108 AGARIOINI.
3 8 0 . Ag a r icu s (P leu ro tu s) r en iformis. Fr. Icon. t. 89, f. 3.
Reni-formis = kidney-shaped.
Pileus rather fleshy, horizontal, reniform, plane, cinereous, emarginate
behind, with a very short rudiment of a villous stem ; gills
diverging from a stem-like tubercle, thin, linear, grey.—Fr. Hym.
F u r. 177. Cooke Illus. t. 276, c.
On branches.
Pileus 3-5 lines broad, with an entire margin ; flesh rather gelatinous,
thin.
381. Ag aricus (Pleurotus) lau ro -c e ra si. B. 4 Br. Ann, Nat. Hist.
No. 1854.
Lauro-cer’asi, from its growing on the cherry-Iaurel, Cerasus
Lauro-cerasus.
Oyster-shaped. Pilens sulcate, brown, with a very th in cuticle ;
stem obsolete; gills connected by veins; spores ovate.— Cooke
Illus. t. 242, a.
On the naked trunk of a laurel.
Pileus rather more than an inch across ; the cuticle is extremely thin,
and gives way at the furrows so as expose the substance of the pileus.
Spores '008 mm. long.
3 8 2 . Ag aricus (Pleurotus) tr em u lu s. Schceff. Icon. t. 224.
Trem'ulus = quivering ; from the often slender stem.
Pilens rather fleshy, reniform, depressed, tough, even; stem
marginal, distinct, nearly round, ascending, villous ; gills adnate,
determinate, narrow, distant, grey.—Fr. Hym. F u r. 177. Sow.
t. 242. Cooke Illus. t. 242, b.
Amongst moss.
3 8 3 . Ag a r icu s (Pleurotus) acerosus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 178.
A c e r o 's u s ^ M l of chaff or the husk of grain, acus ; from its
often growing among dead leaves in pine-woods, in pinetis ad acus
et ligna cariosa (Fries, I.e.).
Pileus membranaceous, reniform, plane, striate, sub-lobate, hygrophanous,
grey, silky when d iy ; stem very short or obsolete,
lateral, rather strigose at the b a s e ; gills determinate, narrow,
crowded, simple, gvej.— Bolt. t. 72, f . 3. Cooke Illu s. t. 242, c.
On gravel, lawns, wood, &o. Eare.
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c . E e s u p i n a t i . Pileus resupinate from the first, then reflexed.
Pileus fleshy, o f uniform substance.
3 8 4 . Ag a r icu s (Pleuro tus) porrigens. Pers. Ohs. Myc. l. 54.
Porr'igens = stretching o u t ; from its extended pileus.
White ; pileus fleshy, tough, a t first resupinate, then ascending
from the extended base, ear-shaped, smooth above ; gills very
narrow, linear.—F r. Hym. F u r. 178. Cooke Illus. t. 259, a.
On old pine trunks. Eare.
3 8 5 . Ag a r icu s (P leurotus) s ep ticu s . Fr. Eym. Fur. 179.
Sept'icus, o-'giTTiKA's, putrefying ; from its habitat.
White ; pileus somewhat fleshy, thin, resupinate, then reflexed,
even, pubescent; stem tliin, incurved, pubescent, a t length evanescent
; rootlets, byssoid ; gills distant.—Sow. t. 321. Fng. F I.
Y .p . 74. Letell. t. 706. Cooke Illu s. t. 259, b.
On twigs, decayed fungi, dung, &c.
Pileus fleshy, striate, upper stratum gelatinous, or with a viscid
pellicle.
3 8 6 . Ag aricus (Pleurotus) ma struca tus. Fr. Hym. B w . 179.
fi/asZnica'Zus = clothed in skins ; masZrMca=a sheepskin. From
its rough, almost echinate, top.
Pileus fleshy, upper stratum gelatinous, at first resupinate, then
expanded, sessile, lohoA, squamulose ; gills greyish white.—Sow,
t. 99. Cooke Illu s . t. 243, a.
On old trunks. Eare.
3 8 7 . Ag aricu s (Pleurotus) atrocoeruleus. Fr. Eym. Eur. 179.
Atro-cmrid'eus = blackish bine, from the colour of the pileus.
Pileus fleshy, upper stratum gelatinous, a t first resupinate, then
obovate, reniform, tomentose, dark blue; gills crowded, white,
becoming yellowish,— Saund 4" Sm. t. 6. Cooke Illu s. t. 243, b.
On trunks. Eare.
Pileua at first resupinate, soon reflexed, obovate or kidney-shaped, 1-2 in.
broad, villous, rugulose when dry, commonly dark bluish, rarely brown;
flesh soft, upper stratum gelatinous. Spores '0075X'003 mm.
3 8 8 . A g aricus (P leu ro tu s) L e igh ton i.
X I I I . t. 9, /. 1.
Berk,. Ann, Nat. Eist.
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Leight'oni, in honour of the Eev. W . Leighton, the lichenologist,
its discoverer.