370 PANAEOLUS 



or almond-shaped; smooth, with an apical germ-pore. Cystidia 

 present. Growing on dung and rich soil, solitary, or caespitose. 



*P. viscid, shining when dry. 



1175. P. leucophanes B. & Br. Cke. Illus. no. 625, t. 927, fig. A. 



\evic6$, white; <f>at,va), I appear. 



P. 2-3 cm., white, here and there somewhat ochraceous, campanulate, 

 obtuse, viscid, shining when dry, innately silky; margin appendiculate 

 with the veil. St. 5-8 cm. x 2-4 mm., white, attenuated upwards, 

 fibrillose, sprinkled with mealy particles, somewhat transversely un- 

 dulated. Gills pallid grey flesh colour, then black, adnate, edge white. 

 Flesh white, thin at the margin. Spores black, "red-brown under the 

 microscope, elliptical, with a flattened germ-pore, 10-12 x 6-7 /*. 

 Cystidia on edge of gill clavate-vesiculose, 30-36 x 9-lOju," Kick. 

 Pastures. Aug. Rare. 



1176. P. egregius Massee. Cke. Illus. no. 624, t. 624. 



Egregius, distinguished. 



P. 4-5 cm., bright orange brown, disc darker, fleshy, ovate-campanu- 

 late, 6 cm. high, smooth, viscid when moist, with a trace of agglutinated 

 down, slightly wrinkled when dry; margin exceeding the gills. St. 

 12-5 cm. x 12 mm., pale brown, duller than the p., slightly thickened 

 at the base, fibrillose, readily splitting longitudinally, base white 

 and cottony, apex smooth. Gills brownish black, with a tinge of purple 

 at maturity, adnexed, ventricose, 12 mm. broad, thin, crowded, dry, 

 not deliquescent; edge paler. Flesh ochraceous, thick at the disc. 

 Spores brown, then blackish, oblong ovate, with a minute apiculus, 

 15-17 x 7-8/x,. Solitary. On the ground. Jan. Rare. 



1177. P. phalaenamm Fr. <f>d\cuva, a moth. 

 P. 14 cm., clay white, fleshy, campanulato-convex, obtuse, viscid, 



smooth ; margin appendiculate with the fugacious veil. St. 6-10 cm. 

 x 3-4 mm., pallid rufescent, equal, slightly firm, pruinose. Gills grey, 

 then cinereous black, adnexed, broad. Flesh pallid, thin. Spores black, 

 "elliptical, 10 x 6/n" Massee. On dung, especially cow. Rich pas- 

 tures. July Oct. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



**P. moist, opaque, bibulous, subflocculose when dry. 



1178. P. retirugis Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 628, t. 627. 



Rete, a net; ruga, a wrinkle. 



P. 13 cm.., flesh tan colour, or pale grey, fleshy, globose, then hemi- 

 spherical, often subumbonate, reticulate with raised ribs, atomate, 

 opaque; margin appendiculate with the dentate, torn, fugacious veil. 

 St. 5-9 cm. x 2-4 mm., flesh colour, becoming purple, equal, pruinose. 

 Gills cinereous blackish, adfixed, ascending. Flesh thin. Spores black, 

 "olive black under the microscope, nearly lemon-shaped, 12-14 x 8- 



