scription ; but the mycologist must be prepared to find it very
whimsical. F r i e s says that it sometimes is furnished, when
young, with a short, central, incurved stipes, which becomes lateral
and obliterated, after the pileus is reflexed. The substance,
delicate texture, and colour, are constant.
Fig. 1. Jg . variaUlis. Fig. 2. A pikus attached by a portion o f its upper sur-
face, from growing on the under side o f a branch. Fig. 3. Section o f part
o f a pileus ; all natural size.
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