Lenzites flaccida. Fr.
Flaccid Lenzites.
Figure 186.—Lenzites flaccida. Two-thirds natural size.
Flaccida means limp, flaccid. Pileus is coriaceous, thin, flaccid, unequal, hairy, zoned, pallid, more or less flabelliform, imbricated.
The gills are broad, crowded, straight, unequal, branched, white, becoming pallid. Spores are 5×7.
This is a very attractive plant and quite common. It runs almost imperceptibly into Lenzites betulina. It is found on stumps and trunks.
Lenzites vialis. Pk.
Pileus is corky, almost woody, firm, zoned.