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SCHIZOPHYLLÜM c o m m u n e .
Common Schizophyllum.
Class and Obdeíi CEYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Xmn.—Nat. Oed. FUNGI,
Link, Grev.
G EN ERIC CHARACTER.
Pileus mbtus lamellis radianlibus Jlabellatis, instructus. Lamellm dupliCi
ciculis distinctis, marginibus involulis, inwquales, hymenio in pagina exteriori.
Pileus furnished beneath with radiating, flabelliform lamellae. Lamellae
double, unequal, in distinct bundles, the margins involute. Hymenium
in the outer surface of the lamellae.
S P E C IF IC C HARAC T ER .
S c h iz o p h y llum commune;................
ScHizoPH. commune. Fries, Syst. Mycol. v. 1. p. 330.— Grew. FL Edin. ined.
A pus alneus, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. 1. p. 6l7-
A garicus alneus, Linn. FI. Suec. 1242.—Sp. PI. 1645.—Sclimff. Fung. t. 246.
f. l.—Bull. Champ, p. 381. t. 346. e t 581. f. 1.—Light/. FI. Scot. p. 1029-
—Huds. FI. Angl. 2. p. 623.—Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 485.—De Cand. FI. Frang.
ed. 3. V. 2. p. 134.—Ejusd. Syn. p. 28.~Sow. Fung. t. \83.— With. Bot.
Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 370.—Relh. FI. Cantab, ed. 3. p. 544.—Hook. FI. Scot.
2. p. 25.—Schwein. Fung. Cared. No. 8I9.—Neei’ Syst. t. 22. f. 181.
A g a r ic u s multifidus, Batsch. Blench. Fung. Cont. 1. p. 174. t. 24. f. 126.
A g a r ic u s rad ia tu s, Smartz, Prodr. p. 148.
A g a r ic u s pectunculis, forma elegans, Batt. Hist. Fung. p. 73. t. 38. f. d.
A garicus acaulis, squamosus, lobatus e t villosus, lamellis dissectis, Gled,
Method. Fung. p. 134.— Gerard, FI. Gallo-prou. p.2 0 .— Wu/. Fl.Borussica,
p. 34.
A g a r ic u s lamellatus, pectunculi forma, major. Dill. Cat. Giss. 192.
A garicus squamosum, arb o rib u s adnascens p e c tu n cu lum m en tien tib u s, &c.
Mich. Gen. PI. 122.
A manita sessilis, lamellis p u lv e ru len tis, bifidis. Hall. Hist. 2333.
H a b . On the trunks o f trees and on old wood. Scotland, L i g h t f o o t .
Dundas Hill, near Edinburgh.—In England, it has been found sparingly,
by Mr S ta c k h o u s e in Salop ; by Mr R e l h a n at Babraham. It has
also been found on wood by the Rev. Mr W a t t s and Mr S ow e rb y .
Gregarious. Pileus very thin, composed of little else than a mass of woolly
filaments, sessile, or passing into a very short lateral stipes, nearly plane,
more or less circular, subentire or lobed, often growing in an imbricated