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appear late in the year, 421 and 422 commnn! ’ generally
and reappear year a L year oTffifsam" h Z ” f Z l T Z w Z " ®
and a few are considered by some to be edible ‘ Ah h f ha™less
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fringe the n,„gi„ o r l h f p i S “ ¿ ' “» J
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^ ■ 426—435
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r. Resupinatce. Pileus at length reflexed, sessile, Gills starting
from an excentric point.
Pileus fleshy, uniform. 436, 437
Pileus fleshy, striate, with an upper gelatinous stratum or
viscid pellicle. 4 3 8 ^ 4 4
Pileus membranous, not viscid. 445—448
a. Exceniricæ.
407. P. eortieatus Quél, (from the thick covering of the pileus and
stem ; cortex, bark) a b.
P. fleshy, floccose, pale buff and grey. St. squamuloso-fibrillose
white to pale buff. A. silky-floccose. G. decurrent, anasto
mosing near St., yellowish when old. Flesh white or faintly
yellowish.
Solitary or cæspitose. Tasteless; odour pleasant, rather strong. Trunks,
elm, ash, apple, etc. Sept.-Oct. 9 X 3| X i | in.
408. P. dryinus Quél, (from its frequent habitat ; Gr. drus, oak) abc.
P. fleshy, plane, whitish with fuscous sc. ; mid. darker. St.
white or yellowish-white, fuscous at base. A. floccose. G.
decurrent, white, yellowish when old.
Taste pleasant, mushroom-like. Trunks, oak, elm, apple, willow, walnut,
ash, poplar. Sept.-Feb. 6 X 4 X in.
409. P. spongiosus Sacc. (from its spongy substance) abc.
P. pulvinate, subumbonate, downy, white, tan or ashy. St. white-
tomentose, sometimes almost obsolete. A. evanescent. G.
decurrent, anastomosing on stem, whitish.
Stumps, beech, apple, poplar, hornbeam ; rare. Oct.-Nov. 3i X i j X | in.
Soft and spongy, shrinking to almost half its original size in drying.
410. P. ulmarius Quél, (from its usual habitat ; ulmus, elm) abc .
Whitish.
P. pulvinate, broadly umbonate, smooth. St. villous at base,
rarely central. G. adnate.
Solitary or cæspitose. Said to be edible. Odour mealy or slightly acid.
Trunks, elm, wych elm, beech, oak, poplar, willow, sometimes parasitic
on 1687. Sept.-Dee. 6J x 4 X i | in. Sometimes proliferous, with
many small growths at base of stem.
411. P. tessulatus Gill, (from the tesselated markings of the pileus) a.
P. convex, subumbonate, pale tawny, brown-tesselated. St.
smooth, white. G. sinuate, white or faintly brownish.
Solitary or cæspitose. Odour of new meal. Trunks. 44 X 2 x f in.
412. P. subpalmatus Gill, (from a fancied resemblance to the shape
of the hand) abc.
P. convex, with a thick, gelatinous, reticulato-corrugate pellicle,
rufescent-salmon. St. whitish above, salmon below. _ G.
sinuate with a decurrent tooth or adnato-rounded, sometimes
adnate with a collar, paler than P. Flesh salmon-streaky.
Taste bitter-aromatic. Squared timber, trunks, etc., willow, elm, oak;
rare. Sept.-Nov. 44 X 2j X J in.
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