On old stumps. Rare. [S. Carolina.]
Pileus 2 in. broad, thin, margin at length sp lit; stem 1-2 in. long dirty-
white.—Fries. When fresh very tender and easily lacerated, when dry coriaceous,
and the stem of a very firm and solid texture.—Now. Spores ’OOOIS
X '00026 in. (Fig. 5&, reduced.)
6 8 3 . L e n tin u s D u n a lii. Fr. “ Dunal’s Lentinus. ’
Pilens fleshy-coriaoeons, thin, umbilicate, irregular, pallid ;
clothed -with adpressed spot-like scales ; stem short, somewhat
silky; gills decurrent, crowded, pallid.—Fr. Epicr. p. 390 Bull
t. 36. Batt. 1.12, A. Berh. Outl. 1.15, f . 2. Eng. F l. r .p . 68.
On asb trees. Eare.
Pilens 2 in. broad, more or less unequal, carnoso-coriaceons
nmbihcate ; margin deflexed, sometimes variously split and sinuated, yellow-
white, with brownish rather close scales ; margin nearly smooth • gills di-
chotomous, crenate, sinuated, suhdecurrent ; stem 1 in. high, 3 lines thiek
tough the lower part clothed with dark, nearly square, adpressed scales, th!
upper half not scaly, white, resembling the under side of white kid leather
Odour sub-acid, farinaceous.—Af. J. B.
L e n tin u s lep id e u s . Fr. “ Scaly Lentinus.”
Pileus flesby, compact, tough, convex, tben depressed, unequal,
pallid-ochraceous, broken up into darker spot-like scales ; stem
stout, rooting, tomentose or scaly ; gills sinuate, decurrent, broad,
torn, transversely striate, whitish.—Dr. Epicr. p. 390. Schceff. t.
29, 30. Buxb. iv. t. 25. Sow. t. 382. Eng. E l. v. p . 69.
On stumps of firs. Rare. [United States.]
Pileus 2-4 in. broad, convex or depressed, central or lateral ; stem short,
hard, very tender when fresh ; monstrous forms occur in dark situations,
with or without a pileus.—iff. J. B. Spores ’0004 X ’00023 in.
L e n tin u s a d hæ ien s . Fr. “ Pine-wood Lentinus.”
Pileus somewhat flesby, tougb, irregular, lacunose, subpulver-
ulent, dingy, pallid, glutinous, laccate, as well as tbe nearly hollow
rooting stem ; gills decurrent, forming lines on tbe stem,
very tbin, torn, white.—Dr. E p ic r.p . 391. With. ir .p. 160.
In pine-woods. Doubtful.
Small, unequal, taste at length astringent. Pileus convex, then somewhat
umbonate, at length depressed and infandibuliform.
L e n t in u s c o ch le a tu s . Fr. “ Shell Lentinus.”
Annual, tough, flaccid. Pilens fleshy, but tougb, irregular,
somewbat lobed or contorted, rufescent, as well as the solid, firm,
sulcate, smooth stem ; gills crowded, serrated, pinkisb-wbite.—
Dr. Epicr.p. 394. Sow. 1.168. Berh. Outl. 1.19, f. 4. Ena F l v
p. 69. P r ic e ,/.125.
On trunks and the ground. Eare. [United States.]
Very much tufted j several stems confluent, surface rough with prominent
minute ribs or prickles, pale rufescent, often powdered with the white spores
1- l i in. broad. Sometimes the surface is more even, but still somewhat
spulptured, so as to be rough with raised lines. Stem compound, strongly
ribbed and sulcate the ribs being continuations o fthe serrated paler deourrent
giUs. At first the pilens and gills are tender; stem firm and leathery.
Odour agreeable.—Af. J. L. Spores almost globular, diameter ’00015 in.
6 8 7 . L e n tin u s v u lp in u s . Fr. “ Strong-scented Lentinus. ”
Sessiie, imbricated. Pileus fleshy, but tough, cónchate, connate
behind, longitudinally rougb, costate, corrugate or floccose,
tan-coloured; margin incurved, entire; gills torn, wbite. Fr.
Epicr. p . 395. Now. i. 361. Eng. F l . r .p . l 2 . Krombh. t.3 , f . 16.
On stumps. Rare. [Cincinnati, U. S.]
Pileus 1-2 in. long, ascending, obovato-spathulate ; margin involute
fleshy, tough, the outer surface cartilaginous, longitudinally lacunose and
echmulate reddis/buff, hoary with the round white spores, and within the
flesh IS a line ot the same substance parallel with the snrfaee; gills pale
more or less notched and sinuate, broad, not forked. Stem obsolete. Smell
very strong and overpowering, somewhat resembling that of field mint.—
M .J .B . Spores almost globular, very small, ’00006 in. diameter.
688. L e n tin u s ñm b z ia tu s . Ourr. “ Fringed Lentinus.”
Piieus subdimidiate, subcoriaeeons, depressed, fawn coioured,
covered witb darker floccose scaies ; margin siightiy invoiute ;
stem iaterai, squamulose ; gills serrated and torn, descending (not
decnrrent), pale brown.—D?'««. Trans, x x ir .p . 152. t. 25.f . 2 .
On a stump standing in a pond. Lewes. Sept., 1862.
Pileus subdimidiate, subeoriaceous, thin (not fleshy) depressed, sometimes
almost cyathiformj i t o 1 in, "widej fawn eolouredj covered
with floccose scales of a darker brown; margin slightly involute, almost
strigose; stem lateral, from | to i in. long, rough with somewhat reflexed
scales of the same colour as the gills, or rather paler ; gills pale brown,
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3 together, one above another in an imbricated manner,
tinged here and there with pink stains.
Some of the pilei
6 8 9 . L e n tin u s ila b e llifo im is . Fr. “ Fan-like Lentinus.”
Subsessile. Pileus thin, tougb, kidney-shaped, plane, smootb,
fawn coloured; margin crenato-fimbriate; gills broad, torn’
pallid.—Dr. Epicr.p. 395. Bolt. t. 157. Eng. F l. v. p. 72. ’
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