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yellowish, dull purplish below. G. decurrent, branched
sometimes forming elongate Po. near the St., pallid, pale or
umber-yellow to ferruginous, changing to vinous when bruised.
Said to be edible aiid highly esteemed in Belgium and Russia ; tasteless when
W^kds'^w" but not much approved, 1870.
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w r o “ cxcenmc. var. subinvolutus
typ'e subinvolutus Batsch) margin of P. less involute than
1181a. p. POPOSUS Berk, (from the porous hymenium) a h.
P. fleshy, viscid ivhen moist, reddish-claret or olive-brown ■ marg
thin, even not involute. 57 excentric, tough, equal ot
attenuate downwards, claret-brown, darker below, somewhat
reticulate above with the Po. G. decurrent, shallow, poriform
p llow to sulphur-green, changing to pale blue and then
brownish when bruised, dull green when old. Po round to
elongate, irregular, large to small. Flesh dull pale vinous-
brown, mottled and streaked, darker in stem, changing colour
tlS ot.
4 t X j § X I Noft °u"n^li’ki e 1181, to which it is clo“seflty“ a fltl«ie- d Abuutut mthne.
S a t m lem H rH sl“ " S«aU forms
1182. P. leptopus Fr. (from the thin stem; Gr. leptos, thin, pous,
a foot) a b.
P. depressed, excentric, downy, then torn-villous-scaly, fuscous-
yellowish to yellow-ohve-umber; marg. subinvolute. 5 / solid
attenuate downwards, yellowish. G. deeply decurrent, some!
times poriform at base, yellowish to full yellow or shaded olive
Plesh straw-white to yellow.
On the ground, about stumps, fir. Aug.-Sept. 3 j X f X f in.
1183. P. atrotomentosus Fr. (from the black downy pileus • ater
black, toinentwn, down) abc.
p . convexo-plane, then depressed, deep opaque umber or deep
orange-umber, somewhat orange-sienna at involute marg
57 solid, equal, somewhat rooting, excentric, rarely lateral,
blackishmmber or intense crimson-umber, pale yellowish at
apex. G. subdecurrent, branching and somewhat porous at
base, yellowish to deep yellow. Flesh white or sulphur-white
in P., rose-purple in St., mottled dull purplish.
Taste insipid ; odour when cut rank and strong like 2086. Stumps, pine on
the ground. Aug.-Nov. 5 | X 2 j x i f in! ^ ’
1184. P. erassus Fr. (from the stem, thick above; crassus, thick) a
P. plane, even, ferruginous; marg. subinvolute. 57 stuffed
attenuate downwards, excentric, colour as P. G. subdecurrent’
subdistant, cinnamon. ’
On the ground, woods. Nov. 3 | X I X J in.
1185. P. p a n u o id e s Fr. (from its shape, as in genus Panus; Gr.
eidos, appearance) abc. Dull, opaque, yellow.
P. conchato-dimidiate, imbricate; marg. submvolute. 57
obsolete. G. decurrent to base, crowded, branched and
anastomosing, trama well developed, tan-sienna or somewhat
pale yellow-ochre, sometimes studded with drops.
Beech fir, hawthorn, sawdust, in cellars, on wood ; uncommon. July-Nov.
Diam. 4 in. P. sometimes whitish-ochre with reddish marg. G. sienna.
The resupinate and cup-shaped form is Gomphus pezizoides Pers.
1186. P. Fagi B. & Br. (from its habitat, stumps of htoda., fagus) a.
P. dimidiate, crisped, becoming revolute, pallid. 57 obsolete.
G. decurrent to base, crisped, orange.
Gregarious. Autumn. Diam. 34 in-
XLVII. HYGROPHORUS Fr.
(From the water-bearing character ; Gr. hugros, movA,phero, to bear.)
Veil universal and viscid or obsolete. Pileus more or less fleshy,
glutinous, viscid or watery; margin slightly incurved. Stem central,
continuous and homogenous with the hymenophore, usually exannulate
Gills furnished with a subfloccose trama, usually distant and
p i g ^ 6 1 .— A , Hygrophorus olivaceoalbns F r., entire
and in section ; b , H . v irgm eu s F r ., entiveand in
section. One-third natural size.
thick, but acute at the edge, not membranous, often branched and
veined, the hymenium waxy and at length removable from the trama,
which is of the same substance as the pileus. Spores subglobose or
elliptical, smooth, white, pale umber in 1208. (Fig. 6i.)
The species are putrescent, often brilliant in colour as scarlet,
orange, sulphur, green and shining-white ; they all, except 1215,
grow on the ground, and often appear after the first frosts of late
autumn. They differ from Cortinarius, Gotnphidms and Paxillus
in the colour of the spores, from Lactarius in being non-milky, from
Russula in not being vesciculoso-rigid, and from Cantharellus in the
sharp-edged gills. Many have a pleasant taste and are edible.
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