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the stem may be hollow in the upper part and solid in the lower. 
The cap is 6-12 lines broad, the stem 1-1.5 inches long and 1-2 
lines thick. It grows in thin woods and in open places and appears 
in June and July. It is gregarious or subcespitose and is some- 
times associated with the chantarelle craterellus, Craterellus 
cantharellus (Schw.) Fr. Although of excellent flavor its 
small size detracts from its importance as an edible mushroom, 
but sometimes in wet showery weather it appears in sufficient 
abundance to make it available for the table. 
NEW YORK-SPECIES OF LENTINUS 
Lentinus Fr. 
Pileus fleshy coriaceous, tough, hard in fleshy species when old, 
persistent; hymenophorum continuous with the stem or with the 
base of the sessile pileus; lamellae thin, unequal, serrate or lacerate- 
dentate on the edge; stem when present, central, eccentric or 
lateral. 
Wood-inhabiting fungi, variable in form, hard or tough in tex- 
ture and easily recognizable by the uneven or serrate-dentate edge 
of the lamellae. 
KEY TO THE- SPECIES 
Pilens witha adistinet, stent 250 ak ces oy ee ee ee I 
Pileus sessile or witha. verysshert stent. so. eke as eee 6 
t Pileus . squamose-or “squanivlose sis. vv. vas oe es ee eee 2 
1 Piletis laprous...si./c5. Sweet nes cin set Sa eee oe ae be eee ee eee 5 
2 Stem 3 lines thick tor anorent 25.2. 2G Sin oe 2 te ee ee ee 3 
2 Stem Jess than 3 tlmesst hick Yrs PES ae ie a orn Secs wh eee 4 
3:.Pileus~squamose, datmellac*sitaate ssc. sae nee ease eee lepideus 
3.cileus squamulose, lamellae’ sot ysmiuate =. oe. -sn aoe ea spretus 
4 Marea of ‘the--pilens seven sis... a0 Fak os cine PONT tigrinus 
4 Marcia iot-the piles Stlcate <P. tek he ate Se See eee ee ee sulcatus 
iF lant .CespitOse, (Stent sillCabe. => snr cine yo ae me ees eee cochleatus 
5 Plant not cespitose, stem not sulcate............. Sr AE RIRE TS umbilicatus ~ 
6. Matire*oilens hairy: sessile 5c 3. nic age ew oan ee Oe ursinus 
6 Mature pileus glabrous, very short stemmed....... i a aeeee Sate yam ee 7) 
7. Stem. red or senestatt “Colon... 25 65 oo Se Sait Fas ee en eee haematopus 
7 “Stem whitish, HEATIY:s OUSOIELE Jao c..t slants seo eas wake eee eee suavissimus 
Lentinus lepideus Fr. 
SCALY LENTINUS 
Pileus fleshy, compact, tough, hard when dry, convex or nearly 
plane, sometimes slightly depressed in the center, often irregular, 
the cuticle cracking and forming brownish spotlike scales, white or 
