PAXILLfS. 9 



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

 becoming Tery tkin 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 bmised ; stem |-1 in. long, 3-5 lines thick, 

 equal, attenuated below, or slightly bulbous, unequal, 

 fibrillose, yellow, more or less stained vrith red, solid ; spores 

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



Paxtllus paradoxus, Cke., Hdbk., p. 287 ; Cke., Illustr_, 

 pi. SS4. 



Agarieus (Flammula) paradoxus, Kalchbrenner, Fnng. 

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



On the giound. 



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 f in. thick, solid, firm, naked, paler than the 

 pileus. 



Paxillus iiivolulus, Pries, Epicr., p. 317; Cke., Hdbk.» 

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



Agarieus 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. (Pries.) 



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

 much rounded, involute and villose, yellowish or oohrey- 

 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, -J-1 in. thick, brownish- 

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

 incurved at the base. (Grev.) 



