GILL FUNGI 



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(a) Cap bell-shaped, brownish; stem rccUb'sh ; gills 



medium P. camf^anulatiis 



(b) Cap hemispheric. Avhitisli ; stem whitisli ; gills 



very broad P. papil'wnaccus 



Panaeolus epimyces Parasitic Panaeolus 



(\i p 2-3 cm. wide, white, silky, globose, tlien rf)nvex or plane; stem 2-4 cm. 

 by 7-lU mm., whitish, striate, mealv, finallv hollow; gills aflne.xed, whitish, then 

 brownish or blackish, broad, crowded ; spores black, elliptic, 7-9 X 5-6/[i. The 

 name refers to the habit of growing on 

 other fungi. 



Occasional, parasitic on other mush- 

 rooms, which it distorts; summer and ^m 

 autumn. 



Panaeolus solidipes 

 Nailstem Panaeolus 



C a p 5-8 cm. wide, whitish or 

 slightly yellowish, smooth, or finally 

 with broad yellowish scales, hemispheric 

 to bell-shaped and convex; stem 10-20 

 cm. by 4-6 mm., white, slightly striate 

 above, smooth below, solid ; gills some- 

 what adnexed, black, broad. The name 

 refers to the solid stem. 



( )n dung or in very rich soil, spring 

 to autunni ; edible. 



Panaeolus retirugis 

 Netcap Panaeolus 



Plate 11:7 



Cap 1-4 cm. wide, grayish, tan or 

 brownish, often darker on the disk, the Figure 51. Panaeolus solidipes 

 latter more or less wrinkled and netted, 

 usually cracking when mature, hemispheric to bell-shaped, margin beautifully 

 curtained by triangular fragments of the veil; stem .^-15 cm. l)y 4-5 mm., 

 wliitish, grayish or reddish, darker t(nvard the base, hollow, sometimes with a dark 

 belt of spores near the top ; gills adnexed, blackish, broad ; spores black, ellip- 

 tic or spindle-shaped, 11-14 X "m- The name refers to the veins and cracks on the- 

 cap. 



Frequent on dung, spring to autumn ; excellent. 



