3IO AGARIC ACE^: Lentinus 



branched, woody, pubescent, colour as P. G. crenato-torn, 

 yellowish. 

 Squared wood in cellars. Feb. 3^ x 6 x in. Often abnormal in habit. 



c. CochleatcB. 



1437. L. eochleatus Fr. (from the shape of the pileus, somewhat 



shell-like ; cochlea^ a snail-shell) a b c. 



P. convexo-umbilicate, subinfundibuliform, at length irregularly 

 lobed, brownish-yellow; mid. darker. St. usually branched, 

 proliferous and irregularly indented, central to almost lateral, 

 colour as P., sienna-umber at base. G. decurrent, crowded, 

 lighter than P., or white flesh-colour. 



Solitary to caespitoso-proliferous. Said to be edible. Odour strong of anise, 

 spicy, often scenting the air for long distances. Trunks, stumps and on 

 the ground ; frequent. Aug.-Oct. z\ x 5 X J in. Changes to rich 

 brown or blackish in drying. 



PLEUROTVE. 



1438. L. seotieus B. & Br. ex Fr. (from its first observed place of 



growth Scotland) a b c. 

 P. convexo-umbilicate to expanded and depressed, pallid to 



brownish or yellowish-buff, hygrophanous ; marg. lobed, sinuate 



or plicate. St. solid, darker than P., or yellowish-sienna. 



G. decurrent, subdistant, white. 

 Solitary or caespitose. Odour none. Decayed stumps and rotten wood, 



furze, birch, spruce. Nov.-Jan. 2f x f X in. Stem sometimes absent 



and pileus reniform. 



1439. L. flmbriatus Curr. (from the fugitive fimbriate annulus in 



infancy) a c. 



P. convex to deeply depressed, floccose-scaly, fawn-colour or 

 umber-salmon ; marg. substrigose. St. solid, lateral, rough with 

 reflexed sc., brown-white. G. subdecurrent, pale brown or 

 salmon-white. 



Imbricate. Stumps, posts. Sept. f x X in. 



1440. L. vulpinus Fr. (from its strong, often foxy, odour ; vulpes, a 



fox) a b c. 

 P. sessile, reniform-conchate, surface rough and corrugate with 



raised radiating ribs or adnate teeth, warm yellow-brownish ; 



marg. rose flesh-brown, base darker. G. extended to base, 



crowded, brownish, pale yellow or pale yellowish-rose. 

 Imbricate. Odour sometimes of field-mint. Trunks, stumps ; rare. 



Mar. -Oct. Diam. 5 in. Becomes black in drying. 



1441. L. flabelliformis Fr. (from the fan-shaped pileus ; flabellum, a 



small fan, forma, form) a c. 



P. sessile, reniform ; marg. corrugate, at length curled backwards, 

 smooth, fawn-colour or yellowish-brown, darker at base. St. 



