Agaricacese 



Ecciiia. This neat little species is sweet and pleasant raw, and when cooked 

 makes an agreeable dish. European authorities give the taste as un- 

 pleasant, but there is nothing of the sort about the American repre- 

 sentative. 



CLAU'DOPUS Smith. 

 Claudus lame ; pous a foot. 



ciaudopus. Pileus eccentric, lateral or resupinate. Spores pinkish. 



The species of this genus were formerly distributed among the Pleu- 

 (Plate LXX.) roti and Crepidoti, which they re- 



semble in all respects except the 

 color of the spores. The genus at 

 first was made to include species with 

 lilac-colored as well as pink spores, 

 but Professor Fries limited it to spe- 

 cies with pink spores. In this sense 

 we have taken it. The spores in 

 some species are even, in others 

 rough or angulated. The stem is 

 either entirely wanting or is very 

 short and inconspicuous, a character 

 indicated by the generic name. The 

 pileus often rests upon its back and 

 is attached by a point when young, 



but it becomes turned backward with age. The species are few and in- 

 frequent. All inhabit decaying wood. 



CLAUDOPUS VARIABILIS. 

 Natural size. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES. 



Pileus yellow C. nidulans 



Pileus white or whitish I 



i . Spores even C. variabilis 



1 . Spores angulated C. depluens 



Pileus gray or brown 2 



2. Pileus striatulate when moist C. Greigensis 



2 . Pileus not striatulate C. byssisedus 



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