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when bruised. GILLS decurrent, arcuate, crowded, rather broad, 

 anastomosing, or reticulated-porose on the stem, olivaceous-yellow 

 becoming brown when bruised. STEM I 6 cm. long, L-2.5 cm. 

 thick, Bolid, glabrous, even, central or eccentric, somewhat enlarged 

 at base, dingy yellowish-brown or concolor. SPORES broadly 

 elliptical, pallid, rusty ochraceous, 7-9 \ 5 micr., Bmooth. < JY8T1 hi a 

 moderately abundant or scattered, lanceolate, 50-70x10-12 micr. 

 ODOR an. I TASTE mild. Edible. 



Solitary or scattered. On the ground or among forest debris, 

 sometimes at the sides of logs or base of stumps, etc. More com 

 ,ll( " 1 in the coniferous regions of the State, rather infrequent else 

 where. Isle Royale, BOughton, Marquette, Baj View, Men Rich- 

 mond, Dcin.ii. Ami Arbor, etc. July-October. C mon in th.- 



nori li. 



The dingy and dull colors are Borneo hat variable in various stag< 

 of development. It is not usually an attractive plant because 

 the hues assumed by the flesh, etc., in age. I have but seldom found 

 it in the southern part of the State or where conifers are al>s«-m. 



280. Paxillus atrotomentosus Fr. Edibli 



Syst. Myc, 1821. 



Illustrations : < !ooke,. III.. PI. sTti. 



<lillct. Champignons de Prance, No. 512. 

 Michael. Fiihrer f. Pilzfreunde, Vol. I. No. 29. 

 Ricken, Blatterpilze, PI. 28, Pig. l. 

 Atkinson. Mushrooms, Pig. 157, p. 169, 1900. 

 Hani. Mushrooms. Pig. 233, p. 288, L908 



PILEUS ~>-l'2 cm. broad, firm, tough, convex thru plane or de 

 pressed, dry, more or less pruinose-tomentose, al length naked. 

 rusty-brown to blackish-brown, even, margin at first involute, per 

 sistently incurved. FLESH thick, compact to spongy, white 

 GILLS adnate-decurrent, separable from the pileus, close, rather 

 narrow, forked behind and often anastomosing, Bometimes poi 

 on stem. STEM 3-12 cm. long, 1-3 cm. thick, often eccentric, stout, 

 solid, tough, straight <>r curved, arising from a rooting base, < otn n d 

 l>!/ n blackish-brown velvety tomentum. SPORES ovaL smooth, 

 x 3-4 micr.. yellowish in mass. CY8TIDIA aone. ODOR and 

 TASTE Blight. Edible. 



Solitary or caespitose. On decaying logs, Btumps, etc.. " r '' 



