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Plcellaph. ll.HYMENOTHECE^. 248.Plem'op. 615
|8. incana. Cap smooth or slightly scaly, pale.
Agaricus incanus, Bull. Herb, 570.
VI. 248. PLEUROPUS. Persoon. ^ Side-foot.
Volva 0; stem not in the centre of the cap; collar 0;
cap fleshy, depressed, orbicular, oblique ;
Poisonous, or at least suspected.
gills decurrent.
1 Pleuropus orcelliis. Litmus side-foot.
Thalli gregarious ; stem pale ; cap elliptic or circular
gills crowded, flesh-red.
Agaricus orcellus, Bull. Herb. 575; Persoon Syn. 473.
On the trunks of trees.
2. Pleuropus ulmarius. Elm side-foot.
Stem ascending ; cap fleshy, very broad, uniformly pale
or marked with stripes ; gills very broad, slightly nicked,
connected.
Agaricus ulmarius, Sowerby Fungi, 67 ; Persoon Syn, 473.
On trees, especially on elm trees; autumn.
3. Pleuropus palmatus. Palmate side-foot,
Thalli in tufts ; stem nearly straight, whitish ; cap and
gills opake, reddish-chestnut.
Agaricus palmatus, Bull. Herb. 216 ;
On trees, or carpenters' work.
Persoon Syn, 474.
|3. ruhescens, Thallus reddish throughout.
Agaricus palmatus, Sowerby Fungi, 62.
4. Pleuropus fornicatus.
Arched side-foot.
Thallus solitary, compact; stem very short, downy, slightly
eccentric; cap flattish, rather livid; gills distinct, rather
decurrent, brilliant red.
Agaricus carnosus? Bolton Fung. 146.
Agaricus fornicatus, Persoon Syn. 474.
On trees.
5. Pleuropus inconstans.
Inco?istant side-foot.
cap rather tough, depressed, whole
Thallus rather large ;
or halved, lobed, bent, rather reddish gills slightly
;
branched, crisp at bottom, white and rather brilliant-red.
Agaricus flabelliformis, Sckmff, Fung. 43 et 44.
Agaricus inconstans, Persoon Syn. 475.
On the trunks of trees.