Agaricacese 



PANJTOLUS Fr. 



Gr. all; Gr. variegated. 



Pameoius. Pileus slightly fleshy, not striate, margin exceeding the gills. Gills 



(Plate CVIII.) ascending in a conical manner, 



slate-gray, mottled with the black 

 spores. Stem polished. Veil 

 woven, often absent. Spores black. 

 On the ground in rich earth, and 

 on dung. 



In the black-spored series Psathy- 

 rella is separated by the striate 

 pileus, not exceeding the gills, 

 Anellaria by the ring and Coprinus 

 by the deliquescent gills. 



Panaeolus, in its entirety, has a 

 precise looking membership. If 

 the gills were cut from cardboard 

 and fixed by machinery, they could 

 not be more correct. Some of the 

 species are among the earliest ar- 

 rivals at toadstool lawn parties, and 

 some are the last to leave. Several 

 are culinary favorites, notably Pan- 

 aeolus solidipes. P. papilionaceus possesses intoxicating properties. 

 P. campanulatus is reported to be a sedative. 



The edible species are easily cooked and are exceptionally delicate 

 and well flavored. 



P. retiru'gis Fr. rete, a net; ruga, a wrinkle. Pileus about I in. 

 across, at first almost globose, then hemispherical, subumbonate, mi- 

 nutely mealy, opaque, moist, furnished with uniting raised ribs, pinkish 

 tan-color; margin with irregular fragments of the veil attached. Flesll 

 rather thick. Gills adnexed, ascending, 2 lines or more broad, grayish- 

 black. Stem 2-4 in. long, about 2 lines thick, equal, pruinose, pur- 

 plish flesh-color, hollow. Fries. 



Spores elliptic-fusiform, n-i 3x7/1 Massee. 



On dung. Distinguished among the species of Panaeolus by the 



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