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Pileus somewhat membranous, margin at first incurved, umbilicate,
except 548. Stem central, simple, fistulose, stuffed in 550. Gills
decurrent, not separating from their attachment to the stem as
in Nolanea. Spores smooth or warted, salmon or rose-colour.
(Fig. 28.)
Most of the species grow on the ground, one grows on rotten
wood and on walls, another amongst leaves.
Ecdlia agrees in structure with Omphalia and Tubaria.
Species 544—552
544. E. parkensis Quél, (from its being first noted in the King’s
park, Upsala) a c.
P. plano-convex, fuscous or blackish, not pale when dry ; marg.
substriate. St. attenuate downwards, not dotted, fuscous.
G. dull flesh-colour.
Grassy places. July-Aug. i X i j X A «■
545. E. earneogrisea Gill, (from the colour of the pileus ; caro,
flesh, griseus, grey) a b.
P. plane; marg. striate. St. colour as P. G. distant, rosy,
edge darker.
Gregarious. Amougst fir-leaves, grass. Aug.-Oct. i j X i j X J in.
545a. E. Smithii W. G. Sm., Agaricus Smithii Mass. (after
Worthington George Smith) a b.
P. soon plane, orbicular, umbilicate, even, atomate, yellowish- or
buff-white ; marg. somewhat undulate, becoming salmon-striate.
St. equal or slightly attenuate upwards, surface undulate,
fibrillose, salmon, paler above, white downy below. G. broadly
adnato-decurrent, salmon-rose. Flesh somewhat thick except
at marg., pale salmon-white.
Ontheground. Oct. i f x 2j x j i n . Differs from 512 in the plane pileus,
coloured stem, different spores, etc.
546. E. griseorubella Quél, (from the reddish-grey pileus) a.
P. hygrophanous, plane, brown or grey-brown; marg. striate.
St. smooth, colour as P. G. subdistant, flesh-colour.
Gregarious. Suspected poisonous. Inodorous. On earth and wood.
Autumn. l J X 2 X jin .
547. E. atrides Quél, (ater, black) a.
P. plane, fuscous, black-streaked, becoming pale ; marg. striate.
St. pallid, black-dotted upwards. G. distant, slightly serrulate,
pallid with a black edge.
Gregarious. Woods, moist places. Autumn, i f X i f X J in. Perhaps
a form of 620.
548. E. atpopuneta Gill, (from the black-dotted stem ; ater, black,
pundum, a dot) a b c.
P. convex, pale ashy or dull umber ; marg. lighter. St. umber,
dark or pale, black-punctato-scaly. G. distant, ashy flesh-colour.
Taste disagreeable. On the ground amongst moss. Sept.-Oct.
f X I f X f in.
549. E. nigrella Gill, (from the blackish pileus ; niger, black) a b.
P. smooth, deep umber. St. glaucous, pale salmon-brown, not
black-punctate. G. flesh-colour or subashy, not serrulate or
with a black edge.
Sometimes cæspitose. Pastures. Autumn, f X 2 x A « •
550. E. Phodoeylix Gill, (from the resemblance of the pileus to a
rose-coloured cup ; Gr. rhodon, a rose, kulix, a cup) a b.
P. convex, fuscous, grey or tan ; marg. striate when moist. St.
stuffed, ashy, tan, or white. G. very distant, flesh-colour.
Rotten wood, stumps, alder, wall-tops. Sept. i | X i X A™ . In the
young state when the gills are white this resembles 386.
551. E. FLO SCU LUS Sacc. (from its likeness to a small flower)^ a b.
P. slightly irregular, pruinoso-crystalline, pink-tan; mid. dark
brown. St. pruinose or innately fibrillose, pinkish-tan, dark at
base. G. slightly wavy, bright rose.
In conservatories, on the ground and on tree-fern stems. June. f x f x A « -
552. E. ACUS Sacc. (from the needle-like stem ; acus, a needle) a b.
P. deeply umbilicate, pruinose, white; marg. incurved, striate.
St. smooth, white. G. thick, distant, deeply decurrent, rose.
Coco-nut fibre in conservatories. Aug. f X i f X A in.
XX. CLAUDOPUS Gill.
(From its dwarfed stem; claudus, lame, Gx. pous, a foot.)
Vdl represented by tomentum or down. Hymenophore^ confluent
and homogeneous with the fleshy stem when the latter is present,
excentric, lateral or resupinate. Stem, when present, lateral,
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Fig. 29.—A, sections of Claudopus varia b ilis Gill. ; B, sections of
C. byssisedus Gill. N a tu ra l size.
simple, without cartilaginous bark. Gills reaching to the excentric
stem or axis. Spores smooth or warted, rubiginous. (Fig. 29.)
The species are small. They grow on wood or on the ground.
Claudopus agrees in structure and habit with Pleurotus and
Crepidotus. . Species 553—555
553. C. variabilis Gill, (from its variability) abc.
P. resupinate, then refiexed, white-tomentose. St. minute,
excentric or none. G. salmon-pink or salmon-brownish.
Sticks, stumps, leaves, oak, beech, maple, bramble, apple, sedge, moss,
living chickweed; common. May-Mar. Diam. i f in. Sometimes
steriie with white gills. Sometimes in. or less in diam.
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