Paxillus 



AGARICACE/E 



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1185. P. panuoides Fr. (from its shape, as in genus Pa mis ; Gr. 



cidos, appearance) a b c. Dull, opaque, yellow. 



P, conchato - dimidiate, imbricate ; marg. subinvolute. St. 

 obsolete. G. decurrent to base, crowded, branched and 

 anastomosing, trama well developed, tan-sienna or somewhat 

 pale yellow-ochre, sometimes studded with drops. 



Beech, fir, hawthorn, sawdust, in cellars, on wood ; uncommon. July-Nov. 

 Diam. 4 in. P. sometimes whitish-ochre with reddish marg. G. sienna. 

 The resupinate and cup-shaped form is Gomphus pezizoides Pers. 



1186. P. Fagi B. & Br. (from its habitat, stumps of beech, fagus) a. 

 P. dimidiate, crisped, becoming revolute, pallid. St. obsolete. 



G. decurrent to base, crisped, orange. 

 Gregarious. Autumn. Diam. 3^ in. 



XLVII. HYGROPHORUS Fr. 



(From the water-bearing character ; Gr. hugros, moist,///m>, to bear.) 



Veil universal and viscid or obsolete. P ileus more or less fleshy, 

 glutinous, viscid or watery ; margin slightly incurved. Stem central, 

 continuous and homogenous with the hymenophore, usually exannu- 

 late. Gills furnished with a subfloccose trama, usually distant and 



Fig. 6r. A, Hygrophiirus plivaceoalints Fr., entire 

 and in section ; B, H. virgineus Fr., entire and in 

 section. One-third natural size. 



thick, but acute at the edge, not membranous, often branched and 

 veined, the hymenium waxy and at length removable from the trama, 

 which is of the same substance as the pileus. Spores subglobose or 

 elliptical, smooth, white, pale umber in 1208. (Fig. 61.) 



The species are putrescent, often brilliant in colour as scarlet, 

 orange, sulphur, green and shining-white ; they all, except 1215, 

 grow on the ground, and often appear after the first frosts of late 

 autumn. They differ from Cortinarius, Gomphidins and Paxillus 

 in the colour of the spores, from Lactarius in being non-milky, from 

 Russula in not being vesciculoso-rigid, and from Cantharellits in the 

 sharp-edged gills. Many have a pleasant taste and are edible. 



