Paxillus AGARIC ACE^E 253 



solid, smooth, somewhat tuberous-rooting, colour as P. G. 

 deeply decurrent, very crowded, white to mouse-colour. 



Woods, fir, grassy places. Oct. 4 X 2j X f in. 



1176. P. panseolus Fr. (from the change of colour of the flesh to 



black ; Gr. panctiolos, all variegated) a b c. 



P. convexo-plane, depressed, smooth, moist, whitish ; marg. sub- 

 involute. St. stuffed, attenuate upwards, striato-fibrillose, 

 rufescent or as P., ochreous below. G. subdecurrent, crowded, 

 becoming watery ferruginous or cinnamon. 



Subgregarious. Woods, fir, mixed. Oct. -Nov. l X l X | in. Var. 

 spiloniicolns Fr. P. spotted with dots. 



1177. P. oreelloides Cooke & Mass, (from its resemblance to 504, 



Clitopilus orcclla) a b. 



P. convexo-plane, silky, white, then clouded greyish or livid ; 

 marg. involute. St. solid, attenuate downwards, elastic, silky- 

 fibrillose, livid-ochreous. G. adnato-decurrent, crowded, whitish 

 to salmon-brown. 



Woods, amongst grass. Sept. -Nov. 2j X \\ X T 3 ^ in. 



1178. P. lividus Cooke (from its livid colour) a. 



P. convex, then depressed, dull whitish or livid-ochreous ; marg. 



subinvolute. St. stuffed to hollow, attenuate downwards, 



fibrillose, whitish. G. subdecurrent, somewhat crowded, 



white. 

 In small clusters. Odour pleasant. Woods, fields. Oct. 2 x 2 x in. 



Allied to 1179. 



1179. P. revolutus Cooke (from the, at length, slightly revolute 



margin of the pileus) a. 



P. campanulato-obtuse, pale ochreous ; mid. darker ; marg. some- 

 times pale lavender. St. solid, attenuate downwards, whitish 

 or pale lavender. G. arcuato-decurrent, pallid to clay. 



Odour of meal. Fields. Oct. if x i| X i in. 



SUBGENUS 2. TAPINIA. 

 (From the pileus, at length depressed ; Gr. tapeinoo, to depress.) 



1180. P. paradoxus Berk, ex Cooke (from its being a new, unexpected 



species ; paradoxus, strange, unexpected) a b c. 

 P. convex to plane, densely tomentose, deep rufous-umber to 

 yellowish-brown ; marg. subinvolute. St. solid, attenuate 

 downwards, sometimes rooting, yellow or reddish, or crimson 

 to rose above, and yellow to brownish below. G. decurrent, 

 distant, veined, yellow to deep yellow, reddish when bruised. 



Woods, on the ground, on earth inside hollow trees, oak. Aug.-Nov. 

 4 X \\ X | in. With the general appearance of a dark pileated 1472. 



1181. P. involutus Fr. (from the involute margin of the pileus) a b c. 

 P. convexo-plane, then depressed, ochreous-ferruginous ; marg. 



very involute. St. solid, slightly enlarged downwards, dull 



