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I found the specimen in Figure 233 at the foot of an old pine tree on 

 hillside at Sugar Grove, Ohio. I found the plant frequently at Salem, Ohio. It 

 grows where the pine tree is a native. It is not poisonous. I do not regard it as 

 very good. Found during August and September. 



PaxiUus rhodoxanthus. Schw. 



The Yellow Paxillus. Edible. 



Rhodoxanthus means a yellow rose. The pileus is one to two inches broad, 

 convex, then expanded, cushion-shaped, the epidermis of the cap often cracked 

 showing the yellow flesh, resembling very much Boletus subtomentosus ; reddish- 

 yellow or chestnut-brown. The flesh is yellow and the cap dry. 



The gills are decurrent, somewhat distant, stout, chrome yellow, occasionally 



Figure 234. Paxillus rhodoxanthus. Two-thirds natural size. Cap reddish-yellow or chestnut-brown. 



Gills yellow. 



forked at the base; anastomosing veins quite prominent, the cystidia being very 

 noticeable. 



The stem is firm, stout, of the same color as the cap, perhaps paler and more 

 yellow at the base. The spores are oblong, yellow, -8-12x3-5^. 



This is one of the most troublesome plants whose genus we have to settle. 

 One of my mycological friends advised me to> omit it from the genus altogether. 

 It has been placed in various genera, but I have followed Prof. Atkinson and 



