Agaric aceae 



SCHIZOPHYL'LUM Fr. 



Gr. to split; Gr. a leaf. 



Schizophyllum. 



(PlateLVlII.) 



SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE. 



Pileus fleshless, arid. Gills cori- 

 aceous, fan-wise branched, united 

 above by the tomentose pellicle, 

 bifid, split longitudinally at the edge. 

 Spores somewhat round, white. 

 Fries. 



The two lips of the split edge of 

 the gills are commonly revolute. The 

 farthest removed of all the Agari- 

 cini from the type. 



Growing on wood. Stevenson. ' 



Common on decaying wood. 

 Tough. 



LENZITES Fr. 



After Lenz, a German botanist. 





Lenzites. Pileus corky or coriaceous, texture arid and floccose. Gills coriace- 

 ous, firm, sometimes simple and unequal, sometimes anastomosing and 

 forming pores behind, trama floccose and similar to the pileus, edge 

 somewhat acute. The European species are dimidiate, sessile, persist- 

 ent, growing on wood, quite resembling Daedalea. Fries. 



Allied most nearly to Trametes and Daedalea and forming as it were 

 the transition from Agaricaceae to Polyporaceae. In tropical countries 

 they are more woody in texture. Stevenson. 



Very common. None edible. 



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