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very common. A large and magnificent species -when well 

 grown. I snspect there is a closely allied species, with a veil 

 varnished beneath, of which I once had an imperfect specimen 

 from Mrs. Hussey. 



180. A. (Pleurotus) subpalmatus, Fr. ; pileus soft, fleshy, 

 convexo-plane, obtnse, smooth, wrinkled and gelatinous, es- 

 pecially when young ; stem excentric, incurved, equal ; gills 

 adnate, crowded, broad, reddish. — Soto. t. 62. 



On squared timber, old trunks, etc. In several parts of 

 England. Pileus orange-buff, pruinose; flesh mottled, like 

 that of FistuUna hepatica ; stem fibrous within, smooth, 

 white ; gills joined behind, so as to form an obsolete collar, 

 A beautiful and interesting species. 



181. A. (Pleurotus) fimtoriatus, Bolt.; pileus thin, fleshy, 

 plane, then infundibuliforra, even, hygrophanous ; margin at 

 length lobed and waved ; stem subexcentric, compressed, firm, 

 short, rootless, villous ; gills thin, adnate, very croAvded, some- 

 what forked, white. — Bolt. /. 61. 



On trunks of trees. Rare. East Bcrgholt, Br. Badham. 

 Nearly white. Pileus 3 inches across. 



*** GUIs decidedly decnrrent. 



182. A. (Pleurotus) euosmus, B. ; imbricated, strong- 

 scented ; pileus depressed, shining and satiny when dry ; stem 

 short or obsolete, confluent ; gills ventricose, very decurrcnt, 

 dingy-white; spores pinkish. — Huss. i. t. 75. 



On elm-posts. Spring. Hayes, Kent. East Bergholt. 

 Pileus 3 inches across. Somewhat resembling the next, but 

 distinguished by a peculiar scent like that of tarragon, and 

 by its pale lilac spoi'cs. Not esculent. 



183. A. (Pleurotus) ostreatus, .Jaaj. ; pileus soft, fleshy, 

 subdimidiate, conchatc, ascending, turning pale; stem short 



