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red-brown, w itb sbining, closely-pressed, brown fibrils ; gills adnate,
thin, ventricose, saffron yellow, tben red brown.—Fr. Ep.
p. 314. B. 4 F r. Ann. N .H . (1866) m o . 1130,
In woods. Aug. King’s Cliffe.
Stem 2-3 in. high, 2 lines thick, internally darker, base whitish. Veil
obsolete. Pileus 1 in., striate to the middle when moist. Gills 2 lines
broad, veined at the base. Spores *0008 in. long.
Gen. 5 . L E F IS T A . Smith. Seem. Journ. 1870.
Spores (as well as the whole plant)
dirty wbite ; pileus witb an involute
margin gradually increasing indefinitely
; stem continuous with the horny
bymenopbore ; gills fragile, persistent,
decurrent, anastomosing behind or
branching, membranaceous, entire, witb
a sharp edge, supported by a horny
trama. {Fig. 47.)
H ab. All th e species are terrestrial.
The character of the spores, the presence of
a trama, and the habitat of the section of
Lepüta of Paxillus, as established by Fries,
appear to me to be so important that I have
4y_ given it a generic position.— W.O. 8.
S 4 4 . D ep ista n u d a . Bu ll. “ Amethyst Depista.”
Pileus fleshy, rather tbin, convex, tben expanded and depressed,
obi use, smootb, moist,changing colour ; margin inflexed,
thin, naked ; stem stuffed, elastic, equal, ratber mealy ; gills
rounded behind, or slightly decurrent, crowded, narrow, violet,
stained when old with reddish-brown.—Bull. t. 439. Fr. Epicr.
p. 4 8 . Kromhh.t. 71,f . 27-29. P ric e ./. 35. Paul. t. 78,f . 3.
Berk. Outl. t. 4 , / . 7. Eng. F l. Y. p . 20.
In plantations, woods, &c., especially among pines.
[United States.]
Smaller than L.personata, and more brightly coloured. Pileus 2 in. broad,
thin, obtuse, plane or sub-depressed, at first amethyst-coloured, but changing
to a pinky rufous, margin involute. Gills of the same colour as the pileus,
rounded beliind, sometimes adnate-deourrent, connected and traversed by
veins. Stem 2 in. Iiigli, 3-4 lines thick, stuffed, sub-equal, at first fibrillose,
at length nearly smooth, more or less of the colour ofthe pileus. - AI. J.B-
Spores dirly white, '00U2 X ’00013 in. (Fij- 47, reduced-)
5 4 5 . Depista, c in e z a s c en s . Bu ll. “ Cinereous Depista.”
Pileus flesby, convex, then expanded, obtuse, smootb, even ;
margin thin, naked, striate; stem stuffed, elastic, sub-equal,
smootb ; gills rounded behind, crowded, rather undulated, veined
at the base, easily separating from tbe pileus, wbite, then reddisb-
grey, at length yellowish.—B u ll.t. 4 2 8 ,/. 2. F r .E p ic r .p . 50.
Ann. N .H . no. 787.
In woods. Aug.
Cæspitose. Pileus 2-3 in. across, convex, of a dirty pale ochre, slightly
streaked with watery lines, firm hut not brittle, clothed with very obscure
matted down, flesh thin, white. Stem curved, slightly streaked, tinged like
the pileus, paler above, and slightly pulverulent, solid, stringy. GiUs moderately
distant, at first attenuated behind, at length rounded and easily separating,
white, or very slightly ochraceous, stained like the pileus when old
and bruised, very slightly anastomosing behind. Spores certainly not
cinereous, but white. Smell rather disagreeable, pungent.—Af.J. B.
5 4 6 . D ép ista p e z son a ta . Fr. “ Purple-stemmed Lepista.”
Pileus at first compact, tben soft, convex, tben plane, obtuse,
eyen, smooth, moist ; margin at first involute, villoso-pruinose ;
stem solid, blunt, somewbat bulbous, villous, stained with lilao ;
gills rounded behind, tben free, crowded, broad, dirty white.—
Fr.Epicr. p. 48. Berh. Outl. t . 5 , f . l . Smith. E .M . 18. 7/mss. ii.
1.40. F l.D a n .t. 1133. C o o lc e ,B .F .t.4 ,f.l. E n g .F l. Y . p . 19.
Gard. Ghron. (1861),p. 696,fig. B a d h .i.t. 8 , / 1 , ii. i. 1 ,/. 2.
In pastures. Common. Esculent. [United States.]
Gregarious, frequently in large rings. Pileus 2-6 in. broad, fleshy, firm,
pale bistre or purple lilao, occasionally violet, convex, obtuse, very smooth
and shining as if oiled, but not viscid ; margin involute, pulverulento-
tomentose ; gills rounded, free, not distant, narrow in front, paler than the
pileus, sometimes violet, turning to a dirty flesh colour, especially when
bruised. Stem 1-3 in. high, f in. thick, firm, bulbous, solid, mottled within
towards the apex with watery spots, clothed more or less with villous fibrils,
tinged with violet. Odour rather overpowering, taste pleasant.—Ai. J. B.
Spores -00024 X ’00016 in.
The three British species included in this new genus were formerly classed
by Fries with the sub-genus Tricholoma, but removed by him, in his latest
work, to Lepista, as a sub-genus of Paxillus. We have followed Mr. W G.
Smith in his arrangement ^recently proposed in “ Seemann’s Journal of
Botany,” but not without some hesitation, in separating Lepista from
Paxillus, and giving it a generic position.—Ad. C. 0.