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XL. PANÆOLUS Quél.
(From the variegated gills ; Gr. panaiolos, all variegated.)
Veil appendiculate at the margin of the pileus. PPymenophore
confluent with, but heterogeneous from the cartilaginous stem.
Pileus subfleshy, conical without striae, not expanding, the margin
exceeding the gills, viscid when moist, lustrous when dry. Stem
xentral, lustrous, somewhat firm, fistulose except 905—8, simple.
Gills ascending, black or variegated slate-blackish, not deliquescent.
(Fig- 49-)
The species usually grow in rich grassy places or on dung from
summer to late autumn, often near towns and villages.
The nearest structural allies are found in Collybia, Leptonia,
Naucoria and Psilocybe. Species 897—908
Pileus conico-campanulate with a gelatinous-liquescent cuticle,
viscid, shining when dry. Stem fistulose, minutely so
in 898. 897—899
Pileus hemispherical to conico-campanulate, moist or damp,
opaque, bibulous, somewhat flocculose when dry. Stem
fistulose. 900, 901
Pileus hemispherical to conico-campanulate, dry, smooth,
slightly shining, not zoned. Stem fistulose. 902—904
Pileus conical to campanulate, dry, smooth, zoned round the
margin. 905—908
897. P. leueophanes Sacc. (from its white appearance ; Gr. leukos,
white, phaino, to appear) a b.
P. expanded, obtuse, innato-silky, white or faintly ochreous;
marg. appendiculate with V. St. mealy, fibrillose, white.
G. adnato-ascending, black with white edge.
Pastures, grassy places, manure-heaps. Aug.-Nov. iJ X 3f X J in.
898. P. egreg-ius Sacc. {egregius, distinguished) a b.
P. slightly agglutinato-downy, watery, virgate when dry, bright
orange-brown ; mid. darker. St. solid, attenuate upwards,
fibrous, fibrillose, splitting longitudinally, warm umber, base
white-cottony. G. adnexo-ascending, ventricose, crowded,
brownish- or purple-black. Flesh ochreous.
Solitary. Odour none. On the ground, on horse-dung in fields. Jan.
2j X 4i X § in.
899. P. phalsenarum Quél, (from the variegated gills, like the wings
of certain moths ; Gr. phallaina, a moth) abc.
P. obtuse, clay-white ; marg. appendiculate with fugacious V.
St. subnaked, tan-rufescent. G. adnexo-ascending, broad,
ventricose, ashy-black.
Rich pastures, on dung. Sept.-Oct. I j X 4f X J in .
900. P. retirugis Gill, (from the net-like wrinkles on the pileus ;
rete, a net, ruga, a wrinkle) abc .
P. obtuse, atomate, fleshy-tan ; mid. ochreous-tan or dark umber
with paler marg., appendiculate with V. St. pruinose, flesh-
colour, then purplish, rufescent or cinereous. G. adfixo-
ascending, cinereous-blackish.
Sometimes fasciculate. Dung, cow, manure-heaps, woods ; uncommon.
Feb.-Nov. Ij X 4I X J in.
901. P. sphinetrinus Quél, (from the pileus, contracted, never
expanded ; Gr. sphigkter, a muscle naturally contracted) abc .
P. opaque, silky or fibrillose when dry, fuliginous or greyish-
shaded, livid when dry ; marg. appendiculate with V. St.
smooth, pruinose above, fuliginous-grey. G. adnato-ascending,
crowded, cinereous-blackish.
Pastures, on dung and on garden soil. April-Nov. I X 3J X pg in.
902. P. papilionaeeus Quél, (from the speckled pileus, as in some
butterflies ; papilio, a butterfly) abc .
P. rimoso-scaly when dry, dull tan whitish or greyish ; mid.
faintly ochreous. St. white pulverulent above, whitish or
faintly ochreous. G. adnato- or adnexo-ascending, broad,
ventricose, blackish.
Pastures, lawns, manured ground, dung; common. July-Nov. l | X 4j X |in .
903. P. eampanulatus Quél, (from the bell-shaped pileus ; campanula,
a little bell) abc .
P. sometimes umbonate, not cracked, fuliginous-fuscous, or
somewhat umber-slate with umber mid., sienna and umber or
grey when dry. St. smooth, pruinose and grey above, rufescent
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