17G. A. (Omphalia) Bellise, Johnst.; pileus dry, membranaceous,
cup-sliaped, of a pale wood-colour ; stem thin, fistulöse,
cartilaginous, pale above, brownish below, adhering by a
floccose base; gills thick, paler than the pileus, dccurrent,
interstices veiny.—Ann. of Nat. Hist. ser. 1. vol. vi. t. 10.
f. 1 .
On dead stems of the common reed. Berwickshire, Lord
Home. See description in the place cited above.
177. A. (Omphalia) integrellus. P.; white, brittle; pileus
membranaceous, hemispherical, expanded, pellucid, consequently
striate; stem very slender, short, pubescent below ;
gills distant, decurrent, rather branched, edge acute.
On decayed sticks, etc. Rare. King’s Cliffe.
Subgenus 9. Bleurotus.—Stem excentric, lateral, or wanting.
Mostly growing on wood.
I . Pileus I
* Furnished with a veil.
178. A. (Pleurotns) dryinns, P .; pileus hard, compact,
oblique, variegated with dark spot-like scales; veil white,
torn, fugacious; stem lateral, b lunt; gills decurrent, narrow,
nearly simple.—Huss. ii. t. 29, 33.
On trunks of ash, willow, etc. A beautiful species. Scattered
here and there, but never in any abundance.
** GUIs emarginate.
179. A. (Plenrotus) ulmarius. Bull.; pileus fleshy, compact,
convexo-plane, smooth, moist, somewhat spotted; stem
rather excentric, stout, thickened below, subtomentose; gills
adnexed, emarginate or rounded, rather close, broad, dirty-
■vvliite.—Bow. 67.
On clm-trunks, generally many feet from the ground. Not
very common. A large and magnificent species when well
grown. 1 suspect there is a closely allied species, w'ith a veil
varnished beneath, of which 1 once had an imperfect specimen
from Mrs. Ilusse}'.
180. A. (Pleurotns) subpalmatns, P r .; pileus soft, fleshy,
convexo-plane, obtuse, smooth, wrinkled aud gelatinous, especially
when young; stem excentric, incurved, equal; gills
adnate, crowded, broad, reddish.—Sow. t. 62.
On squared timber, old trunks, etc. In several parts of
England. Pilous orange-buff, pruinose; flesh mottled, like
that of Fistulina liepatica; stem fibrous within, smooth,
white; gills joined behind, so as to form an obsolete collar.
A beautiful and interesting species.
181. A. (Pleurotns) fimbriatus, Bolt.; pileus thin, fleshy,
plane, then infundibuliform, even, liygrophauous; margin at
length lobed aud waved; stem subcxcentric, compressed, firm,
short, rootless, villous; gills thin, adnate, very crowded, somewhat
forked, white.—Bolt. t. 61.
On trunks of trees. Rare. East Bergholt, Dr. Badham.
Nearly white. Pileus 3 inches across.
*** Gills decidedly decurrent.
182. A. (Pleurotns) euosmus, B . ; imbricated, strong-
scented ; pileus depressed, shining and satiny when d ry ; stem
short or obsolete, confluent; gills ventricose, very dccurrent,
dingy-white; spores pinkish.—Huss. i. t. 7 5 .
On elm-posts. Spring. Hayes, Kent. East Bergholt.
Pileus 3 inches across. Somewhat resembling the next, but
distinguished by a peculiar scent like that of tarragon, and
by its pale lilac spores. Not esculent.
183. A. (Pleurotns) ostreatus, Jacq.; pileus soft, fleshy,
subdimidiate, cónchate, ascending, turning pale; stem short
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