, etc. 



L. leontopodius. — Cap fleshy, tough, very excentric, sometimes 

 almost lateral or dimidiate, broadly umbilicate, edge arched and 

 curved down, more or less lobed, downy, pale reddish ochre, margin 

 darkest, 4-8 in. across, flesh up to f in. in thickness at the centre of 

 the cap, becoming thinner towards the edge ; gills deeply decurrent 

 on the under side of the stem, reddish ochre, edge darker, and very 

 minutely toothed ; stem hard, curved, brown, scurfy, base often 

 blackish, 3-4 in. long. 



The largest and finest species included in the genus. Smell 

 pleasant. Taste sweet. 



On willow trunks, etc. Rare. 



L. pulverulent us. — Cap thin, tough, convex, yellow, about 2 in. 

 across, infundibuliform or irregularly fan-shaped, pulverulent ; 

 gills decurrent, pallid, edge crenulate ; stem stout, elongated, 

 equal, yellow, and powdered with white meal. 



On trunks. Tufted. 



L. resinaceus. — Cap rather fleshy, tough and phant, excentric, 

 convex, then depressed, edge incurved and lobed, downy, covered 

 with resinous gum, ochraceous cinnamon, 1-2 in. across ; gills 

 adnato-decurrent, crowded, narrow, white, edge toothed ; stem 

 firm, solid, expanding into the cap, downy, pallid, scarcely i in. 

 long. 



On trunks. Somewhat tufted, stems often more or less grown 

 together. 



L. adhcBrens. — Cap thin, tough, irregular, pitted, downy, pale 

 and dingy, glutinous, convex and somewhat umbonate, then 

 depressed, about i in. across ; gills forming decurrent lines on the 

 stem, thin, torn, white ; stem rooting, glutinous, coloured like the 

 cap. 



Small, unequal, taste astringent. Cap and stem appearing as if 

 varnished, from the gluten. 



In pine woods. 



L. cochleatus. — Cap tough, limp, irregular, more or less lobed or 

 twisted, often depressed or funnel-shaped, reddish cinnamon, 1-2 in. 

 across ; gills somewhat decurrent, crowded, soft, edge toothed, 

 pinkish white ; stem variable, se\'eral often more or less thrown 

 together, colour of cap or paler. 



Smell fragrant, resembling aniseed, sometimes almost absent. 

 Usually much tufted and contorted. 



On trunks, stumps, etc. 



