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Lentinus adhaerens. A. & S. 



Pileus atoTit 1 in. across, flesh tHn, toiigh, irregular, 

 lacTinose, somewliat pulverulent, dingy, pale, glutinous ; gills 

 forming decurrent lines on the stem, very thin, torn, white ; 

 stem rooting, coloured like the pileus, glutinous, somewhat 

 hollow. 



Lentinus adhaerens, Fries, Epior., p. 391 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 356. 

 _ Agaricus adhaerens. Alb. & Schw., p. 186. 



In pine woods. 



Small, unequal ; taste becoming astringent. Pileus con- 

 vex and somewhat umbonate, then depressed and infundi- 

 buliform. (Fries.) 



The pileus and stem appearing as if lacquered, from the 

 gluten. 



*** Cochleati. 



Lentinus cochleatus. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, tough, flaccid, irregular, more or less 

 lobed and twisted, often depressed or even infundibuliform, 

 reddish-cinnamon ; gills somewhat decurrent, crowded, soft, 

 margin distinctly toothed, about li line broad, pinkish- 

 white ; stem variable in length and thickness, several fre- 

 quently more or less grown together, solid, sulcate, smooth, 

 coloured like the pileus or paler. 



Lentinus cochleatus. Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 484 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 366 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1142a. 



On trunks, stumps, &c. 



Annual ; tufted ; with a faint, but very distinct spicy 

 smell. 



Tough, flaccid, not perennial, sometimes solitary, at 

 others caespitose, imbricated, and growing into each other ; 

 smell weak, resembling aniseed, or none. From a small 

 diminutive form, usually solitary, with pileus and stem 

 scarcely reaching 1 in., extending up to 3 in. Stem solid, 

 firm, sometimes central, often excentric, and sometimes 

 entirely lateral, always sulcate, glabrous, flesh-colour above, 

 reddish-brown below; pileus flexible, thin, 2-3 in. broad, 

 usually excentric, imbricated, very unequal, more or less 

 lobed or contorted, plane, umbilicate, or infundibuliform, 



