616 249.Crepid. 11. HYMENOTHECE/. Pl. cellsaph. 
VII. 249. CREPIDOPUS. Esenbeck. _Slipper-stool. 
Volva 0; stem marginal or 0; collar 0; cap fleshy, de- 
pressed, semicircular, oblique; gi//s decurrent. 
1. Crepidopus ostreatus. Oyster slipper-stool. 
Thalli slightly stipitate, in imbricated bundles; cap con- 
vex, grey or brownish, reverse-ovate ; gil/s white, decurrent, 
anastomosing at bottom. 
Agaricus ostreatus, Curtis Lond. 216; Persoon Syn. 477. 
On the trunks of trees. 
8. -atro-albus. Thalli in tufts; stem lateral, short, dirty 
white; cap fleshy, plano-convex, edge turned over, blackish ; 
gills decurrent, veiny, white. 
Agaricus nigricans, Fl. Dan. 892. 
Agaricus ostreatus, Sowerby Fungi, 241. 
2. Crepidopus mollis. Soft slipper-stool. 
Thalli gregarious, soft; cap bald, bunched, pale; gilis 
watery, brownish. 
Agaricus mollis, Dickson Crypi. 1,17; Sowerby Fungi, 98; Persoon 
Syn, 480. 
On rotten trees; autumn. 
3. Crepidopus stypticus. Styptic slipper-stool. 
Thalti in close tufts; stem compressed, ascending, dilated 
at bottom; cap leatherlike, nicked, rather tough, somewhat 
powdery; gil/s very thin, connected by veins, cinnamon- 
colour. 
sm enuices stypticus, Bull. Herb, 140; Sowerby Fungi, 109; Persoon Syn. 
~ On dry trunks of trees; autumn and mild winters. 
Taste at first nauseously sweet, afterwards styptic. 
4. Crepidopus variabilis. Variable slipper-stool. 
Thalli gregarious, stemless; cap rather woolly, white; 
gills whitish, afterwards rust-colour. 
Agaricus niveus, Dickson Crypt. 1,17; Sowerby Fungi, 97. 
Agaricus sessilis, Bulliard Herb. 152. 
Agaricus variabilis, Persoon Syn. 483. 
Agaricus pubescens, Fl. Dan. 1073. 
In damp woods or hedges, upon sticks. 
5. Crepidopus epigeus. - Ground slipper-stool. 
Cap kidneyshape, brittle, reddish-grey ; bottom villous, 
whitish; gi//s distinct, watery, reddish, diverging. 
