120 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



rf;flexed and without a rudimentary stem ; pileus on the 

 contrary adnate behind, vertical, slightly iieshy, 2-3 lines 

 and more hroad, adpressedly silky, even, whitish. Gills 

 springing from a central point, thin, closely crowded, 

 parallel, whitish, then gilvous (not reddish). (Fries.) 



Crepidotus Phillipsii. B. & Br. 



Pileus about 3 lines across, rather fleshj', oblique, striate-, 

 smooth, pale umber; gills narrow, ventricose, slightly 

 adnate, pale dingy tan ; stem short, solid, incurved at the 

 base; spores elliptical, pale rusty-brown, 5-7 X 2'5 /x. 



Agaricus (^Crepidotus) PMllipni, Berk. & Br., Grev., vol. vi. 

 p. 101; Cke., Hdbk., p. 190; Cke., Illustr., pi. v. r,15c. 



On dead grass. Distinguished by the dingy, umber 

 pileus, and the short, incurved stem. 



Crepidotus pezizoides. Nees. 



Pileus about 2 lines across, sessile, thin, cup-shaped, then 

 reflexed, mealy, subtomentose, whitish ; gills radiating from 

 the centre, rather distant, olive-brown, then dull tawny. 



Agaricus pezizoides, Nees, Act. Nat. Curios, ix. t. 6, f. 18 

 (young stage) ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 191 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 516d ; 

 Tries, Hym. Eur., p. 277. 



On rotten branches. Distinguished amongst the minute 

 white species by the mealy pileus. 



Crepidotus Ralfsii. B. & Br. 



Pileus -J-f in. across, flesh white, thickish, equal, flat, 

 margin involute, delicately hispid or chafi"y, yellow, fixed by 

 cottony mycelium ; stem obsolete ; gills ventricose, rather 

 broad, pale tan-colour, margin whitish. 



Agaricus {Crepidotus') Balfsii, Berk. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 (1883), p. 372, n. 2008 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 191 ; Cke., Hlustr., 

 pi. 516d. 



On decaying wood. Bather gregarious. 



Crepidotus chimnophilus. B. & Br. 

 Pileus 2-3 lines across, flesh rather thick, convex, margin 

 incurved, villous, whitish ; stem very short or obsolete, 

 excentric ; gills attenuated behind, distant, narrow, pale 

 tan ; spores pale cinnamon, 5 X 3 /x. 



