254 AGARICACE^E Paxillus 



yellowish, dull purplish below. G. decurrent, branched, 

 sometimes forming elongate Po. near the St., pallid, pale or 

 umber-yellow to ferruginous, changing to vinous when bruised. 



Said to be edible and highly esteemed in Belgium and Russia ; tasteless when 

 raw. Eaten at Hereford Fungus Forays, but not much approved, 1870. 

 Woods, by and on stumps; very common. June-Nov. 7 X 2| X ij in. 

 A yellow parasitic mould, Hypomyces chrysospermus, frequently grows on 

 the gills. Var. excentricus Mass. St. excentric. Var. subinvolutus 

 W. G. Sm. (Agaricus subinvolutus Batsch) margin of P. less involute than 

 type. 



1181a. P. porosus Berk, (from the porous hymenium) a b. 



P. fleshy, viscid when moist, reddish-claret or olive-brown ; marg. 

 thin, even, not involute. St. excentric, tough, equal or 

 attenuate downwards, claret-brown, darker below, somewhat 

 reticulate above with the Po. G. decurrent, shallow, poriform, 

 yellow to sulphur-green, changing to pale blue and then 

 brownish when bruised, dull green when old. Po. round to 

 elongate, irregular, large to small. Flesh dull pale vinous- 

 brown, mottled and streaked, darker in stem, changing colour 

 as St. 



Tasteless. Odour very strong, unpleasant. Moist woods, under firs. Autumn. 

 4 X 3 x + in- Not unlike 1181, to which it is closely allied, but the 

 margin is never involute and the pores are different in colour. Small forms 

 somewhat resemble 1468. 



1182. P. leptopus Fr. (from the thin stem ; Gr. Icftos, thin, pous, 



a foot) a b. 



P. depressed, excentric, downy, then torn-villous-scaly, fuscous- 

 yellowish to yellow-olive-umber ; marg. subinvolute. St. solid, 

 attenuate downwards, yellowish. G. deeply decurrent, some- 

 times poriform at base, yellowish to full yellow or shaded olive. 

 Flesh straw-white to yellow. 



On the ground, about stumps, fir. Aug.-Sept. 3^ x f X f in. 



1183. P. atrotomentosus Fr. (from the black downy pileus ; ater, 



black, tomentum, down) a I) c. 



P. convexo-plane, then depressed, deep opaque umber or deep 

 orange-umber, somewhat orange-sienna at involute marg. 

 St. solid, equal, somewhat rooting, excentric, rarely lateral, 

 blackish-umber or intense crimson-umber, pale yellowish at 

 apex. G. subdecurrent, branching and somewhat porous at 

 base, yellowish to deep yellow. Flesh white or sulphur-white 

 in P., rose-purple in St., mottled dull purplish. 



Taste insipid ; odour when cut rank and strong like 2086. Stumps, pine, on 

 the ground. Aug.-Nov. 5 X 2\ X if in. 



1184. P. erassus Fr. (from the stem, thick above ; crassus, thick) a. 

 P. plane, even, ferruginous ; marg. subinvolute. St. stuffed, 



attenuate downwards, excentric, colour as P. G. subdecurrent, 

 subdistant, cinnamon. 

 On the ground, woods. Nov. 3^ x I X J in. 



