Ochrosporae Paxillus. 139 



Galera. Stem cartilaginous externally ; edge of pileus straight 

 at first ; gills adnexed or adnate, often with a decurrent tooth. 



Tubaria. Stem cartilaginous externally ; gills broadest behind, 

 decurrent or adnato-decurrent. 



Flammula. Stem fleshy, fibrous externally; gills adnate or 

 decurrent. 



Cortinarius. Universal veil cobweb-like, not forming an inter- 

 woven ring, often collapsing and forming a ring-like zone on the 

 stem; stem fleshy, fibrous. 



ft Stem excentric or absent. 

 Crepidotus. 



PAXILLUS, Fr. 



A. LEPISTA. Pileus entire, central. 



[sordarius, Fr. P. convexo-gibbous then plano-depr. dingy 

 white, edge at length spreading and sulcate; g. adnate, crowded; 

 s. spongy-stuffed, equal, striate, greyish white ; sp. 8 x 6. 



Alexandri, Fr. P. 4 7 cm. compact, plane then depr. dry, 

 fawn, edge strongly incurved; g. subdecur. yellowish; s. 1 2 cm. 

 stout ; sp. 4 5 x 2 3. 



lepista, Fr. P. 4 9 cm. plano-depr. dry, dingy white, edge 

 incurved, even, naked; g. deeply decur. rather branched, crowded, 

 whitish ; s. solid, stout, pallid ; sp. 8x6. 



Differs from large sp. of Clitocybe by strongly incurved p. and 

 dingy spores. 



extenuatus, Fr. P. 2 5 crn. rigid, campan. exp. naked, glabrous, 

 moist, brownish tan, edge incurved, downy, even ; g. deeply decur. 

 closely crowded, white then dingy ; s. 3 5 cm. solid, base tuberous, 

 rooting; sp. . 



panaeolus, Fr. P. 2 4 cm. thin, exp. subdepr. glabrous, moist, 

 white, edge incurved, thin ; g. slightly decur. crowded, narrow, pale 

 rusty ; s. 23 cm. rufescent, thickened below ; sp. subg. 5. 



var. spilomaeohts, Fr. P. with drop-like spots ; s. slender, 

 yellowish white ; g. pale rusty. 



[nitens, Lamb. P. convex, fleshy, glutinous in damp weather, 

 shining and velvety when dry, yellow-brown, edge incurved, paler; 

 g. free, sinuate, closely crowded, becoming olive-brown ; s. reddish- 

 yellow, base darker. 



orcelloides, Cke. and Mass. P. 2 4 cm. thin, exp. snow-white 

 then with greyish blotches, edge incurved ; g. adnato-decur. white 

 then brownish ; s. 2 3 cm. tapering to base, ochre ; sp. 8 x 4. 



Differs from P. panaeolus in tapering stem and sp. 



lividus, Cke. P. 2 5 cm. convex, disc depr. margin arched 



