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well as /•". fjDiiiiii Fr., with which F'atouillard (Tab. Anal. N, 354) 

 places F. pji\nioXii and Clitocybe pelleiieri. 



Paxillus atro=tomcntosus (Batsch) Fr. — This plant is not very com- 

 mon. It is utten ot quite larjie size, 6-1 5 cm. high, and the cap 5-10 

 cm. broad, the stem very short or sometimes long, from 1-2.5 ^^• 

 in thickness. The plant is quite easily recognized by the stout and 

 black hairy stem, and the dark brown or blackish, irregular and 

 sometimes lateral cap, with the margin incurved. It grows on wood, 

 logs, stumps, etc., during late summer and autumn. 



The pileus is convex, expanded, sometimes somewhat depressed. 



Fru'rk 157. — Paxillus atro-tomentosus, form hirsutus. Cap and stem 

 brownish or blackish (natural size, .small specimens, they are often 

 larger). Copyright i()00. 



lateral, irregular, or sometimes with the stem nearly in the center, 

 brownish or blackish, dry, sometimes with a brownish or blackish 

 tomentiim on the surface. The margin is inrolled and later incurved. 

 The flesh is white, and the plant is tough. The gills are adnate, often 

 decurrent on the stem, and easily separable from the pileus, forked 

 at the base and sometimes reticulate, forming pores. Spores yellow- 

 ish, o\al, 4-6 X 3-4 //. Stevenson says that the gills do not form 

 pores like those of P. involutus, but Fig. 157 (No. 3362 C. U. her- 

 barium) from plants collected at Ithaca, shows them well. There is, 



