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168 AGARICACE.®
775. C. applanatus Karst, (from the plane pileus) a c.
P. reniform, watery, pale cinnamon to whitish ; marg. substriate
when moist. St. when present white-tomentose. G. subrounded,
watery-cinnamon or ochreous.
Decaying wood. Oct. l i X J X i in. Much like 1444 in appearance.
776. C. ealolepis Karst, (from the beautiful scales of the pileus ; Gr.
kalos, beautiful, lepis, a scale) a b.
P. reniform, pale dull-ochreous, rufescent-scaly. St. a small villous
base. G. rounded on base, pale brown then fuscous-ferruginous.
Dead wood, poplar. Oct. Diam. i | in., sometimes 2| in.
777. C. haustellaris Karst, (from its watery substance ; haustellaris,
a drawer of water) a.
P. obovate or reniform, pale yellowish-tan, then paler. St.
excentric, slightly attenuate upwards, white. G. rounded,
adnexed, fuscous-cinnamon.
Gregarious. Dead trunks, poplar ; rare. I X | X J in.
778. C. Rubi (from its habitat ; Rubus, bramble) a c.
P. obovate or reniform, crystalline-mealy, yellow to livid-grey,
then pallid. St. excentric, whitish, strigose at base. G. subdecurrent,
brown. Spores brown.
Gregarious ; uncommon. July-Oct. A R j R i i « -
779. C. ehimonophilus Sacc. (from its time of growth ; Gr. cheimon,
philos, loving) a.
P. circular, convex, white, villous-downy. St. excentric, almost
obsolete, white. G. subdecurrent on base, few, distant, pale
yellow-brown. Spores pale yellow-brown.
Dead leaves, ijyraj logs. Dec. Diam. Jin.
780. C. epibryus Quél, (from its frequent habitat, moss ; Gr. epi,
upon, bruon, moss) a c.
P. resupinate, at first cup-like, sessile, membranous, white. G.
rounded to a central or excentric axis, pale yellowish.
Mosses, grass, leaves, holly, Vaccinium. Oct. Diam. in.
781. C. Phillipsii Sacc. (after William Phillips, mycologist) a b e.
P. ovate, expanded, smooth, pale umber; marg. striate. St.
curved, colour as P. G. rounded-adnate, paler than P.
Dead grass. May-Oct. J X | X A
782. C. proboseidens Gill, (from the trunk-like stem ; Gr. proboskis,
a snout) a b.
P. obovate, pendulous, scabrous-spotted, pale sepia ; marg.
incurved. St. attenuate to base, inserted on and darker than
P., shaded umber-sienna. G. inferior, adnate, rounded to an
excentric axis, flesh-colour.
Pendulous from a wooden ceiling. Dec. 9 X ® X A in*
783. C. pezizoides Gill, (from its resemblance! to certain cup-fungi
of the genus Peziza) a.
P. resupinate, saucer-shaped, then reflexed, sessile, mealy,
whitish. G. radiating from a central axis, tawny.
Gregarious. Rotten branches ; rare. Diam. J in.
784. C. epigseus Sacc. (from its growing on the ground; Gr. epigaios,
upon the earth) a.
P. subreniform, becoming horizontal, fragile, reddish-grey. St. a
villous lateral base. G. rounded on base, watery, rufescent.
On marlstone clay. Nov. Diam. i j in.
785. C. Ralfsii Sacc. (after J. Ralfs) a b c.
P. reniform, horizontal, slightly hispid-furfuraceous, yellow.
St. almost obsolete. G. rounded to a lateral base, clay-colour,
edge whitish.
Decaying wood, dead branches. March. Diam. J in.
785a. C. putFigenus Sacc. (from its habitat, rotten logs; pzUer,
putrid, gigno, to bear) a c.
P. membranous, dimidiate or reniform, pubescent, whitish;
marg. substriate, base villose. G. broad, irregular, unequal,
whitish, then coloured by the ferruginous-brown spores.
Gregarious, or imbricate, in close clusters, closely sessile. Damp or putrid
logs, beech. Sept. P. | X | in.
S e r i e s IV. PRATELLvF Fr.
(From the habitat; pratum, a meadow.)
Spores typically black-purple or fuscous-purple, often fuscous.
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brown-black or dark brown. Genera XXXII—XXXVIII.
XXXII. CHITONIA Karst.
(From the veil which in infancy covers the plant like a cloak;
Gr. chiton, a tunic.)
Veil universal, separate from the pileus and remaining as a volva
at the base of the stem. Plymenophore distinct from the fleshy
Fig. 41.—Section of Chitonia rubriceps Sacc.
One-half natural size.
stem. Pileus subfleshy. Stem central, simple, hollow, volvate. Gills
free. Spores fuscous-purple. (Fig. 41.)
Represented only by one introduced species.