616 249.Crepid. 1 1. HYMENOTHECE^. PLcelLaph. 
VII. 249. CREPIDOPUS. Esenbeck. Slipper-stool . 
Volva 0; stem marginal or 0; collar 0; cop fleshy, de- 
pressed, semicircular, oblique ; gills decurrent. 
1 . Crepidopus ostreatus. Oyster slipper-stool. 
Thalli slightly stipitate, in imbricated bundles; cap con- 
vex, grey or brownish, reverse-ovate; gills white, decurrent, 
anastomosing at bottom. 
Agaricus ostreatus, Curtis Lond. 216; Persoon Syn. 477. 
On the trunks of trees. 
/3. atro-albus. Thalli in tufts ; stem lateral, short, dirty 
white; cap fleshy, plano-convex, edge turned over, blackish ; 
gills decurrent, veiny, white. 
Agaricus nigricans, FI. Dan. 892. 
Agaricus ostreatus, Sowerby Fungi, 241. 
2. Crepidopus mollis. Soft slipper-stool. 
Thalli gregarious, soft; cap bald, bunched, pale; gills 
watery, brownish. 
Agaricus mollis, Dickson Crypt. 1, 17; Sowerby Fungi , 98; Persoon 
Syn. 480. 
On rotten trees; autumn. 
3. Crepidopus stypticus. Styptic slipper-stool. 
Thalli in close tufts; stem compressed, ascending, dilated 
at bottom ; cap leatherlike, nicked, rather tough, somewhat 
powdery ; gills very thin, connected by veins, cinnamon- 
colour. 
Agaricus stypticus, Bull. Herb. 140 ; Sowerby Fungi , 109; Persoon Syn. 
481. 
On dry trunks of trees ; autumn and mild winters. 
Taste at first nauseously sweet, afterwards styptic. 
4. Crepidopus variahilis . Variable slipper-stool. 
Thalli gregarious, stemless; cap rather woolly, white; 
gills whitish, afterwards rust-colour. 
Agaricus ni veus, Dickson Crypt. 1,17; Sowerby Fungi , 97. 
Agaricus sessilis, Bulliard Herb. 152. 
Agaricus variabilis, Persoon Syn. 483. 
Agaricus pubescens, FI. Dan. 1073. 
In damp woods or hedges, upon sticks. 
5. Crepidopus epigceus. Ground slipper-stool. 
Cap kidneyshape, brittle, reddish-grey ; bottom villous, 
whitish ; gills distinct, watery, reddish, diverging. 
