228 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



IG. SCHIZOPHYLLUM, Fr. 



Gills coriaceous, split longitudinally, with the two divisions 

 rcvolute, or spreading. 



1. S. commune, Fr.; pilcus adnatc behind, simple, and 

 lobed ; gills grey, then brownish-purple, the divided surface 

 villous, the edge rcvolute, — Sow. t. 183. 



On dead wood, mostly such as has been imported. I have 

 seen this beautiful plant in profusion on foreign wood, but I 

 have never gathered truly British specimens, which are ex- 

 tremely rare. 



17. LENZITES, Fr. 



Corky or coriaceous. Gills firm, often anastomosing, and 

 forming spurious pores. Edge entire. 



1 . L. betulina, Fr. ; pileus between corky and coriaceous, 

 firm, somewhat zoned, tomcntosc, turning pale; margin of 

 the same colour; gills straight, somewhat branched, anasto- 

 mosing, pallid. (Plate 15, fig. 3.) 



On stumps, old rails, etc. Very common. Varying greatly 

 in colour, in the degree of hardness, and in the anastomosing 

 of the gills. Often quite rcsupinate, and then very deceptive. 



2. Ij. flaccida, Fr.; pilcus thin, coriaceous, flaccid, unequal, 

 zoned, hairy, turning pale ; margin of the same colour ; gills 

 broad, crowded, unequal, and branched, white, then pallid. — 

 Bull. t. 894; Bolt. t. 158. 



On stumps. Not uncommon. Running by almost imper- 

 ceptible gradations into the last. 



3. L. sepiaria, Fr. ; pileus hard, coriaceous, zoned, stri- 

 goso-tomentose, rough, bright brown ; margin and the thick- 



jills tawny. — Soiv. t. llS. 



