252 AGARIC ACE^E Paxillus 



separating from the hymenophore owing to the except in 1185 

 absence of a trama, usually separated from the flesh of the pileus 

 by a thin differentiated horny or cartilaginous layer. Spores whitish 

 to ferruginous. (Fig. 60.) 



Fleshy, putrescent fungi, some growing on the ground, others on 

 tree-trunks or sawdust. Some of the members of the first subgenus 

 are allied to Tricholoma and Clitocybe amongst the white-spored 

 Agarics ; those of the second to Flainmula, amongst the brown-spored 

 Agarics. 



The gills of 1181 are sometimes wholly porous, in 1181a always 

 wholly porous, as in Boletus. 



Most of the species are said to be edible. Species 11721186 



SUBGENUS i. LEPISTA. Spores dull white reddish- or fuscous- 



pallid in 1174 faintly ferruginous in 1176. 1172 1179 



SUBGENUS 2. TAPINIA. Pileus usually more or less excentric, 



sometimes lateral and stemless, at length depressed. Spores 



ferruginous. 1180 1186 



SUBGENUS i. LEPISTA. 

 (From the type, 1174 P. l 



1172. P. giganteus Fr. (from its great size) a b c. Tan white. 



P. depressed or infundibuliform, not umbonate ; marg. sulcate, 

 very involute. Sf. solid, smooth, stained faintly vinous. 

 G. deeply decurrent, very crowded, inclined to branch and 

 anastomose. 



Odour strong, like 1394. Woods and pastures ; uncommon. Aug. -Nov. 

 \-\\ X 4j X in. Very different from 190, with which it is often 

 confounded. 



1173. P. Alexandri Fr. (from P. Alexander, who gathered the first 



examples described) a b. 

 P. piano-depressed, dry, fawn to umber-whitish; marg. striate, 



involute. St, colour as P., or faintly ochreous. G. sub- 



decurrent, crowded, yellowish or brownish. 

 Amongst moss, on the ground. Sept. -Oct. 3i X if X J in. 



1174. P. lepista Fr. (from the shape of the pileus when young ; 



lepista, a pan) a b c. 



P. piano-depressed, dry to subviscid ; marg. involute, undulato- 

 flexuous, rimuloso-squamulose, not striate, whitish or yellowish- 

 white. St. solid, whitish, sometimes inclining to fuscous 

 below. G. decurrent, very crowded, whitish or pale yellowish- 

 white. 



Solitary, sporadic, changeable in habit. Odour of rancid meal, or strong 

 and acid. Woods, oak, fir, moist places. Oct.-Nov. 5^ x 3^ X I in. 



1175. P. extenuatus Fr. (from the thin margin of the pileus ; 



extennatits, made thin) a b. 



P. campanulato-convex, broadly umbonate or obtuse, tan, clay 

 or yellowish ; marg. involute, smooth, even or striate. St. 



