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Amongst moss. Rare. Malvern Hills. Scotland. Denbighsbire
[United States.]
1 across ; grey, turningpale, sometimes sessile, the base villous;
gills distinct, distanfc.
1 2 4 . A g a r icu s (P leu ro tu s) a c e ro su s. Fr. “ Lawn Pleurotus.”
Pileus membranaceous, reniform, plane, striate, sub-lobate, bygropbanous
; stem very short or obsolete, lateral, rather strigose
at the base ; gills determinate, narrow, crowded, simple, grey.—
Fr. Epicr.p. 135. JBolt. t. 72, f . 3. Ann. N.H. no. 673.
On gravel, lawns, wood, &c. Eare. Hitohen, Suffolk.
Pileus membranaceous, striate, when moist grey, when dry silky white, very
variable, 1-2 in. broad; gills horizontal, not decurrent, of the same colour as
the pileus. Spores nearly globose, *0002 in.
Sect. 4. Omphalaria—pileus at first resupinate.
1 2 5 . A g a r icu s (P leu ro tu s) p o r r ig en s. P. “ Pine Pleurotus.”
White ; pileus fleshy, tough, at first resupinate, then ascending
from the extended base, ear-shaped, smooth above; gills very
narrow, linear.—Fr. Epicr.p. 136. Eng. FI. Y.p. 72.
On old pine trunks. Eare. Inverary.
Imbricated, various in size, sub-flaccid, the base stretching forward, often
tomentose, very rarely stipitate ; pileus even, margin thin, inflexed, lobed in
large specimens; gills when young vein-like, somewhat divided.—Dries.
1 2 6 . A g a r icu s (P leu ro tu s) s e p t ic u s . Fr. “ Thin Pleurotus,”
W h ite ; pileus somewhat fleshy, thin, resupinate, then reflexed,
even, pubescent; stem thin, incurved, pubescent, at length evanescent
; rootlets byssoid; gills distant.—Fr. Epicr. p. 136. Sow.
i. 321. E n g .F l.Y .p .7 4 . L e te ll.t.706.
On twigs, decayed fungi, dung, &c.
Pilens 3-5 lines broad, at length free, slightly carnose; gills rather broad,
distinct J stem 2 lines high, attenuated upwards, sometimes obsolete, as well
as its radicles.—Drias.
1 2 7 . A g a r icu s (P leu ro tu s) m a stru c a tu s.
Pleurotus.”
Fr. “ Imbricated
Pileus fleshy, upper stratum gelatinous, at first resupinate, then
expanded, sessile, lobed, squamulose; gills greyish white.—Fr.
Epicr. p . 137. Sow. t . 99. Eng. F l.Y .p .7 4 .
On old trunks. Eare. [Cincinnati.]
Imbricated; pileus 1-4 in. across, lobed in large specimens, flaccid, rough
with hairs, and rigid points intermixed; gills radiating from a downy knob.—
1 28. A g a r icu s (P leu ro tu s) atrocoeruleus.
Pleurotus.” Fr. “ Blue-black
Pileus fleshy, upper stratum gelatinous, at first resupinate, then
obovate, reniform, tomentose ; gills crowded, white, becoming yel-
^ o w iX -F r . Epicr. p. 137. Schceff. t. 2 4 6 ,/. 3, 8, 9. A n n X .H .
no. 674. Saund. 4 Sm. t. 6.
On trunks. Eare. Penzance.
Pileus at first resupinate, soon reflexed, obovate or kidney-shaped 1-2 in
broad, villous, lugmuBe wuen ary, commoiUy dark bluish, k
flesh solt, upper stratum gelatinous. Spores '0003 X ’00013 in.
1 2 9 . A g a r icu s (P leu ro tu s) a lg id u s . Fr. “ Dingy Pleurotus.”
Pileus fleshy, cnticle gelatinous, a t first resupinate, then expanded,
I , rugffiose when dry,commonly rar&y ’brown
?r stratum ffflla.tinnna STirkv/vc •nnoQ .nnmor.. wu ,
reniform, smooth ; gills rather broad, crowded, pale vel-
low ish .~ F r .E p ic r .p .l3 7 . F l.Dan. t. 1552, f . l , t . 1556 f 2
Pers. M .E .t.2 3 ,f.5 . a o o e , j . ^ .
On trunks. Linlithgowshire. [United States.]
^ Pileus about 1 in. across, reddish umber or cinereous, usually cæspitose and
imbricated, somewhat kidney-shaped, smooth, viscid when young.
1 3 0 . Ag a r icu s (P leu ro tu s) L e ig h to n i.
Pleurotus.”
Berh. “ Leighton’s
Pileus at first obliquely conical, umber, then lead-coloured, fur-
iuraoeous, with short scattered bristles intermixed: upper stratum
gelatmoiis; gills rather thick, tan-coloured, distant, somewhat
torked at the base, slightly undulated; interstices scarcely reticulated.—
Wai. Hist. xiii. t. 9 ,f. 1. Berh. Outl.p. 138.
On wood. Near Shrewsbury.
o-rtoifn]? ® ^t first cyphellisform, obliquely conical, nmber brown
S S t o ^“ Sth of a pallid lead colour r rW e o u s , ’
tinot strati 5 flesh consisting of two dis!
the lo te r whiL i®, and ofthe colour ofthe pilens,
undurted distant:
~M . J. B ’ -S' wrinkled at the base, the interstices scarcely reticulated.
131. Agaricus (Pleurotus) cyphellaefoimis. Berh. “ Pendulous
Pleurotus.”
cup-shaped, then dependent, upper stratum gelatinous,
T le i especially at the base; margin
L i d / with a few meal-like scales; gills pnfe white,
^001.4 B o t . l t . 1 5 ,/. 3.’
On dead stems of herbaceous plants. Oct.
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