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Sub-Gen. 15. C l a u d o p u s . Smith. Seem. Journal.
Pleurotus and Crepidotus. Fr. partly.
Spores pink, or pale lilac ; stem lateral or none, when present
confluent and homogeneous with the hymenophore ; gills sinuate
or decurrent.—{PI. I I I . , fig. 15.)
H ab. On wood or th e ground.
Claudopus corresponds with Pleurotus, only differing in the colour of the
spores.— W. G. S.
2 7 1 . A g a r icu s (Claudopus) eu o sm u s. Berli. “ Tarragon
Claudopus.”
Imbricated, strong-scented. Pilens depressed, shining, and
satiny when dry ; stem short or obsolete, confluent ; gills ventricose,
very deourrent, dingy white ; spores pinkish.—Berh. Outl.
p . 135. H u s s .i.t.7 5 . Badh. 1. 11,partly. Ann. N .H . no. 326.
On elm posts, stumps, &c. Spring.
Pilei very much crowded, 2 in. or more across, deeply depressed, unequal,
at first white, invested with a light blue varnish, at length of a light brown ;
stem distinct above, connate below ; gills rather broad, running down to the
bottom of the free portion of the stem. Spores oblong, narrow, oblique, whitish,
tinged with purple. The whole plant smells when first gathered strongly of
tarragon.—iff. J. B. (Plate 15, reduced.)
2 7 2 . A g a z icu s (Claudopus) v a z ia b ilis . P. “ Variable
Claudopus.”
Pileus sub-memhranaceous, resupinate, then reflexed, silky with
white down ; gills radiating, rather crowded, white, then rusty-
red, at length pale cinnamon.—Fr. Epicr.p. 211. Pers. Obs. ii. t.
5 ,/. 12. Sow. t. 97. B u ll.t. 152, 581. F l. Dan. 1.1556. E n g .F l.
Y.p. 103.
On sticks, &c. Common. [S. Carolina.]
Pileus J-1 in. broad, membranaceons, at first hemispherical, with a short
stem, soon resupinate, and then again refiexed, the stem becoming quite obsolete,
white, covered with silky down ; sometimes there is no stem at flrst,
but the pileus is resupinate from the earliest stage of growth. Spores eUiptic,
rusty-pink.—iff. J. B. Spores ’0002 X '00013 in.—W. G. S.
2 7 3 . A g a z icu s (Claudopus) d e p lu en s . Batsoh. “ Ground
Claudopus.”
Pileus submembranaceous, resupinate, reflexed, somewhat cónchate,
clothed with white down behind ; gills broad, crowded,
grey, then reddish.—Fr. E picr.p. 212. Batsch.f. 122. Pers. M.
E .t .2 4 ,f .5 . Ann. N .H . no. 73.
On the ground, in stoves, &c. Oct. [S. Carolina.]
Whitish when dry.
2 7 4 .
A G A R I C I N I .
A g a z icu s (Claudopus) b y s s is e d u s .
Claudopus.”
9 9
p . “ Little
Pileus membranaceous, resupinate, then reflexed, nearly plane,
pruinose with grey down ; stem incurved ; gills broad, whitish,
then cinereous.—F r .E p ic r .p .212. Pers.Ic. Desc.1.14, f . 4. Pers.
Obs. ii. t. 5 ,f. 8, 9. Ann. N .H . no. 686.
On the ground. Sept. Rare.
Sometimes with a distinct slender stem. Pilens J-1 iu. broad, grey ; spores
angnlato-stellate, iu this respect resembling the Hyporhodii, '0004 in. long,
'00028 in. wide.
Sub-Gen. 16. L e p t o n ia . Fr. S.M. i., p. 201.
Spores salmon colour, irregular in shape ; pileus less campanulate
than Nolanea, and never truly fleshy, cnticle always torn into
scales, disk umbilicate, and often darker than margin, which is
a t first incurved ( b ) ; stem rigid, with a cartilaginous bark, often
dark blue, confluent with the hymenophore, but heterogeneous
from it ; gills not decnrrent, hut often with a small tooth or sinus,
separating from the stem, variable in colour, at first dirty white,
yellowish, greenish-grey, or blue.—{PI. IH . , f . 16.)
H a b . Dry hills, and sometimes marshy places, in July and
August.
Most ofthe species grow in clusters, are small, and of an elegant colour ;
chalylaius, P.
2 7 5 . A g a z icu s ( le p to n ia ) lampzopus.
Leptonia.”
Fr. “ Mouse-coloured
Pileus rather fleshy, obtuse, convex, then plane, not striate, at
length depressed, squamulose, broken up into flocci; stem suh-
fistulose, even, unspotted, steel-violet; gills adnate, ventricose,
whitish.—F r. E picr.p. 152. Bull. t. 521,/. 1. Ann. N .H . no. 145.
In pastures.
Pilens I J in . across, opaque, not umbilicate, nor papillate, from mouse-
colonr to steel-grey.
2 7 6 . A g a z icu s ( le p to n ia ) se z zu ia tu s . P. Saw-gilled
Leptonia.”
Pileus between fleshy and membranaceous, hemispherical, then
expanded, umbilicate, sub-squamose ; stem fistulose, smooth,
dotted above, black ; gills adnate, seceding, broad, bluish, then
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