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Capian hepatica, Batsch. On the ground among moss, 
&c. P. 
0. muralis, Sow. On dry banks. A. 
0. infumata, Berk. & Broome. Among grass and moss. A. 
O. pseudoandrosacea, Bull. Among grass on lawn. Occurring 
in troops after prolonged rain. A. 
O. umbellifera, L. On banks. A. 
O. retosta, Fries. Dry places on the ground. P. 
O. griseo-pallida, Desm. Among dry grass. A., P. 
0. stellata, Fries. Rotten wood. Q. 
O. camptophylla, Berk. On rotten twigs. Q. 
0. grisea, Fries. On the ground. A. Q. 
O. Campanella, Batsch. Among moss and short grass. A. 
0. Fibula, Bull. Among short grass. P. 
Var. Swartzii, Fries Among grass. A. 
O. directa, Berk. & Broome. On dead leaves. EY 
minute, the 'pileus rarely exceeding half a line in diameter. Q. 
O. bullula, Brig. On dead twigs. Q. 
Pleurotus, Fries. ~ 
P. corticatus, Fries. On trunks. A. 
P. ulmarius, Bull. On elm trunks. A., P. 
P. dryinus, Pers. On ed trunk. The largest specimen measured 
11 inches across the pileus. Q. 
P. tessulatus, Bull. Ona ee Q. 
_ P. circinnatus, Fries. On wood. Q. 
P. ostreatus, Jacg. On fallen trunks. Many people are pre- 
judiced against fu peA growing on wood or stumps, considering 
that all such are poisonous. This is true of some species ; never- 
theless Pleurotus aena, the “ priis fungus," so called on 
etie of its cap r esembling an oyster shell in shape, always 
grows on wood, yet it is universally acknowledged as one of the 
best and este! of edible fungi. Q 
Var. euosmus, Fries. On trunks. A. 
Var. columbinus, Bres. On stumps. Q. 
P. salignus, Fries. On willow trunks by the lake, A. 
P. sapidus, Kalchbr. Onelm trunks. Edible. Remarkable for 
the branched stem, several caps or re springing at different 
points from a common thickened stem 
P.limpidus, Fries. On rotten wood lying on the ground. A. 
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