GILL FUNGI 



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(a) Cap bell-shaped, brownish; stem reddish; gills 



medium P. camf'atnilatiis 



(b) Cap hemispheric, whitish; stem \yhitish ; gills 



very broad P. papUlonaccus 



Panaeolus epimyces Parasitic Panaeolus 



Cap 2-3 cm. "wide, white, silky, globose, then convex or plane; stem 2-4 cm. 

 by 7-10 mm., whitish, striate, mealy, finally hollow; gills adnexed, whitish, then 

 brownish or blackish, broad, crowded; spores black, elliptic, 7-9 X 5-6;U.. The 

 name refers to the habit of growing on 

 other fungi. 



Occasional, parasitic on other mush- 

 rooms, which it distorts ; summer and 

 autumn. 



Panaeolus solidipes 

 Nailstem Panaeolus 



Cap 5-8 cm. wide, whitish or 

 slightly vellowish, smooth, or finally 

 with broad yellowish scales, hemispheric 

 to bell-shaped and convex; stem 10-20 

 cm. by 4-6 mm., white, slightly striate 

 above, smooth below, solid ; gills some- 

 what adnexed, black, broad. The name 

 refers to the solid stem. 



On dung or in very rich soil, spring 

 to autumn ; edible. 



Panaeolus retiriigis 

 Netcap Panaeolus 



Plate II: 7 



Cap 1-4 cm. wide, grayish, tan or 



brownish, often darker on the disk, the 



latter more or less wrinkled and netted, 

 usually cracking when mature, hemispheric to bell-shaped , margin beautifully 

 curtained by triangular fragments of the veil; stem 5-15 cm. by 4-5 mm., 

 whitish, grayish or reddish, darker toward the base, hollow, sometimes with a dark 

 belt of spores near the top ; gills adnexed, blackish, broad ; spores black, ellip- 

 tic or spindle-shaped, 11-14 X '^/n- I'he name refers to the veins and cracks on the 

 cap. 



Frequent on dung, spring to autumn; excellent. 



Figure 51. Panaeolus solidipes 



