HYMENOMYCETES. 



Genus V. PAXILLUS. 



124 P. INVOLUTUS. Batsch. 2- 



125 P. 



Pileus rather fleshy, plano-convex, then depressed, slimy when 

 wet, smooth like kid when dry ; margin when 3''oung involute 

 and downy ; gills close, decurrent, forming reticulations at the 

 base ; stem equal, often curved ; whole plant the colour of 

 gingerbread. Common in woods and on banks, especially 

 where the soil is peaty. 



Pileus 2 — 3 broad, 1 — 3 from the base to the apex, sessile, 

 spathulate, or ear-shaped, subimbricate, fleshy, tough, smooth, 

 orange with foxy stains ; margin involute ; gills when young 

 mere veins, forming reticulations, at length distinct and mode- 

 rately broad, anastomosing at the base. Spores ferruginous, 

 broadly elliptic. '00025. On a fallen (poplar ?) tree, Knowslej'', 

 three years in succession. I am not able to assign this plant 

 to any species I can find described. In substance it resembles 

 Cantharellus clbaritis. It may probably be allied to Paxillus 

 crassus. Fries. Ep. Since writing the above I have foimd it 

 for the fourth season, and it is now identified with P. panuoides 

 by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley. July 18th, 1858. 



Genus VI. GOMPHIDIUS. 



126 G. GLUTiNosus. Schceff. 3—4. 2—3. \. 



Pileus convex, at length depressed, olivaceous umber, very 

 slimy; gills pale; stem dirty jrellowish. Acorn -field Wood. 

 October, 1856. My notes on this plant are very deficient, and 

 it is inserted somewhat doubtfully. 



127 G. visciDus. L. 2—3. 2—4. i. 



Pileus depressed, umbonate, coffee-coloured ; gills somewhat 

 darker, with a shade of purple ; stem nearly the colour of the 

 pileus. G. rulilus. E.F. Plantation between Rock Ferry and 

 Stourton, 1856 and 1857. Acorn-field Wood, 1856. 



Genus VII. HYGROPHORUS. 



Si(h-(/enu8 LIMACIUM. 



128 II. IIYPOTHE.IUS. Fries. 2—3. 1—3. i— f. 



Pileus obtuse, or depressed, yellow, covered with olive slime ! 

 gills beautiful yellow. Spores elliptic. '0003. On the ground 

 in a wood at Croxteth, November, 1855. Under fir trees, 

 Knowsley, November, 1857. Gregarious. 



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