﻿SPECIES 
  OF 
  PAXILLUS. 
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  or 
  sordid-buff 
  to 
  ferruginous 
  or 
  brownish-ochraceous, 
  the 
  margin 
  at 
  

   first 
  strongly 
  involute 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  dense 
  grayish 
  tomentose 
  vil- 
  

   losity, 
  flesh 
  grayish-white 
  or 
  pallid 
  ; 
  lamellae 
  close, 
  decurrent, 
  branched 
  

   and 
  anastomosing 
  behind, 
  whitish, 
  then 
  yellowish 
  or 
  subferruginous, 
  

   becoming 
  reddish-brown 
  or 
  fuscous 
  where 
  cut 
  or 
  bruised, 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   spaces 
  venose 
  ; 
  stem 
  equal 
  or 
  slightly 
  thickened 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  central 
  

   or 
  sometimes 
  eccentric, 
  glabrous, 
  solid 
  ; 
  spores 
  elliptical, 
  .0003 
  to 
  

   .0004 
  in. 
  long, 
  .0002 
  to 
  .00025 
  in. 
  broad. 
  

  

  Plant 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  in. 
  high, 
  pileus 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  in. 
  broad, 
  stem 
  4 
  to 
  8 
  lines 
  

   thick. 
  

  

  In 
  woods 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  on 
  decaying 
  wood. 
  Common 
  in 
  the 
  

   Adirondack 
  mountains 
  and 
  not 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  mixed 
  woods 
  of 
  all 
  our 
  

   hilly 
  districts. 
  August 
  to 
  November. 
  . 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  said, 
  by 
  Fries 
  and 
  other 
  authors, 
  to 
  be 
  edible, 
  but 
  

   I 
  have 
  not 
  tested 
  its 
  edible 
  qualities. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  held 
  in 
  high 
  

   estimation 
  as 
  an 
  article 
  of 
  food 
  in 
  Russia. 
  It 
  is 
  somewhat 
  solitary 
  in 
  

   its 
  mode 
  of 
  growth 
  and 
  prefers 
  a 
  soil 
  chiefly 
  composed 
  of 
  vegetable 
  

   mold. 
  Damp 
  shaded 
  mossy 
  banks 
  and 
  deep 
  hemlock 
  and 
  spruce 
  

   woods 
  are 
  favorite 
  habitats 
  for 
  it. 
  It 
  sometimes 
  grows 
  on 
  much 
  de- 
  

   cayed 
  stumps 
  and 
  old 
  prostrate 
  trunks 
  of 
  trees. 
  In 
  such 
  cases 
  the 
  

   stem 
  is 
  sometimes 
  eccentric, 
  but 
  when 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  

   it 
  is 
  almost 
  always 
  central, 
  though 
  Fries 
  places 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  

   tribe 
  Tapinia. 
  Neither 
  do 
  the 
  spores 
  of 
  our 
  plant 
  agree 
  well 
  with 
  

   the 
  dimensions 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Handbook 
  of 
  British 
  Fungi, 
  still 
  it 
  does 
  

   not 
  appear 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  be 
  specifically 
  distinct. 
  The 
  pileus 
  is 
  generally 
  

   regular 
  in 
  outline 
  and, 
  when 
  expanded, 
  bears 
  upon 
  its 
  margin 
  short, 
  

   distant 
  and 
  somewhat 
  irregular 
  striatums. 
  The 
  hairiness 
  of 
  the 
  

   margin 
  is 
  more 
  distinct 
  in 
  the 
  young 
  plants. 
  The 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  

   is 
  not 
  very 
  decided, 
  being 
  somewhat 
  variable, 
  and 
  a 
  peculiar 
  mixture 
  

   of 
  gray, 
  ochraceous, 
  ferruginous 
  and 
  brown. 
  The 
  surface 
  is 
  some- 
  

   times 
  opaque, 
  sometimes 
  shining. 
  The 
  lamellae 
  and 
  often 
  other 
  parts 
  

   of 
  the 
  plant 
  change 
  color 
  when 
  cut 
  or 
  bruised. 
  In 
  drying, 
  the 
  

   lamellae 
  of 
  this 
  and 
  also 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  following 
  

   species 
  frequently 
  assume 
  a 
  smoky-brown 
  or 
  blackish 
  hue. 
  

  

  Paxillus 
  atrotomentosus 
  Ft. 
  

  

  Dark-Downy 
  Paxillus. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  compact, 
  convex, 
  then 
  expanded 
  or 
  centrally 
  depressed, 
  

   varying 
  from 
  subglabrous 
  to 
  scabrous-granulose, 
  sometimes 
  tomen- 
  

   tose-hairy 
  on 
  the 
  disk, 
  often 
  minutely 
  rivulose, 
  ochraceous-red, 
  fer- 
  

   ruginous-brown 
  or 
  reddish-brown, 
  the 
  margin 
  sometimes 
  paler, 
  flesh 
  

  

  