PAXILLUS. 9 



often with a tinge of purple; flesh thick in the centre, 

 becoming very thin towards the margin, white, tinged 

 vinous below the cuticle; gills decurrent, distant, 2 lines 

 broad, connected by veins, pale then deep yellow, becoming 

 reddish when bruised ; stem |-1 in. long, 3-5 lines thick, 

 equal, attenuated below, or slightly bulbous, unequal,, 

 fibrillose, yellow, more or less stained with red, solid ; sporea 

 pip-shaped, pale yellow, 20-22 x 7-8 /x. 



Paxillus paradoxus, Cke., Hdbk., p. 287 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 884. 



Agaricus (Flammula^ paradoxus, Kalchbrenner, Fnng. 

 Hung., t. 16, f. 1 ; Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 244. 



On the ground. 



Known at once by the dark- coloured, minutely velvety 

 pileus, and the bright yellow decurrent gills. 



Paxillus involutus. Fr. 



Pileus 3-6 in. across, fleshy, compact, convexo-plane then 

 depressed, almost glabrous, tawny-ochraceous, the involute 

 margin villose ; flesh pallid ; gills more or less decurrent, 

 2-3 lines broad, branched, anastomosing behind, dingy 

 ochraceous, becoming darker when bruised ; stem 1-2 in. 

 long, up to ^ in. thick, solid, firm, naked, paler than the 

 pileus. 



Paxillm involutut, Fries, Epicr., p. 317; Cke., Hdbk._ 

 p. 287 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 875. 



Agaricus involutus, Batsch, Consp., f. 61. 



On the ground. 



Commonly large, stout, pileus villose near the strongly 

 involute margin, with the gills anastomosing and forming 

 irregular pores near the base, and becoming darker when 

 touched, distinguish the species. (Fries.) 



Pileus 2-3 in. broad, depressed in the centre, margin- 

 much rounded, involute and villose, yellowish or ochrey- 

 brown, very smooth when dry. Lamellae rather numerous, 

 sometimes simple, but mostly irregularly forked, brown- 

 yellow, somewhat decurrent. Stipes 2-3 in. long, solid, 

 firm, sometimes hollow in old plants, -1 in. thick, brownish- 

 buff, frequently stained or spotted, often not central, and 

 incurved at the base. (Grev.) 



