6 FUNGUS-FLOEA 



On the ground. 



Very hard and compact. Almost exactly resembling a 

 small form of Lactarius vellereus, but known in the field by 

 the honey-coloured gills. 



Allied to Paxillus sordarius, but at first sight almost exactly 

 resembling Paxillus involutus, stem about ^ in. long, but 

 above an inch thick, coalescing with moss downwards. 

 Pileus 2-3 in. broad, rarely more. Flesh yellowish- white ; 

 spores whitish. (Fries.) 



Paxillus extenuatus. Fr. 



Pileus H-3J in. across, rigid, disc very fleshy, becoming 

 quite thin towards the margin, campanulato-convex then 

 flattened, naked, glabrous, moist, brownish-tan, or yellowish- 

 tan, margin involute, pubescent, even ; gills deeply decurrent, 

 closely crowded, arcuate, about 2 lines broad, white then 

 mouse-colour ; stem 1| 2 in. long, 35 lines thick, elastic, 

 fibrous, tough, glabrous, solid, ending in a tuberous rooting 



Panaeolus extenuatus, Fries, Epicr., p. 316; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 285 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 873. ? 



Grassy places in fir woods, &c. 



The mycelium at the base of the stem adheres to the soil 

 and forms a tuber. Cooke's figure quoted above has the gills 

 yellowish white. 



Stem solid, spongy within, fibrous outside and tough, 

 rather horny, elastic, conico-el on gated and rather clavate 

 when young, then more equal, 1^-2 in. long, ^ in. thick, 

 glabrous, pallid, base incrassated and rooting, binding the 

 humus into a large bulb. Pileus fleshy, disc compact, rest 

 thin, even, glabrous, moist, at first convex, gibbous, then 

 expanded, obtuse, cracking, l|-3 in. broad, clay-colour or 

 brownish clay-colour. Margin at first involute, downy, at 

 length expanded, very rigid and fragile. Flesh watery, 

 white, rigid, not a line thick except at the disc, splitting ; 

 gills deeply decurrent, arcuate, crowded, linear, very narrow, 

 whitish. (Fries.) 



Paxillus panaeolus. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh thin, convex then plane, 

 becoming rather depressed, glabrous, moist, whitish, margin 



