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rcniform or dimidiate, stcmlcss, pale grey, minutely downy ; 

 gills rather distant, pallid. 



On larch-stumps. Apethorpc. Sept. 1859. Pilous 1-1 

 lines across ; margin involute. Named after Lieut. Julian C. 

 Hobson, who has sent several interesting Fungi from the 

 neighbourhood of Poena. 



198. A. (Pleurotus) applicatus, Batsch ; dark, cinereous; 

 pileus rather firm, somewhat membranaceous, resupinate, then 

 reflected, somewhat striate, subpruinose, strigose behind ; gills 

 loose, paler. — Sow. t. 301. 



On dead fallen branches in woods. Extremely common. 

 About one-third of an inch across. 



199. A. (Pleixrotus) striatulus, Fr. ; pale cinereous ; pi- 

 leus very delicate, striate, flaccid, smooth ; gills few, distant. 



On fir-wood, hazel-twigs, etc. Scotland, Capt. Carmichael. 



200. A. (Pleurotus) hypnophilus, P. ; resupinate, flat, 

 white ; pileus subreniform, nearly smooth ; gills simple. — 

 Pers. Myc. Eur. iii. t. 24^. f. 5 a. 



On the larger mosses and fallen leaves. Appin, Capt. Car- 

 michael. 



201. A. (Pleurotus) chioneus, P.; snow-white, subresupi- 

 nate, minute ; pileus very thin, villous ; gills rather broad ; 

 stem very short, villous, at length obsolete. — Pers. I. c. t. 26. 

 /. 10, 11. 



On wood or dung. Rare. Lytchett, Dorsetshire. Allied 

 to A. septicus, and differing in its very thin pileus. 



Series 2. Hyporhodii. — Spores sahnon-coloured. 



Subgenus 10. Yolvaria. — Veil universal, forming avolva distinct 



from the cuticle. Hymenophoruni distinct from the stem. 



* Sillcy or Jihrillose. 



202. A. (Volvaria) bombycinus, Schceff.; pileus soft, fleshy. 



