Xerotus 



AGARICACE^E 



313 



Rigid, persistent, analogous with Cantharellus, but differing in 

 its leathery substance. 



Fig. 69. Xerotus degener Fr. in section and entire with portion removed 

 to show the gills. Natural size. 



1448. X. degener Fr. (from its ill-developed condition in comparison 



with other species of Xerotus ; degener, degenerate) a b. 

 P. thin, very tough, plano-infundibuliform, somewhat zoned, 

 striate when moist, flocculose when dry, brown-grey to grey, 

 cinnamon, salmon or pale yellowish-brown. St. solid to 

 stuffed, attenuate downwards. G. very distant, whitish-grey, 

 yellowish or salmon-white. 



Peaty ground, amongst short grass in sterile gravelly places. Jan. 

 if x i X & in. 



LVI. TROGIA Fr. 



(After Jacob Gabriel Trog, Swedish botanist.) 



Pileus membranous, soft, flaccid, arid, persistent, texture fibrillose. 

 Stem lateral or none. Gills fold-like, venose, edge in the only 



Fig. 7 o,Trogia. crispa Fr., entire and in section. Natural .size. 

 A, section across gills. 



