134 OUTLINES OF 1511ITISII FUNGOLOGY. 



17G, A. (Omphalia) BeUi2e, Johnst. ; pileus dry, membra- 

 naceous, cup-shaped, of a pale wood-colour ; stem tliin, fistu- 

 lose, cartilaginous, pale above, brownish below, adhering by a 

 floccose base ; gills thick, paler than the pileus, decurrent, 

 interstices veiny. — Ann, of Nat. Hist. ser. 1. vol. vi. t. 10. 



/. 1. 



On dead stems of the common reed. Berwickshire, Lord 

 Home. See description in the place cited above. 



177. A. (Omphalia) integrellus, P.; white, brittle ; pileus 

 membranaceous, hemispherical, expanded, pellucid, conse- 

 quently striate; stem very slender, short, pubescent below; 

 gills distant, decurrent, rather branched, edge acute. 



On decayed sticks, etc. Rare. King's ClifFe. 



Subgenus 9. Pleurotus. — Stem excentric, lateral, or wanting. 

 Mostly growing on wood. 



I. Pileus entire. 

 * Furnished ivith a veil. 



178. A. (Pleurotus) dryinus, P.; pileus hard, compact, 

 oblique, variegated with dark spot-like scales; veil white, 

 torn, fugacious ; stem lateral, blunt ; gills decurrent, narrow, 

 nearly simple. — Huss. ii. t. 29, 33. 



On trunks of ash, -^-illow, etc. A beautiful species. Scat- 

 tered here and there, but never in any abundance. 



** Gills emarf/inatc. 



179. A. (Pleurotus) ulmarius, Bull.; pileus fleshy, com- 

 pact, convcxo-plane, smooth, moist, somewhat spotted ; stem 

 rather excentric, stout, thickened below, subtomentose ; gills 

 adnexed, emarginate or rounded, rather close, broad, dirty- 

 Avhite. — Sow. t. 67. 



On elm-trunks, generally many feet from the ground. Not 



