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PLATE 4.
A g a kicus (P l e u k o t u s ) c o k t io a to s , F r.
Frie s, Hym. Mon. vol. i. p. 236 ; E pic r. p. 129. B. & Br. Ann. & Mag. of
Na t. H ist., Aqnil & May, 1865, No. 995. Cooke, Handbook, p. 45.
Pleueotos stipite plus minus eccentrico ; annulo lacero ; pileo compacto, semper
integro ; lamellis longe decurrentibus, postice anastomoscentibus.
Pileus very compact, convex, then subdisciform, horizontal, always
entire, two to six inches wide, when young completely covered with a dense
gray powder (corresponding to th e universal veil of Lepiota), b u t when more
expanded it breaks off in floccose s c a le s ; gills strongly decurrent, an a sto mosing
behind, varying in width, white or yellowish; stem stout, solid,
rooting, more or less eccentric, curvato-ascending, one to three inches long,
one inch thick, scaly-fibrous, white; annulus thickish, white, lacerated,
adhering to th e stem and margin of pileus, at length evanescent; flesh hard
and shining. H ab ita t, tru n k s of trees.—Fries.
Pileus, upper surface fawn-coloured or p urplish gray, densely covered
with adpressed tom e n tum ; stem very stout and ro b u s t; gills pure creamy
white, inclined to b r a n c h ; flesh white, much eaten by snails and slugs.
H ab ita t, of fig. 1, stump of a decaying ash tree, Leigh Woods, Bristol.
T h e lower figure repre sents a portion of a very large specimen, found
by th e late Mr. James Ward, of E ly Court, Staplehurst. I t was growing in
an orchard, a t S taplehurst, on a branch of an apple tree, four feet six inches
from th e tru n k , October 28th, 1868. Spores white, '0005" X ’0002".
P late 4.—Figs. 1, 2, Agaricus [Pleurotus] cm'ticatus, Fr. Fig. 3, section of ditto.
Fig. 4, spores X 700 diam.—W. W. 8. d- W. G. S.
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