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■*** Veil none, yilh deejihj decurrent, stem distinct, somewhat 

 vertical. 



401. A. (Pleurotus) sapidus, iCa/c^. ; c^spitose; pileus 

 fleshy, somewhat excentric, deformed, smooth, depressed in 

 centre, white or brownish ; stems solid, connate at base, 

 smooth, white. 



On elm trunks. Isleworth, Kew, Morpeth, etc. 



402. A. (Pleiirotus) pantoleucus, Fr. ; wholly white, 

 often opaque ; pileus 3 in., broad, fleshy, excentric, dimi- 

 diate, spathulate, and slightly convex, even, smooth, some- 

 what depressed and marginate behind ; margin equal, 

 entire ; stem solid, ascending, very excentric, equal or 

 attenuated downwards, not rooted, even, smooth ; gills 

 decurrent, somewhat crowded. 



On trunks, willow, etc. Coed Coch. 



403. A. (Pleurotus) mutilus, Fr. ; wholly white ; pileus 

 excentric or lateral, slightly fleshy, soft, tough, reniform, 

 spathulate and depressed behind, somewhat umbilicate, 

 smooth and silky when dry ; stem erect or ascending, 

 excentric or somewhat lateral, round, solid, tough, smooth, 

 except at the villous base ; gills decurrent, somewhat 

 crowded, narrow, rather thick, simple ; springing from an 

 efi"used flaxy mycelium. 



On dead wood. On grassy open hillside. Penzance. 



**** Veil none, gills deeply decurrent, jnleus sessile or extended 

 behind into a short oblique, stem-like base. 



404. A. (Pleurotus) ostreatus, Jactj. (p. 135) ; 3-5 in. 

 Epping Forest. 



Var. glandulosus ; gills broad, glandular, white, anas- 

 tomosing behind. 



