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THE LARGER FUNGI 
*Pileus viscid, shining when dry. 
221. Pan,aeolus ovatus Cke. et Mass. (L., ovatus, egg-shaped). — Pilous up to 
3fin. (8.7 cm.), convex, subgibbous, opaque, rimosely cracking when dry, with 
the edge intumed, viscid when moist, white becoming slightly tinted with brown. 
Gills adnate, close, up to fin. (9 mm.) deep, clouded grey, the edges white and 
finely serrated. Stem 4J,in. (11.2 cm.), fin. (9 mm.) or more thick, equal, base 
a little bulbous, striate, solid, white with a tendency to brown staining. Spores 
black, lemon-shaped with pointed ends, 13 to 19 x 8.5 to 12 ja. On dung cr 
manured soil. South Australia — Adelaide, McLaren Vale. New South Wales. 
Victoria. February, April. 
Readily recognised by its pure white cap, later with brownish tints, grey 
clouded gills which do not deliquesce, the black spores and its habitat on dung. 
**Pileus moist, opaque, bibulous, subfloceulose when dry. 
222. Pan,aeolus retirugis Fr. (L., rete, a net; rufffi, a wrinkle). — Pileus J to 
2in. (1.2 to 5 cm.), f to lin. (1.8 to 2.5 cm.) high, globose, then hemispherical 
or conico-convex or conico-campanulate, fleshy, usually more or less reticulate 
with raised ribs, sometimes with torn fragments of the veil round the edge, 
flesh tan colour, smoky brown, near Buff Brown (XL.) or qale grey, sometimes 
pallid. Gills adnate, ascending, clouded dark grey with white edges. Stem up 
to 2in. (5 cm.), sometimes more (up to aim, 12.5 cm.), slender, pruinose, striate 
above, sometimes slightly hollow, vinaceous brown to brown with a purplish 
tint (Wood Brown t'o Army Brown, xl.). Flesh thin. Spores lemon-shaped with 
indrawn ends, black, 14 to occasionally 19 x 8.5 to 11 jx. On dung. South 
Australia — Adelaide district, Encounter Bay, Port Elliot, Port Lincoln. New 
South Wales. April to October. (Figure 26.) 
[Drawing by E.R.G. 
Figure 26. — Panaeolus retirugis Fr. (No. 222). On dung, 
paddock near Adelaide. 
