Iconography of the Mushrooms of Paulet

DÆDALEA QUERCINA Oak Dædalea. PERSOON. — Pl. I, fig. 1, 2.

Labyrinthine bracket. — Agaricus quercinus Oak Agaric. LINNÉ.

Cap sessile, semi-orbicular, corky, very tenacious; its surface is flat, of a pale or slightly violet color, bare, smooth or tuberculate and marked with concentric zones. The underside is furnished with thick, corky, obtuse gills at the margin, much wider than the cap is thick, and anastomosed between themselves in such a way as to form unequal sinuses that resemble a true labyrinth; these gills are white in the young stage and as if covered with dust; later they take on the color of the cap.

Habitat. In winter and spring, on the trunks and old beams of oak.
Agaricus quercinus. L. Fl. Succ. Flora Suecica 1241.
Agaricus labyrinthiformis. BULL. Hist. Champ. History of Mushrooms tab. 352 and 442, fig. 1.
Properties. Authors say that one uses it to clean hair and curry horses. One can extract amadou tinder fungus from it, but of inferior quality.

SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE Common Split-gill. FRIES. — Pl. I, fig. 3, 4, 5.

The little scallop shell. — Hyponevris multifida. PAULET.

Cap membranous, leathery, flexible, sessile and attenuated toward its base, covered with a tomentose layer, almost spongy, of a grayish white and marked with some concentric furrows; margin entire, lobed or multifid. The underside is of a violet or reddish white, formed of gills arranged in a fan and intermingled with others smaller; they are folded back at their margin, tomentose on the outside and smooth on the inside.

Habitat. On the alder, linden, aspen, and many other trees, in the spring.
Agaricus alneus. L. Fl. Succ. 1242.
Properties. No use is known for this mushroom.
Obs. — The Schizophyllum commune is not an agaric, although all authors have considered it as such; it is much closer to the Thelephoraceae than to any other family, and the genus Cora appears to be the one it most closely approaches.

DÆDALEA QUERCINA Oak Dædalea. PERSOON. Var..... — Pl. II, fig. 1.

Labyrinthine rock — Agaricus quercinus. PAULET.

This variety differs from the type species in that the gills are less anastomosed between themselves, that they seem to radiate from a common point, and that several among them are divided, free, and form flattened teeth.