=Pileus= corky or coriaceous, texture arid and floccose. =Gills= coriaceous, firm, sometimes simple and unequal, sometimes anastomosing and forming pores behind, trama floccose and similar to the pileus, edge somewhat acute. The European species are dimidiate, sessile, persistent, growing on wood, quite resembling Dædalea. _Fries._ Allied most nearly to Trametes and Dædalea and forming as it were the transition from Agaricaceæ to Polyporaceæ. In tropical countries they are more woody in texture. _Stevenson._ Very common. None edible. (Plate LVII.) [Illustration] RHODOSPORAE. [Illustration] _Hymenophore distinct from fleshy stem._ VOLVARIA. PLUTEUS —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— _Hymenophore confluent and homogeneous with fleshy stem._ ENTOLOMA. CLITOPILUS. CLAUDOPUS. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- _Hymenophore confluent with, but heterogeneous from cartilaginous stem._ LEPTONIA. NOLANEA. ECCILIA. PLATE LVIII_b_. CHART OF GENERA IN PINK-SPORED SERIES—RHODOSPORAE. PAGE 239. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- _Series II._ =RHODOSPORÆ.= _Gr_—rose; _Gr_—seed. Or =HYPORHO´DII=—_hypo_, under; _rhodon_, rose. Spores pink or salmon-color. In Volvaria, Pluteus and most of Clitopilus, the spores are regular in shape, as in the white-spored series, in the rest of the subgenera they are generally angular and irregular. Though European writers, generally, condemn the rosy-spored series as inedible, a few of our best American edibles are found in it—notably Pluteus cervinus. =VOLVA´RIA= Fr. _Volva_, a wrapper. =Spores= regular, oval, pink, or salmon. =Veil= universal, forming a perfect _volva_, distinct from the cuticle of the pileus. =Stem= separating easily from the pileus. =Gills= _free_, rounded behind, at the very first white then pinkish, soft. Analogous with Amanita. Growing in woods and on rich mold, rotten wood and damp ground, hence often found in hot-houses and gardens. V. Loveiana Berk. is parasitic on Clitocybe nebularis. There are thirteen species reported from different parts of the United States. Most of them grow upon wood. Two species have previously been reported as edible, to which I have added V. Taylori, tested by myself.