ns 
THE LARGER FUNGI 
PHYLLOPORUS. 
(Gr., phylJon, a loaf.) 
Similar characters to Paxillus but with eyst'idia. 
279. Phylloporus paradoxus (Kalchr.) Bros. (Gr., paradoxos, strange.) (Syn. 
Paxillus paradoxus (Kalchr.) Quel, and Phylloporus rhodozantlim (Sell.) 
Bres.). — Pilous 3 to 5Jin. (7.5 to 13.7 cm.), irregular, often a little depressed 
in the centre, tending to crack, dark fawn, near snuff brown, deep bistre or 
[From watercolour by Miss. P. Clarke. 
Figure 35. — Phylioporus paradoxus (Kalch.) Bres. 
(No. 279). Sydney. Reduced by nearly ' 3 . 
Sepia (xxix,) or yellowish brown. Gills decurrent or with only a tendency to 
decurrenee, moderately thick and broad, sometimes forking or slightly anas- 
tomosing near the stem, yellowish gold with a tendency to a greenish shade, near 
lemon yellow or near Aniline Yellow (iv.), turning brownish. Stem 2in. (5 cm.), 
stout above (up to tin., 2.5 cm.), attenuated downwards, usually somewhat 
excentric, solid, brownish or whitish, finely punctate with minute darker dots. 
Flesh thick, whitish tending to become brownish with greenish tints below the 
gills. Spores mummy-shaped to obliquely elliptical, pale yellow or greenish, 
11.5 to 13.5 x 5.5 to 8 p. Cvstidia usually present, 47 x lb" p. On the ground 
usually under trees. South Australia — Mount Lofty (no cvstidia seen), Morialta, 
Morphett Yale. New South Wales. March, July, September. (Figures 34 and 35.) 
