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separating from the hymenophore owing to the—except in 1 1 8 5 -
absence of a trama, usually separated from the flesh of the pileus
by a thin differentiated horny or cartilaginous layer. Spores whitish
lo ferruginous. (Fig. 60.)
Fleshy, putrescent fungi, some growing on the ground, others on
tree-trunks or sawdust. Some of the members of the first subgenus
are allied to Tricholoma and Clitocybe amongst the white-spored
Agarics; those of the second to Flammula, amongst the brown-spored
Agarics.
The gills of 1181 are sometimes wholly porous, in 1181a always
wholly porous, as in Boletus.
Most of the species are said to be edible. Species 1172—1186
Su b g e n u s i . L e p is t a . Spores dull white— reddish- or fuscous-
pallid in 1174—faintly ferruginous in 1176. 1172 —1179
SuBGENUs 2. T ap in ia . Pileus usually more or less excentric,
sometimes lateral and stemless, at length depressed. Spores
ferruginous. HgO—1186
SuBGENus I . L e p is t a .
(From the type, 1174 P. lepista)
1172. P. giganteus Fr. (from its great size) abc . Tan white.
P. depressed or infundibuliform, not umbonate; marg. sulcate,
very involute. St. solid, smooth, stained faintly vinous.
G. deeply decurrent, very crowded, inclined to branch and
anastomose.
Odour strong, like 1394. Woods and pastures; uncommon. Aug.-Nov.
i - l j X 4j X f in. Very different from 190, with which it is often
confounded.
1173. P. Alexandri Fr. (from P. Alexander, who gathered the first
examples described) a b.
P. plano-depressed, dry, fawn to umber-whitish; marg. striate,
involute. St. colour as P., or faintly ochreous. G. subdecurrent,
crowded, yellowish or brownish.
Amongst moss, on the ground. Sept.-Oct. 3j X i f X f in.
1174. P. lepista Fr. (from the shape of the pileus when young;
lepista, a pan) a b c.
P. plano-depressed, dry to subviscid; marg. involute, undulato-
flexuous, rimuloso-squamulose, not striate, whitish or yellowish-
white. St. solid, whitish, sometimes inclining to fuscous
below. G. decurrent, very crowded, whitish or pale yellowish-
white.
Solitary, sporadic, changeable in habit. Odour of rancid meal, or strong
and acid. Woods, oak, fir, moist places. Oct.-Nov. Sf X 3J X I in.
1175. P. extenuatus Fr. (from the thin margin of the
extenuatus, made thin) a b.
pileus ;
P. campanulato-convex, broadly umbonate or obtuse, tan, clay
or yellowish; marg. involute, smooth, even or striate. St.
II
solid, smooth, somewhat tuberous-rooting, colour as P. G.
deeply decurrent, very crowded, white to mouse-colour.
Woods, fir, grassy places. Oct. 4 X 2j X i in.
1176. P. panæolus Fr. (from the change of colour of the flesh to
black ; Gr. panaiolos, all variegated) abc.
P convexo-plane, depressed, smooth, moist, whitish ; marg. sub-
involute. St. stuffed, attenuate upwards, striato-fibrillose,
rufescent or as P., ochreous below. G. subdecurrent, crowded,
becoming watery ferruginous or cinnamon.
Subgregarious. Woods, fir, mixed. Oct.-Nov. i j X iJ X 4 m. Var.
spilomccolus Fr. P. spotted with dots.
1177. P. oreelloides Cooke & Mass. (from its resemblance to 504,
Clitopilus orcelld) a b. ,
P. convexo-plane, silky, white, then clouded greyish or hvid;
marg. involute. St. solid, attenuate downwards, elastic, silky-
fibrillose, livid-ochreous. G. adnato-decurrent, crowded, whitish
to salmon-brown.
Woods, amongst grass. Sept.-Nov. 24 X i j X jg in.
1178. P. lividus Cooke (from its hvid colour) a.
P. convex, then depressed, dull whitish or livid-ochreous ; marg.
subinvolute. St. stuffed to hollow, attenuate downwards,
fibrillose, whitish. G. subdecurrent, somewhat crowded,
white.
In small clusters. Odour pleasant. Woods, fields. Oct. 2 X 2j x | in.
Allied to 1179.
1179. P. revolutus Cooke (from the, at length, slightly revolute
margin of the pileus) a.
P. campanulato-obtuse, pale ochreous ; mid. darker ; marg. sometimes
pale lavender. St. solid, attenuate downwards, whitish
or pale lavender. G. arcuato-decurrent, pallid to clay.
Odour of meal. Fields. Oct. i f X i f X f in.
SuBGENUS 2 . T a p in ia .
(From the pileus, at length depressed ; Gr. tapeinoo, to depress.)
1180. P. paradoxus Berk, ex Cooke (from its being a new, unexpected
species; paradoxus, strange, unexpected) abc.
P. convex to plane, densely tomentose, deep rufous-umber to
yellowish-brown ; marg. subinvolute. St. solid, attenuate
downwards, sometimes rooting, yellow or reddish, or crimson
to rose above, and yellow to brownish below. G. decurrent,
distant, veined, yellow to deep yellow, reddish when bruised.
Woods, on the ground, on earth inside hollow trees, oak. Aug.-Nov.
4 X X f in. With the general appearance of a dark pileated 1472.
1181. P. involutus Fr. (from the involute margin of the pileus) abc.
P convexo-plane, then depressed, ochreous-ferruginous; marg.
very involute. St. solid, slightly enlarged downwards, dull