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branched, woody, pubescent, colour as P. G. crenato-torn,
yellowish.
Squared wood in cellars. Feb. 3J X 6 X ® in. Often abnormal in habit.
c. Cochleatx.
1437. L. eoehleatus Fr. (from the shape of the pileus, somewhat
shell-like ; cochlea, a snail-shell) abc .
P. convexo-umbilicate, subinfundibuhform, at length irregularly
lobed, brownish-yellow; mid. darker. 5/. usually branched,
proliferous and irregularly indented, central to almost lateral,
colour as P., sienna-umber at base. G. decurrent, crowded,
lighter than P., or white flesh-colour.
Solitary to cæspitoso-proliferous. Said to be edible. Odour strong of anise,
spicy, often scenting the air for long distances. Trunks, stumps and on
the ground ; frequent. Aug.-Oct. 2® x S X J in. Changes to rich
brown or blackish in drying.
P leurotæ.
1438. L. seotieus B. & Br. ex Fr. (from its first observed place of
growth—Scotland) abc.
P. convexo-umbilicate to expanded and depressed, pallid to
brownish or yellowish-buff, hygrophanous ; marg. lobed, sinuate
or plicate. St. solid, darker than P., or yellowish-sienna.
G. decurrent, subdistant, white.
Solitary or cæspitose. Odour none. Decayed stumps and rotten wood,
furze, birch, spruce. Nov.-Jan. 2 | x | X J in. Stem sometimes absent
and pileus reniform.
1439. L. flmhriatus Curr. (from the fugitive fimbriate annulus in
infancy) a c.
P. convex to deeply depressed, floccose-scaly, fawn-colour or
umber-salmon ; marg. substrigose. St. solid, lateral, rough with
reflexed sc., brown-white. G. subdecurrent, pale brown or
salmon-white.
Imbricate. Stumps, posts. Sept. | X J X ® in.
1440. L. vulpinus Fr. (from its strong, often foxy, odour; vulpcs, a
fox) abc.
P. sessile, reniform-conchate, surface rough and corrugate with
raised radiating ribs or adnate teeth, warm yellow-brownish ;
marg. rose flesh-brown, base darker. G. extended to base)
crowded, brownish, pale yellow or pale yellowish-rose.
Imbricate. Odour sometimes of field-mint. Trunks, stumps ; rare.
Mar.-Oct. Diam. 5 in. Becomes black in drying. ’
1441. L. flabelliformis Fr. (from the fan-shaped pileus ; flabellum, a
small fan, forma, form) a c.
P. sessile, reniform ; marg. corrugate, at length curled backwards,
smooth, fawn-colour or yellowish-brown, darker at base. St.
rudimentary. G. extended to base, subdistant, somewhat
thick, whitish or faintly shaded as P.
Imbricate. Old trees, stumps, trunks ; rare. Feb. Diam. 2| in.
LIV. PANUS Fr.
(A name given to an arboreal fungus by Pliny.)
Veil obsolete. Pileus fibrous, fleshy-coriaceous. Stem lateral or
none, when present confluent with the hymenophore. Gills entire.
Fig. 68.—A, section of' Paiius tortdosus Fr. One-half
natural size, b, section of P . styp ticu s F r. ; c , ditto,
P. p a te lla ris F r. N a tu ra l size.
concrete with the hymenophore, at length coriaceous, edge acute,
not serrate. Spores ycMAo. (Fig. 68.)
Growing on stumps and lasting long. Species 14!42 14-4/
Pileus irregular. Stem excentric. 1442, 1443
Stem lateral. 1444, 1^ 5
Pileus resupinate, sessile or extended behind. 1446, 1447
1442. P. eonehatus Fr. (from the shape, like certain shells ; concha, a
shell) abc.
P. more or less dimidiate, deeply depressed, fleshy, pliant, thin,
cinnamon or brownish-yellow, pale sienna-scaly in old examples.
St. solid, equal or attenuate downwards, brownish-yellow.
G. deeply decurrent, narrow, whitish or pale flesh-colour, at
length yellowish.
Cæspitose, often imbrieate. Trunks, stumps, beech, poplar, lime; rare.
June-Oct. 4J X i X 4 in. Stem sometimes branching.
1443. P. torulosus Fr. (from the hairy down on the stem; torulus, a
tuft of hair) abc .
P. entire, plane to infundibuliform, compactly fleshy, even,
smooth, brownish-yellow, buff or rufescent-livid, sometimes
minutely sienna-scaly. St. solid, equal, oblique, grey, violaceous
or buff-downy. G. deeply decurrent, subdistant, reddish, tan
or yellowish.
Cæspitose. Old trunks, stumps, ash, birch, willow, oak ; frequent.
May-Aug. 3I X iJ X f in.
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