6 FUNGUS-FLOEA 



On tbe ground. 



Yery hard and coraiDact. Almost exactly resembling a 

 small form of Lactarius vellereus, but knoT\m in the field by 

 the honey-coloured gills. 



Allied to PaxUlus sordarius, but at first sig-ht almost exactlv 

 resembling Paxillus invoJutiis, stem about ^ in. long, but 

 above an inch thick, coalescing with moss downwards. 

 Pilens 2-3 in. broad, rarely more. Flesh yellowish-Avhite ; 

 spores whitish. (Fries.) 



Paxillus extenuatus. Fr. 



Pileus Ih-^h in. across, rigid, disc very fleshy, becoming 

 quite thin towards the margin, campanulato-conYex then 

 flattened, naked, glabrous, moist, brownish-tan, or yellowish- 

 tan, margin involute, pubescent, even ; gills deeply decurrent, 

 closely crov/ded, arcuate, about 2 lines broad, white then 

 mouse-colour; stem lJ-2 in. long, 3-5 lines thick, elastic, 

 fibrous, tough, glabrous, solid, ending in a tuberous rooting 

 base. 



Panaeolus extenuatus, Fries, Epicr., p. 316; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 285 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 873.? 



Grassy places in fir woods, &c. 



The mycelium at the base of the stem adheres to the soil 

 and forms a tuber. Cooke's figure quoted above has the gills 

 Yellowish white. 



Stem solid, spongy within, fibrous outside and tough, 

 rather horny, elastic, conico-el on gated and rather clavate 

 when young, then more equal, 1^-2 in. long, h in. thick, 

 glabrous, pallid, base incrassated and rooting, binding the 

 humus into a large bulb. Pileus fleshy, disc compact, rest 

 thin, even, glabrous, moist, at first convex, gibbous, then 

 expanded, obtuse, cracking, 1^-3 in. broad, clay-colour or 

 brownish clay-colour. Margin at first involute, downy, at 

 length expanded, very rigid and fragile. Flesh watery, 

 white, rigid, not a line thick except at the disc, splitting; 

 gills deeply decurrent, arcuate, crowded, linear, very narrow, 

 whitish. (Fries.) 



Paxillus panaeolus. Fr. 

 Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh thin, convex then plane, 

 becoming rather depressed, glabrous, moist, whitish, margin 



