CLASSIFICATION 253 



rust-colour ; gills yellowish tawny ; stem alM)ut i in. long, blackish 

 umber and densely velvety, rooting. 



In pine woods on trunks and on the ground. 



P. alexandri. — Cap fleshy, compact, soon plane, then depressed, 

 edge strongly involute, dry unpolished, fawn-colour or dingy 

 yellowish white, 2-3 in. across ; gills decurrent, crowded, narrow, 

 honey-colour ; stem up to i in. long, stout, solid, whitish. 



Very hard and compact. Almost exactly resembling a small form 

 of Ladarius vellereiis in habit and general appearance, as seen from 

 above, but differing in the honey-coloured gills. Allied to P. 

 invohitus. 



On the ground in woods. 



P. orcelloides. — Cap thin, convex, then flattened, but with the 

 edge persistently incurved, minutely silky, shining, snow-white at 

 first, becoming stained with greyish blotches, i-ij in. across ; gills 

 adnato-decurrent, crowded, whitish, then livid, at length yellowish 

 brown, separated from the flesh of the cap by a horny line ; stem 

 i|-2 in. long, tapering downwards, elastic, silky-fibrillose, solid, 

 ochraceous. 



Allied to Paxillits pancBolus, but rather larger, and the stem 

 gradually tapering from the apex to the base. 



Among grass under trees, etc. 



P. lividus. — Cap convex, then slightly depressed at the disc, 

 margin slightly arched and incurved, dingy white or livid ochraceous, 

 opaque, 1-2 in. across ; gills decurrent, arcuate, almost crowded, 

 white ; stem 3-4 in. long, narrowed downwards, fibrillose, white, 

 usually shghtly wavy. 



Closely allied to P. revolittits, but distinguished by the absence of 

 any tinge of violet on the cap or stem, and bv the persistently white 

 gills. 



On the ground in woods. Usually growing in small clusters. 



P. revolutus. — Cap i-i| in. across, convex, obtuse, pale ochraceous, 

 slightly darker at the disc, edge thin, even, sometimes at first tinged 

 with violet, becoming a little upturned ; gihs deeply decurrent, 

 scarcely crowded, pallid, then clay-colour ; stem 1-2 in. long, 

 gradually narrowed downwards, paler than the cap, often tinged 

 violet at the base. 



Smell resembling meal. Allied to P. lividus, but differing in the 

 deeply decurrent, clav-coloured gills. 



On the ground in fields, etc. 



P. crassus. — Cap oblique, almost plane, even, becoming ferru- 

 ginous ; flesh thin at the edge and thick at the centre, soft and 

 spongy, passing gradually, yellowish brown ; gills decurrent, rather 

 distant, not anastomosing, cinnamon-colour ; stem .^-| in. long, 

 tapering from the apex, excentric, ascending, coloured like the 

 cap. 



