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1443a. P. rudis Fr. (from its rough appearance ; rndis, rough) a b.
P. becoming corky, thin, unequal, bristling with hairs, ochreous-
fawn or reddish, lilac shaded ; marg. incurved. St. short,
unequal, shaggy-velvety, ochreous-fawn, hairs lilac. G. very
decurrent, very crowded, narrow, whitish-pink, then pale
ochreous-fawn, sometimes lilac shaded. Flesh white.
Cæspitose. Odour pleasant of anise. Trunks, beech. May. 2®X2®xJin.
1444. P. styptieus Fr. (from its astringent taste ; stypticus, astringent)
abc .
P. arid, thin, reniform, sometimes minutely white-furfuraceous
scaly, tan or cinnamon, becoming pale. St. attenuate downwards,
pruinose, paler than G. G. adnate, thin, crowded,
salmon or ochreous-salmon to cinnamon.
Gregarious, cæspitose, usually densely imbricate. Taste hot, pungent. On
decaying stumps, trunks, dead trees, etc., fir, alder, beech, oak ;
X™ d ? y ' i x î x j i n . Becoming wholly rich orange
1445. P. farinaeeus Fr. (from the scurfy pileus; farina, meal)
abc.
P. somewhat coriaceous, flexuous, reniform, cinnamon-umber
with pale grey scurf. St. colour as P. G. adnexed, distinct,
paler than P. or yellow ochre. Flesh whitish-grey.
Trunks, branches, fir. Dec. i x ® X A in. Not unlike 1444 or 439 in
appearance. Var. albidotomentosiis Cooke & Mass. P. clad with short
velvety-whitish down. St. short or absent. Often in imbricate tufts
P. in. in diam.
1446. P. patellaris Fr. (from the shape, like a small dish, patella) a.
P. sessile, resupinate, coriaceous, at first viscid, umber or dark
sepia to buff; marg. white. St. obsolete or rudimentary.
G. concurrent to a subcentral point, arid, yellowish to somewhat
pale cinnamon.
Branches, cherry, beech. Mar. J in. in diam,
1447. P. Stevensonii B. & Br. (after the Rev. John Stevenson).
P. spathulate, olivaceous light yellow. St. attenuate downwards,
convex, slightly hispid, golden. G. narrow, entire.
Oak. Sept.-Oct.
LV. XEROTUS Fr.
(From the dry substance and ear-like shape ;
Gr. xeros, dry, ous, an ear.)
Veil obsolete. Pileus coriaceo-membranous. Stem central, con-
tmuous with the hymenophore, which descends into the trama
Gills adnato-decurrent, coriaceous, broadly fold-like, dichotomous
edge entire, obtuse. Spores white. (Fig. 69.)
Rigid, persistent, analogous with Cantharellus, but differing in
its leathery substance.
Fig. X e ro tu s degener F r. in section and entire with portion removed
to show the gills. Natu ral size.
1448. X. degener Fr. (from its ill-developed condition in comparison
with other species of Xerotus ; degener, degenerate) a b.
P. thin, very tough, plano-infundibuliform, somewhat zoned,
striate when moist, flocculose when dry, brown-grey to grey,
cinnamon, salmon or pale yellowish-brown. St. solid to
stuffed, attenuate downwards. G. very distant, whitish-grey,
yellowish or salmon-white.
Peaty ground, amongst short grass in sterile gravelly places. Jan.
l i X i j X ® in.
LVI. TROGIA Fr.
(After Jacob Gabriel Trog, Swedish botanist.)
Pileus membranous, soft, flaccid, arid, persistent, texture fibrillose.
Stem lateral or none. Gills fold-like, venose, edge in the only
Fig. -ja.— Trogia crispa F r., entire and in section. N a tu ra l size. A, section across gills.
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