548 DICTYOLUS. NEUKOPHYLLUM. PAXILLUS 



1811. D. glaucus (Batsch) Quel. (= Cantharellus glaucus (Batsch) 

 FT.) Cke. Illus. no. 1065, t. 1115, fig. B, as Cantharellus glaucus 

 Batsch. y\avKo<;, pale green. 



P. 1 cm., grey, pellucid, membranaceous, ligulate, ascending, silky. 

 St. 2 x 1 mm., white, lateral, pruinose. Gills glaucous, then grey, fold- 

 like, tumid, distant, forked. Spores white, "elliptical, 5-6 x 4/x" 

 Karst. On sandy slopes, and on mosses. Sept. Nov. Uncommon. 



**Spores ochraceous. 

 Receptacle fleshy coriaceous, stipitate. Hymenium fold-like. 



Neurophyllum Pat. 

 (vevpov, a sinew; (f>v\\ov, a leaf.) 



Pileus fleshy coriaceous, irregular. Stem central, confluent with 

 the pileus. Hymenium fold-like, thick, decurrent. Spores ochraceous, 

 elliptical, or fusiform, smooth. Cystidia none. Growing on the ground. 



1812. N. clavatum (Pers.) Pat. (= Craterellus clavatus (Pers.) Fr.) 

 Krombh. t. 45, figs. 13-17, as Cantharellus clavatus. 



Clavatum, club-shaped. 



P. 3-15 cm., lilac, or rose colour, then flesh colour, and finally ochra- 

 ceous, fleshy, turbinate, truncate, or depressed, flexuose, attenuated into 

 the solid stem. St. 1-5 x 1-3 cm., whitish lilac, or amethyst, then pale, 

 occasionally branched, obconic. Hymenium purplish, then concolorous, 

 fold-like, thick, reticulated, reticulations anastomosing, decurrent. 

 Spores ochraceous, elliptical, or fusiform, 10-12 x 4-5 fi, 1-2-guttulate. 

 Smell and taste pleasant. Edible. Mountainous fir woods ; the British 

 record is beech woods. June Oct. Rare, (v.v.) 



BOLETINEAE. 



Hymenium soft, separable from the pileus, and lining the inside of 

 pores, or pore-like gills. 



BOLETACEAE. 



Same characters as the suborder. 



1. Hymenium spread over gills, which anastomose by veins, and form 

 irregular pores, especially at the apex of the stem. Spores white, 

 ochraceous, or ferruginous. 



Paxillus Fr. 



(Paxillus, a small stake.) 



Pileus fleshy, regular, excentric, dimidiate, or resupinate. Stem 

 central, excentric, lateral, or none, confluent with the pileus. Gills 

 decurrent, soft, almost mucilaginous, separable, often anastomosing. 

 Spores white, ochraceous, reddish, or ferruginous; elliptical, pip- 

 shaped, or globose, smooth. Cystidia present, or absent. Growing 

 on the ground, or on wood. 



