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Crepidotns calolepis. Fr. (%s. 1-3, p. 3.) 



Pileus 1— |- in. across, rather fleshy, dimidiate, sessile, 

 attached by a downy point, otherwise free behind, pale, 

 variegated with minate, crowded, rafescent scales; giUs 

 radiating from the point of attachment, rather broad, at 

 length TOstr-brown. 



Agaricus (Crepidofus) calolepis. Fries, inTet. Ak. Forhandl., 

 1873; Cke., Hdbk., p. 190; Cke., ElTisti-.. pL 499b. 



On rotten tmnks of aspen ; branches, &c. 



Stem reduced to a sessile tubercle. Pileus scarcely i in. 

 broad, flesh firm, not gelatinous. Spores ferruginous-brown. 

 (Fries.) 



Crepidotus hanstellaris. Fr. 



Kleus ^— f in. across, rather fleshy, flaccid, exactly lateral, 

 reniform, plane, even, minutely villous, tan-colour; stem 

 distinct, lateral or very excentric, up to ^ in. long, villous, 

 attenuated upwards, white; gills determinate, rounded 

 behind, pallid then brownish-cinnamon. 



Agaricus {Crepidotus') haustellaris. Fries, Svst. llyc, i. 

 p. 274; Cke., Hdbk, p. 190 : Cke., lUustr., pi. 51.5a, 



On fallen branches of poplar, itc. 



Having much in common with Crepidotus calolepis, but 

 abundantly distinct. Small, regular, not caespitose; espe- 

 pecially characterised by the subcorneal stem and alnwst 

 free gills. (Fries.) 



Crepidotus epibryus. Fr. 



PUeus 2-3 lines across, membranaceotis, resupinate, quite 

 sessile, adnate by the vertex, silky then smooth, white ; gill= 

 radiating from the centre, thin, crowded, white, then 

 reddish-yellow. 



Agaricus (Crepidotus') epibryus. Fries, Svst. Mvc, L p. 275 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 191 ; Cke., Illustr., pL oi^c. 



On mosses, leaves, &c. 



Eegular, almost cup-shaped, small, without a rudiment of 

 a stem, and not produced at the vertex or point of attach- 

 ment. 



On the larger mosses. Structure and general appearance 

 of Cr^dotus taridbilis, but conspicuously different in the 

 more regular form, cup-shaped, always entire, not effuso- 



