PAXILLUS. 7 



thin, involute ; gills slightly decurrent, crowded about 1 line 

 broad, at length watery ferruginous; stem 1-1 .V in. long, 

 2-3 lines thick, fibrillosely striate, thickened downwards, 

 rufescent, stuffed ; sjDores subglobose, pale ferruginous, 5 /a 

 diameter. 



Paxillus panaeoJus, Fries, Monogr., pp. 117 and 310; Cke., 

 Ildbk., p. 28G ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 874a. 



On the ground in i^ine woods, &c. 



Smaller and more slender than PaxiUiis extenuatus. Flesh 

 becoming blackish. Gills separated from the flesh of the 

 pileus by a cartilaginous line. (Fries.) 



Subgregarious ; at first entirely dirty- white without and 

 within, then becoming yellowish ; gills at length watery- 

 cinnamon. Stem fleshy, stufied, 1 in. or more long, 3 lines 

 thick, striato-fibrillose, thickened downwards. Pileus fleshy, 

 rather compact, convex, then expanded and subdepressed, 

 even, glabrous, moist, with drop-like markings, 1-2 in. 

 broad, margin thin, villous, involute. Gills rather decur- 

 rent; crowded, narrow, subvenose at the base, separated 

 from the flesh of the pileus by a horny line. Spores watery 

 ferruginous. (Fries.) 



Var. spilomaeus. Fries. 



Pileus spotted, as with drops, and like the slender stem, 

 white then yellowish. Gills watery ferruginous, hoiTiy- 

 grey at the base. 



In pine woods. 



Paxillus orcelloides. Cke. & Mass. 



Pileus 1-1^- in. across, flesh very thin, white, convex then 

 flattened, but with the margin persistently incurved, 

 minutely silky, shining, snow-white at first, becoming- 

 stained with greyish blotches ; gills adnato - decurrent, 

 crowded, Ih line broad, whitish then livid, at length dingy 

 yellowish-brown, separated from the flesh of the pileus by a 

 horny line; stem 1-1 1 in. long, 3 lines thick at the apex, 

 gradually tapering to the base, which is not more than 

 1 line thick, elastic, silky-fibrillose, solid, ochraceous ; 

 spores elliptical, pale dingy ochraceous, 8 X 4 /u,. 



Paxillus (Lepista) orcelloides, Cke. and Massee, Grevillea, 

 vol. xvi. p. 46; Cke., Illustr., pi. 874b. 



Amongst grass. 



