Gomphidius 



AGARICACEzE 



251 



whitish-purple. Flesh yellowish, often with purple stains, 

 rhubarb-colour at base. 



Said to be edible ; odour not unpleasant. Woods, chiefly pine ; frequent. 

 July-Oct. 4! X 42 X 1 1 in. Var. testaceus Fr. P. brick-red. Woods, 

 beech. Every intermediate form occurs between this and 1168, including 

 the varieties ?'osetis and testaceus. 



1170. G. maeulatus Fr. (from the spotted pileus and stem; metcu- 

 latus, spotted) a. 

 P. becoming flat and depressed, white to brownish-salmon with 



large umber or blackish spots 



marg. 



striate. St. solid, 



slightly attenuate downwards, yellow or yellowish below, white, 



grey or purplish in middle, whitish above. G. pale slate, 



shaded umber. Flesh reddish. 



Woods, fir. Autumn. 2.\ x i\ x \ in. Var. Cookei Mass. St. whitish above, 

 blackish at base. 



1171. G. gracilis B. & Br. {gracilis^ slender) a b c. 



P. becoming flat and depressed, pale vinous-brown covered with 

 dingy-fuliginous gluten, at length black-spotted and black- 

 bordered with the drying gluten. St. solid, slightly attenuate 

 downwards, white-scaly above, yellow and virgate below, 

 clouded vinous-tan. G. slate-white, white umber or greenish- 

 white. 



Woods, fir ; frequent. July-Oct. if X 2\ X \ in. Berkeley's illustration, 

 Outlines, t. 12, fig. 7, does not agree with his description. Every inter- 

 mediate form occurs between this and 1170. 



XLVI. PAXILLUS Fr. 



(From the form, like a small stake or peg, paxillus.) 



Veil obsolete. Pileus fleshy, margin at first involute. Stem 

 central, excentric or obsolete, when present fleshy, continuous and 



Fig. 60. — a, Paxillus ifivohttus Fr., entire and in section ; gills 

 separating from hymenophore at * ; b, section of P. panuoides 

 Fr. One-third natural size. 



homogeneous with the hymenophore. Gills decurrent, often anas- 

 tomising behind and forming spurious pores as in Boletus, readily 



