. British fungi (Hymenomycetes). Fungi -- Great Britain. Genus XVII.—Xerotus (frpos, dry; otis, an ear). Xerotus. Fr. Elench. i. p. 48. Hymenophore continuous with the stem, descending into the trama which is homogeneous with the coriaceous pilens. Gills coriaceous, broadly plicaeform, di- chotomous, edge quite entire, ob- tuse. Rigid, persistent, analogous with the Cantharelli, but differiiig in the whole structure. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 491. 1. X. degener Fr.—Pileus date- brown-grey when moist, when dry grey, somewhat zoned, coriaceo-mem- branaceous, very thin, but very tough, plano-infundibulifo
. British fungi (Hymenomycetes). Fungi -- Great Britain. Genus XVII.—Xerotus (frpos, dry; otis, an ear). Xerotus. Fr. Elench. i. p. 48. Hymenophore continuous with the stem, descending into the trama which is homogeneous with the coriaceous pilens. Gills coriaceous, broadly plicaeform, di- chotomous, edge quite entire, ob- tuse. Rigid, persistent, analogous with the Cantharelli, but differiiig in the whole structure. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 491. 1. X. degener Fr.—Pileus date- brown-grey when moist, when dry grey, somewhat zoned, coriaceo-mem- branaceous, very thin, but very tough, plano-infundibuliform, striate when moist, flocculose when dry. Stem not cent. (1 in.), often only 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) long, 2 mm. (1 lin.) thick, very tough, solid or floccoso- stuffed at the apex, equal, fuscous, somewhat white-velvety. Gills decurrent, few, very distant, when rightly developed thin, rather broad, whitish-grey, edge acute, flaccid. When dry the pileus is zoneless in smaller specimens. When the gills are less fully developed, they resemble the ribs of Cladoderris, the edge being very obtuse. They vary, sometimes all equal, simple, sometimes simply dichoto- mous, with shorter alternate ones. They are the most widely distant of any of the species of Agaricini. On peaty soil among short grass. Glamis, Warren, 1877. Jan. This extremely rare species has hitherto been recorded as British by Sowerby only. My specimens, in the opinion of Berkeley were nearest Sclucff. t. 243. Spores elliptical, irregular, 8-12x4-6 mk. B. Name—degener, degenerat.'. Fr. Monogr. ii. />. 243. Hym. Ear. />. 491. Berk. Out. p. 227. C. Hbk. //. 693. S. Mycol. Scot. >i. 657. Ag. Schccff. t. 243. A. turfosus Sow. t. LVI. Xerotus degener. half natural size. One- VOL. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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