3 5 8 . Ag aricus (P leurotus) d iy in u s . Fers. Syn. 478.
Dry'inus, Spul'vos, of oak, 3p5s; because Fries only found it
growing on oaks.
Pilens compact, hard, oblique, variegated with darh spot-like
scales; veil fugacious, torn, white, appendiculate; stem lateral,
s to u t; gills decurrent, narrow, nearly simple.—Fr. Hym. Fur. 167.
IIuss. ii. t. 29-33. Coohe Illu s, t. 226.
On trunks of oak, ash, willow, &c. Oct.
3 5 9 . A g a r icu s (P leurotus) sp o n g io su s. Fr. Eym. Eur.
Spongio'sus = spongy.
Pileus pulvinate, soft and spongy, greyish, tomentose ; veil torn,
fugacious, appendiculate; stem very short, excentric, tomentose ;
gills sinuate, adnate, crowded, white.— Coohe Illu s. t. 253.
On beech trunks. Oct.
Pileus not more than 2 inches. Stem scarcely an inch long.
Veil none, gills sinuate or obtusely adnate.
3 6 0 . Ag aricu s (P leurotus) u lm a r iu s. Bull. Champ, t. 510.
Tllma'rius = of elm, ulmus.
Pileus fleshy, compact, convexo-plane, smooth, somewhat spotted,
m o is t; stem rather excentric, stout, thickened below, subto-
mentose ; gills adnexed (emarginate or rounded), rather crowded,
broad, whitish.—Fr. Hym. Fur. 167. Sow. t. 67, Price, f . 83.
Coohe Illu s. t. 227.
On elm trunks. Sept.—Dec. Esculent.
3 6 1 . Ag a r icu s (Pleurotus) te s su la tu s . Full. Champ, t. 513, f . l .
Tessula'tus = tesselated, chequered; from tesserae = the cubes
with which pavements were made ; mosaic-work.
Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, smooth, the cuticle guttate in a tessu-
late manner, tawny, becoming paler; stem exoentric, short, compact,
attenuated downwards, smooth; gills adnate, with a tooth,
crowded, white, then yellowish.—Fr. Htjm. E u r. 168. Cooke
Illu s. t. 254.
On trunks.
Smaller than Ag. ulmarius. Odour of new meal.
3 6 2 . Agaricus (Pleurotus) subpalmatus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 168.
Sub-palma'tus = almost shaped like the palm of the hand. But
the name was used by Fries because A. palmatus of Sowerby was
not A. (Crepidotus) palmatus of Bulliard.
Cæspitose, rufescent. Pileus fleshy, soft, convexo-plane, obtuse,
even, smooth, with a gelatinous cuticle; stem excentric, incurved,
equal, fibrilloso-striate; gills adnate, crowded, broad, rufescent,
united behind.—Sow. t. 62. Cooke Illu s. t. 255.
On squared timber, old trunks, &c.
Flesh, when out, resembling that of Fistulina hepática,
3 6 3 . Ag a r icu s (Pleurotus) c ra spedius. Fr. Eym. Eur. 160.
Crasped'ius, from upáo-vedov = the edge or margin of a thing ;
from the fimbriated margin of the pileus.
Pilens fleshy, soft, convexo-plane, or depressed, undulato-lobate,
sub-pruinose; stem solid, excentric, short; gills adnate, scarcely
crowded, broad, whitish.—Saund. ÿ Sm. t. 7. Cooke Illus. t. 256.
On the trunks of trees.
Cæspitose. Pileus more or less exoentric, 3-5 in. broad, brick-red, pale
tan, or greyish.
3 6 4 . A g a r icu s (Pleurotus) fimbriatus. BoZi. f. 61.
Fimbria'tus — fringed.
Pileus fleshy, thin, plane, then funnel-shaped, even, whitish,
hygrophanous ; margin at length sinuate and lobed ; stem somewhat
excentric, stuffed, compressed, firm, short, rootless, villous ;
gills adnate, thin, much crowded, slightly forked, white.—Fr.
Hym. Eur. 169. Cooke Illus. t. 178, a.
On trunks.
Gregarious, or tufted. Pileus 3 in, broad. Most beautifully and repeatedly
lobed and fimbriated ; turning pale. Stem about 1 in. long, smooth.
3 6 5 . A g a r icu s (Pleurotus) Rutbæ. B , 4 Br. Ann. Nat. Hist. No.
Ruthae, in honour of Miss E u th Berkeley, daughter of the Eev.
M. J . Berkeley, F .E .S .
Pileus flabelliform, upper stratum gelatinous, rather /¡z'spziZ, whitish ;
margin very thin, striate ; stem short, lateral, hispid ; gills white,
ra th e r broad, acute and anastomosing behind, becoming reddish
as well as the stem ; interstices veined.— vii. 130. Cooke
Illu s. t. 178, b.
On sawdust.
Pileus lJ-3 inches across, dirty white, with a tinge of gilvous ; mycelium
fibrous.
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