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616 24.9.Crepid. ll.HYMENOTHECE^. Pl.cell.apk.
VII. 249. CREPIDOPUS. Esenbeck. Slipper-stool.
Volva 0; stem marginal or 0; collar 0; cop fleshy, depressed,
semicircular, oblique; gills decurrent.
1 Crepidopus ostreatus. Oyster slipper-stool.
Thalli slightly stipitate, in imbricated bundles ; cap convex,
grey or brownish, reverse-ovate ; gills white, decurrent,
anastomosing at bottom.
Agariciis ostreatus, Curtis Lond. 216; Persoon Syn. 477.
On the trunks of trees.
0. atro-alhus. Thalli in tufts; stem lateral, short, dirty
white; cap fleshy, plano-convex, edge turned over, blackish
gills decurrent, veiny, white.
Agaricub nigricans, Fl. Dan, 892.
Agaricus ostreatus, Suwerby Fungi, 241.
2. Crepidopus mollis. -
SoJ't slipper-stool.
Thalli gregarious, soft; cop bald, bunched, pale; gills
watery, brownish.
Agaricus mollis, Dickson Crypt. 1, 17; Sowerby Fungi, 98; Persoon
Syn. 480.
On rotten trees; autumn.
3. Crepidopus stypticus. Styptic slipper-stool.
Thalli in close tufts ; stem compressed, ascending, dilated
at bottom ; cap leatherlike, nicked, rather tough, somewhat
powdery; gills very thin, connected by veins, cinnamoncolour.
Agaricus stypticus, Bull. Herb, 140 ; Sowerby Fungi, 109; Persoon Syn.
481.
On dry trunks of trees ; autumn and mild winters.
Taste at first nauseously sweet, afterwards styptic.
4. Crepidopus variabilis. Variable slipper-stool.
Thalli gregarious, stemless; cap rather woolly, white;
gills whitish, afterwards rust-colour.
Agaricus niveus, Dickson Crypt. 1, 17 ; Sowerby Fungi, 97.
Agaricus sessilis, Bu//?ard ^er&. 152.
Agaricus variabilis, Persoon Syn. 483.
Agaricus pubescens. Ft. Dan. 1073.
In damp woods or hedges, upon sticks.
5. Crepidopus epigceus. Ground slipper-stool.
Cap kidneyshape, brittle, reddish-grey ; bottom villous,
whitish; gills distinct, watery, reddish, diverging.