The stem is straight, equal, slightly striate, nearly of the same color as the cap, about three inches long. Found in pastures where stock has been. I have found it in the Dunn pasture, on the Columbus pike, Ross County, O.
Crepidotus. Fr.
Crepidotus is from a Greek word meaning a slipper. The spores are dark or yellowish-brown. There is no veil. The pileus is excentric, dimidiate or resupinate. The flesh is soft. The stem is lateral or wanting, when present it is continuous with the cap. They generally grow on wood.
Crepidotus versutus. Pk.
Figure 227.—Crepidotus versutus. Natural size. Caps pure white.
This is a very modest little plant growing on the underside of rotten logs or bark, thus, no doubt, escaping the attention of many. Sometimes it may be found growing from the side of a log, in which case it grows in a shelving form. When growing under the log the upper side of the cap is against the wood and it is said to be resupinate.
The pileus is kidney-form, quite small, thin, pure white, covered with a soft whitish down.
The gills are radiate from the point of attachment of the cap, not crowded, whitish, then ferruginous from the spores.