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1431. ffl. spodoleucus B. & Br. (from its grey pileus and white gills ;
Gr. spodos, wood-ash, leukos, white) abc .
P. at first flat, resupinate, then campanulate, at length pendulous,
pulverulent or subfurfuraceous, cinereous or pale umber. G.
inside bell, few, short, leaving a naked space at apex of bell,
interstices even. Flesh umber.
Dead twigs, elm. Nov,-Mar. Diam. f in. The same as M. Broomei
Berk. Sometimes not unlike 1449.
LIII. LENTINUS Fr.
(From the tough, pliant substance; lentus, tough or pliant.)
Veil ragged-pendulous at the margin of the pileus and more or
less fugitive-annulate in the first section, in the other—except 1439—
obsolete. Pileus fleshy-coriaceous,
pliant or hard, persistent. Stein hard,
central, lateral or obsolete, continuous
with the hymenophore when
present. Gills concrete with the
hymenophore, thin, membranous, unequal,
tough, edge acute, often serrate,
crenate or irregular ; trama none.
Spores white. (Fig. 67.)
Growing on wood, rarely terrestrial,
polymorphous, somewhat
irregular. Distinguished from Pleurotus
by the hardness of the flesh and
the serrate gills. Species 1432—1441
M e s o p o d / e . Pileus nearly entire,
margin at first inrolled. Stem
distinct.
a. Lepidex. Pileus scaly. More
or less veiled. 1432, 1433
b. Pulverulentx. Pileus villous
or pulverulent. 1434—1436
c. Cochleatx. Pileus smooth.
1437
sessile or furnished with a somewhat
1438—1441
M e s o p o d / e .
Fig. 67.—Section of L e n tin u s
cochleatus Fr.
One-half natural size.
P leurot/ e. Dimidiate,
lateral stem.
1432. L. tigrinus Fr. (from the tiger-like markings of the pileus) abc.
P. convex, umbilicate to infundibuliform, pale yellowish, clad
with umber s c .; mid. sepia. St. solid, equal or attenuate
Lentinus A G A R IC A C E Æ 309
downwards, central to excentric, fugitive-torn-annulate, pale
yellowish. G. decurrent, crowded, white or pale pallid
yellowish.
Often subgregarious or cæspitose. Tasteless ; odour strong, acrid or acid.
Stumps, oak, ash, poplar, br ; rare. April-Oct. 2| X I® X J in.
Var. Dunalii Fr. P. with adpressed separating, spot-like sc., then even.
1433. L. lepideus Fr. (from the scaly pileus ; Gr. lepis, a scale) abc .
P. convex to depressed, pale yellowish, clad with umber sc. ;
mid. darker. St. solid, almost woody, irregular, usually
somewhat excentric and attenuate downwards, colour as P.,
dark sienna-umber at base, fugitive-torn-annulate. G. decurrent
or sinuate, crowded, pale yellowish.
Solitary or subcæspitose. Odour strong, from pleasant to that of rotten
cheese. On pine wood, trunks, stumps, fallen pines, elm, railway
sleepers, wooden bridges, in houses, cellars, railway tunnels. Mar.-Oct.
s i X 5J X I in. Often abnormal and Ctoanh-like. Sometimes
phosphorescent. Var. contigims Fr. P. thinner, plano-depressed, even.
St. slender, even.
b. Pulverulentx.
1434. L. leontopodius Schulz, ex Fr. (from a fancied resemblance in
the shape and colour of the pileus to a lion’s foot ; Gr. leon, a
lion, pous, a foot) a.
P. expanded, depressed, boldly lobed, tan-clay colour, cinnamon
or salmon-umber. St. woody, equal, excentric, pulverulent,
pale chestnut or umber-salmon, blackish downwards. G.
decurrent, veined, white.
Gregarious or cæspitose in small clusters. Taste pleasant, sweet. Decayed
willow. Autumn. 7 x 3 X i® in.
1435. L. pulverulentus Fr. (from the pulverulent pileus) a.
P. convex, yellow, ochreous-cinnamon or umber-yellowish, lighter
at marg., white-pulverulent. St. solid, excentric, velvety dark
umber above, brownish-yellow below. G. crowded, sub-
decurrent, white or pale yellowish.
Somewhat cæspitose, sometimes connato-branched and deeply rooting.
Dead trunks, pines. Oct. i f X 3 X i in. Y-ix. resinaceusYi. P. somewhat
gummy villous.
1436. L. adhærens Fr. (from the sticky gluten of the pileus and
stem) a.
P. convex, subumbonate, then depressed to subinfundibuhform,
sulcate, umber-tan or umber-yellowish. St. somewhat hollow,
rooting, white, then as P. G. sinuato-decurrent, thin, white.
Taste at length astringent. Woods, pine ; rare. Autumn. i | X 2® X J in.
1436a. L. suffputeseens Fr. (from the somewhat branching habit;
frutex, a shrub) a.
P . tough, convex, then infundibuliform, unequal, glabrous,
whitish, becoming brown stained. St. elongated, somewhat
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