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Batsch's figure, sometimes shaded very slightly, if at all, with 

 pink. 



2. P. conchatus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, but tough, thin, un- 

 equal, excentric and dimidiate, cinnamon, then turning pale, 

 at length squamulose ; stem short, unequal, pubescent at the 

 base; gills decurrent, forming lines on the stem, somewhat 

 branched, pinkish-white, then ochraceous. — Bull. t. 298, 517 

 0,P. 



On trunks of trees. Rare. Margate, etc. Not always so 

 much coloured, or so much inclined to be scaly, as is inti- 

 mated by the specific character, or by Bulliard's plate. Al- 

 ways, however, easily known, by its conchate form and tougher 

 substance, from similar species of the genns, Affaricits. A. in- 

 constans, P., is merely a form of this species. 



3. P. stypticus, Fr. ; pileus kidney-shaped, coriaceous, 

 cinnamon, turning pale; cuticle breaking up into mealy 

 scales ; stem short, lateral, dilated upwards ; gills determi- 

 nate, thin, crowded, connected by veins, cinnamon. — Soiv. 

 t. 109. 



On stumps, dead trees, etc. Extremely common. 



15. XEROTUS, Fr. 



Hymcnophorum confluent with the stem. Gills tough or 

 coriaceous, dichotomous. Edge obtuse, entire. 



1. X. degener, Fr.; pileus coriacco-membranaeeous, plano- 

 depresscd, floceulose, hygroi)hanous, striate when moist; stem 

 slender, solid, velvety ; gills fold-like, branched, very distant, 

 pale.— ^om;. /. 210. 



In peat- mosses. I am not acquainted with this plant. 



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