194 AGAEICINI. 



Gen. 6. FAXILLUS, Fr. Gen. Hymen, p. 8, exparte. 



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Fig. 48. 



Spores (as well as tlie whole plant) 

 ferruginous ; pileus with an involute 

 margin, and gradually increasing inde- 

 finitely ; stem continuous with the hy- 

 menophore ; gills tough, soft, per- 

 sistent, decurrent, anastomosing behind, 

 or branching, membranaceous, entire, 

 with a sharp edge, separating from the 

 horny or furrowed hymenophore ; trama 

 absent. 



Hab. Some on the ground, others on 

 trunks of trees, sawdust, &c. 



{Fig. 48.) 



547. Paxillus involutus. F?'. " Involute Paxillus." 



Pileus comjjact, convexo-plane, then depressed, moist,becoming 

 smooth, margin involute and tomentose ; stem fleshy, solid, firm, 

 naked, thickened upwards, paler ; gills branched, broad, porous 

 and anastomosing behind, paler, besmeared and spotted. — Fr. 

 Epicr. p. 317. Batsch. /. 61. Sow. t. 98. Schccff. t.72. Bull. t. 

 240, 576,/. 2. K7cmhh.t.71,f. 24-26. Paw/. ^. 61? 62, 63,/. 1. 

 Bvxb. iv. t. 26. Sdiaf t. 71, var. Berk. Outl. t.l2,f. 5. Ag. in- 

 vohtuf,E7ig. FLy. p. 101. Fl. Boruss. t.3n. Vent. t.A2,f. 6-7 . 



On the ground. Common. [United States.] 



Pileus 3-5 in. broad, wavyj tawny or yellow-ferruginous when moist, slimy, 

 uneven ; n-.argin involute and downy, the extreme edge striate from the 

 pressure of tlie gills ; flesh thick, firm, at first pale, changingto dirty umter 

 on exposure to the air, as dees every pait of tl;e plant when bruised, black 

 when dried ; gills pale yellow ferruginous, wavy forked, decurrent, porifoim 

 bebind, easily sefiarating from the pdleus ; stem 2-3 in. high, f -1 in. or more 

 thick, blunt, scmetin es attenuated below, tcmentcso-squamulcse, firm, 

 solid.— J/. /. B. Spores '00026 X '0002 in. (Fie/. 48, reduced.) 



548. Paxillus atro-tcmentosus. Fr. " Dark-dowDy Paxillus." 



Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, then depressed or infundibuli- 

 form, granulose, rivulose ; margin thin, involute ; stem between 

 spongiose and solid, firm, velvety ; gills crowded, straight, 

 branched behind. — Fr. Epicr. p. 317. Batsch. f.32. Nees.f. 175. 

 Paul. ?. 33,/. 2-3. Ann. N.H.no.(}>'d7. 



On pine stumps. Wilts. 



