=P. stip´ticus= Fr.—_stypticus_, astringent. =Pileus= ½-1 in. broad, cinnamon becoming pale, arid, thin, but not membranaceous, kidney-shaped, pruinose, the _cuticle separating into furfuraceous scales_. =Stem= not reaching 1 in. long, solid, _definitely lateral_, compressed, _dilated upward_, ascending, pruinose, paler than the gills. =Gills= ending determinately (not decurrent), thin, very narrow, crowded, _elegantly connected by veins_, cinnamon. _Fries._ Gregarious, cespitose, remarkable for _its astringent taste_. The pileus sometimes has a funnel-shaped appearance with lobes all around. On stumps, etc. Common. August to February. Reckoned poisonous. _Stevenson._ =Spores= obovoid-spheroid, 2–3×1–2µ _K._; 3×4µ _W.G.S._ Plentiful and general. The markings upon the cap in moist weather are sometimes exquisitely regular. The immediate and lasting unpleasantness of this fungus to mouth and throat, whether cooked or raw, will cancel all desire to eat of it forevermore. A nibble will detect it. It is reckoned poisonous, and may be. No one but a determined suicide would resort to it. Dr. Lambotte asserts that it is a violent purgative. [Illustration] =XER´OTUS= Fr. _Gr_—dry; _Gr_—an ear. (Plate LVI.) [Illustration: XEROTUS DEGENER.] Hymenophore continuous with the stem, descending into the trama which is homogeneous with the _coriaceous pileus_. =Gills= coriaceous, broadly plicæform, dichotomous, edge quite entire, obtuse. _Rigid, persistent, analogous with the Cantharelli, but differing in the whole structure._ _Fries._ The gills are more distant than in any species of Agaricaccæ. None edible. =TRO´GIA= Fr. After _Trog_, a Swiss botanist. (Plate LVIII.) [Illustration: TROGIA CRISPA. Natural size. ] =Gills= fold-like, edge longitudinally channelled (in the single European species only crisped). In other respects agreeing with Xerotus. _Soft, flaccid, but arid and persistent, texture fibrillose._ _Fries._ Reviving when wet. =Spores= white. _Stevenson._ =Spores= elongated or cylindrical. American representative, Trogia crispa, var. variegata. Pileus and gills variegated with bluish or greenish-blue stains. Sandlake. September. _Peck_, 38th Rep. N.Y. State Bot. Not edible. =SCHIZOPHYL´LUM= Fr. _Gr_—to split; _Gr_—a leaf. (Plate LVIII_a_.) [Illustration: SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE.] =Pileus= fleshless, arid. =Gills= coriaceous, fan-wise branched, united above by the tomentose pellicle, bifid, split longitudinally at the edge. =Spores= somewhat round, white. _Fries._ The two lips of the split edge of the gills are commonly revolute. The farthest removed of all the Agaricini from the type. Growing on wood. _Stevenson._ Common on decaying _wood_. Tough. =LENZITES= Fr. After _Lenz_, a German botanist.