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** Pileus fleshy, with a gelatinous coat.
192. A. (Pleurotus) mastruoatiis, Fr.; pileus fleshy, upper
stratum gelatinous, at first resupinate, then expanded, sessile,
lobed, scaly ; gills greyish-white.—RoJu. t. 99.
On old trunks of trees. Rare. Pileus 1-4 inches across.
Imbricated.
193. A. (Pleurotus) atro-oeernleus, F r .; pileus fleshy,
upper stratum gelatinous, at first resupinate, then obovato-
reniform, tomentose; gills crowded, white, changing to yellow
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n trunks of trees. Rare. Penzance, J. Ralfs, Esq.
194. A. (Pleurotns) algidus, F r .; pileus fleshy, with a
thin gelatinous coat, at first resupinate, then expanded, reniform,
smooth; gills rather wide, crowded, pale yellowish.
On trunks of trees. Linlithgowshire, J. C. Baac/iOF' About
an inch across. Pileus roddish-umber or cinereous.
195. A. (Pleurotus) Leightoni, B . ; pileus at first ob-
liquely conical, umber, then lead-coloured, furfuraceous, with
short scattered bristles intermixed; upper stratum gelatinous;
gills rather thick, tan-coloured, distant, somewhat forked at
the base, slightly undulated; interstices scarcely reticulated.
On wood. Montford-bridge, near Shrewsbury, Rev. W. A.
Leighton. Pileus 5 lines broad.—Ann.of Nat. Hist. xni. i .9 ./ .l .
196. A. (Pleurotus) cyphellseformis, B . ; pileus cupshaped,
then dependent; upper stratum gelatinous, cinereous,
very minutely strigose, especially at the base; margin paler
sprinkled with a few meal-like scales; gills pure white, rather
distant, narrow, linear.—Mag. of Zool. and Bot. i. t. 15. / . 3.
On dead stems of herbaceous plants. Minute. Allied to
A. applicatus.
*** Pileus memhranaceous.
197. A. (Pleurotus) Hobsoni, B . ; pileus membranaceous.
reniform or dimidiate, stemless, pale grey, minutely downy;
gills rather distant, pallid.
On larch-stumps. Apethorpe. Sept. 1859. Pileus 1-4
lines across ; margin involute. Named after Lieut. Julian C.
Hobson, who has sent several interesting Fungi from the
neighbourhood of Poona.
198. A. (Pleurotus) applioatns, Batsch; dark, cinereous;
pilous rather firm, somewhat membranaceous, resupinate, then
reflected, somewhat striate, suhpruinose, strigose behind; gills
loose, paler.—Soiv. t. 301.
On dead fallen branches in woods. Extremely common.
About one-third of an inch across.
199. A. (Pleurotus) striatulus, F r .; pale cinereous; pileus
very delicate, striate, flaccid, smooth; gills few, distant.
On fir-wood, hazel-twigs, etc. Scotland, Capt. Carmichael.
200. A. (Pleurotns) hypnophilns, P . ; resupinate, flat,
white; pileus suhreniform, nearly smooth; gills simple.—
Pers. Myc. Eur. iii. t. 2 4 ./. 5 a.
On the larger mosses and fallen leaves. Appin, Capt. Carmichael.
201. A. (Pleurotus) chioneus. P .; snow-white, subresupi-
nate, minute; pileus very thin, villous; gills rather broad;
stem very short, villous, at length obsolete.—Pers. I. c. t. 26.
/ . 10, 11.
Ou wood or dung. Rare. Lytchett, Dorsetshire. Allied
to A. septicus, and differing in its very thin pileus.
Series 2. Hypohiiodii.— Spores salmon-coloured.
Subgenus 10. Voltakia.-—^Veil universal, forming a volva distinct
from the cuticle. Hymenophorum distinct from the stem.
* Silley or fibrillose.
202. A. (Volvaria) bombycinus, Schmff.; pileus soft, fleshy.
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