Ochrosporae 



dozen or more European species. Their mode of growth is usually Crepidotus. 



gregarious or somewhat loosely imbricated, in consequence of which 



the pileus, which in most species is white or yellowish, is often stained 



by the spores, and then it has a rusty, stained or squalid appearance. 



The species occur especially on old stumps, prostrate trunks and soft 



much decayed wood in damp, shaded places. Peck, 39th Rep. N. Y. 



State Bot. 



C. ful'vo-tomento'sus Pk. tawny-tomentose. Pileus %-2 in. 



broad, scattered or gregarious, suborbicular, kidney-shaped or dimidi- 

 ate, sessile or attached by a short, white-villose tubercle or rudimentary 

 stem, hygrophanous, watery-brown and sometimes striatulate on the 

 margin when moist, whitish, yellowish or pale ochraceous when dry, 

 adorned with small, tawny, hairy or tomentose scales. Lamellae broad, 

 subventricose, moderately close, rounded behind, radiating from a lateral 

 or eccentric white villose spot, whitish becoming brownish-ferruginous. 

 Spores elliptical often uninucleate, 8-10x5-6/4. 



Decaying wood of poplar, maple, etc. Common. June to October. 



A pretty species, corresponding in some respects to the European C. 

 calolepis, but much larger and with tawny, instead of reddish scales. 

 The cuticle is separable and is tenacious, though it has a hyaline gelatin- 

 ous appearance. The pileus is subpersistent, and specimens dried in 

 their place of growth are not rare. Peck, 39th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Haddonfield, N. J. ; Angora, West Philadelphia. On decaying 

 hickory. Mcllvaine. 



Substance fair. Taste strong but pleasant. 



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