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i 66 AGARICACEÆ
764. T. paludosa Karst, (from its habitat ; palus, a marsh) a b.
P. expanded, papillate, sometimes striate, pale yellowish-fuscous
to whitish. St. colour as P., flocculose above, white-villous
below. G. adnato-decurrent, paler than P.
Amongst Sphagnum. May-Sept. IJ X 3f X in.
765. T. stagnina Gill, (from its habitat ; stagnum, a swamp) a b.
P. expanded, brown, or somewhat pale and ochreous ; marg.
white-scaly with V. St. attenuate below, rubiginous. G.
adnato-decurrent, broad, ferruginous.
Amongst Sphagnum in bogs. Sept. I X 4 X A in-
766. T. pellueida Gill, (from the translucent pileus ; pelhtcidus, transparent)
a b.
P. campanulate, umbonate, cinnamon to ochreous-tan ; marg.
striate, silky-squamulose with V. St. shining, paler than P.,
pruinose above. G. adnato-decurrent, subtriangular, colour as
P., faintly sienna-tinted.
Roadsides, amongst leaves. Autumn, i X i f X A in-
767. T. embolus Karst, (from the wedge-shaped gills ; Gr. émbolos, a
wedge) abc.
P. expanded, obtuse, pale yellowish-tawny to ochreous-tan. St.
attenuate downwards, smooth, naked, paler than P. G. thick,
very distant, separating from hymenophore, bright tawny-
cinnamon.
Damp heathy ground, amongst moss and grass ; rare. June-Nov. f X 2 X A in-
Stem sometimes drawn up abnormally amongst grass.
768. T. autoehthona Sacc. (from its terrestrial habit ; Gr. autos, self,
chthon, the earth) abc.
P. flat, ochreous-white ; marg. flocculose with V. St. paler than
P., base white. G. adnato-toothed, honey-colour.
On the ground, amongst grass. July-Oct. I X i j X x'g in.
b. Phæotoe.
769. T. museorum Gill, (from its growing on moss, mitscus) a b.
P. expanded, subdepressed, tawny-yellow; mid. sienna. St.
colour as P. G. horizontal, adnate with a decurrent tooth,
paler than P.
Amongst mosses on heaths, on tree-trunks. July. ^ X X -jg
770. T. erohulus Karst, (from a fancied resemblance in the pileus to
a knot of hair on the crown of the head, Gr. krobulos) a.
P. expanded, obtuse, sienna- to whitish-tan, white-floccose with
V., then naked. St. white-floccose, sometimes subannulate.
G. adnato-decurrent, crowded, fuscous-ferruginous.
Amongst sticks, chips. Sept.-Oct. i X i j X J in.
771. T. inquilina Gill, (from its growing on other substances ;
inquilinus, a lodger) abc.
P. plane, depressed, broadly umbonate, viscid when moist,
yellowish-sienna, becoming pale ; marg. striate, sienna. St.
attenuate downwards, paler than P., white-fibrillose, base white-
floccose. G. adnato-decurrent, subdistant, umber.
Gregarious. Grass, ferns, stalks, chips ; common. May-Oct. Jxi JxAi t t -
Must not be confounded with 858 or 860. Var. ecbola Karst. Stem
rooting ; roots of grasses.
XXXI. CREPIDOTUS Quél.
(From the shape of some of the species ; Gr. krepis, a slipper.)
Veil obsolete. Hymenophore confluent and homogeneous with
the fleshy stem. Pileus excentric, lateral or resupinate, commonly
thin and with soft flesh. Stem lateral, simple or absent. Gills
liit:
Fig. 40.—A, Crepidotus a p p la n a tu s Karst. One-half natural size,
■ ” yu s Quél. Twice natural size.
Entire and in section.
more or less decurrent, reaching the stem or axis, or radiating from
an excentric point. Spores pale ferruginous or cinnamon. (Fig. 40.)
The species, except 784, grow on wood, trunks, twigs, grass,
moss, etc., they are mostly small in size.
Crepidotus agrees in structure with Pleurotus and Claudopus.
Species 772—785
772. C. palmatus Gill, (from a fancied resemblance in the pileus to
the palm of the hand) a c.
P. fleshy, convex, expanded, smooth, ferruginous to warm
brownish-buff. St. solid, excentric or lateral, curved, smooth,
whitish. G. rounded, subdistant, brownish-buff.
Trunks. Oct. 5 X i f X 4 in.
773. C. alveolus Quél, (from a fancied resemblance, when inverted,
to a little trough ; alveus, a trough) a c.
P. obovate, dimidiate, ochreous-fuscous. St. a villous base. G.
subdecurrent on base, clay-fuscous.
Stumps, oak ; rare. Aug.-Nov. Diam. 2 in,
774. C. mollis Quél, (mollis, soft) abc .
P. obovate, dimidiate, pale yellowish-tan; marg. at first incurved,
then undulate. St. a strigose base. G. rounded on base,
sometimes broad, cinnamon.
Stumps, poplar, willow, pear, sticks, logs, sawdust, squared timber, humus ;
common. May-Dee. Diam. 2| in.