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solid, very short, attenuated doivnwards, sub-incurved ; gills
crowded, narrow, straight, white, then yellowish, simple behind.—
Coohe Illvs. t. 929 = P. filanientosus, F r. Fpic. 317.
On the ground.
Stem from an inch in length, and J in. thick, lateral. Pilens lJ-3 in.
broad, tawny-yellowish. Gills deourrent, at length becoming darker.
1 0 6 6 . P a x illu s (Tapinia) a tro -tom en to su s. Batsoh, Consp.f. 32.
Tomento'sus = woolly.
Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, then depressed or infundibuli-
form, granulose, rivulose ; margin thin, involute ; flesh white ; stem
between spongiose and solid, firm, velvety, ivith a dense vmher, then
blackish tomentum; gills crowded, straight, branched behind,
becoming yellowish.—F r . Hym. Fur. 403. Cooke Illu s. t. 876.
On pine stumps.
1 0 6 7 . P a x illu s (Tapinia) cza ssus. Br. Bym. Bur. 494.
Crassus = thick.
Pilens fle.shy, oblique, nearly plane, becoming even, and
ferruginous. Stem stuffed, exoentric, very short, ascending. Gills
decurrent, broad, rather distant, straight, cinnamon. Spores ferruginous,
1 5 -1 8 x 7 -8 p .— Cooke Illu s. t. 877.
On mound of rifle butts.
This agrees with specimen iu Herb. Berk., but it seems to be rather a
Blammvfa than a Paxillus.
1 0 6 8 . P a x illu s (Tapinia) pan uo ide s. Fr. Bym. Bur. 404.
Panuo-i'des = WkQ Panus; i.e., cónchate.
Pileus fleshy, dimidiate, cónchate, a t length smooth, dirty
yellow, elongated behind, sessile or s tip ita te ; gills decurrent,
crowded, branched, crisped, yelloiv.—Sow. t. 403. Berk. Outl. t.
1 2 , / . 6 . Gooke Illu s. t. 878.
In cellars, on sawdiist, etc.
var. F a g i. Berk. 4 Pr. Ann. Nat. B ist. No. 1981.
Fagi — of the beech.
Gregarious, crisped, pallid upwards, orange b en e a th ; gills
crisped, orange.
On beech stump.
Although described as a distinct species, we fail to detect in dried
specimens, or in the spores, any specific difference from P. panuoides; only
tbedeeper colour of the gills and different habitat being manifest.
Gkk. 8. HYGROPKORVS. Fr.
Hygroph'orus, from vypds = moist, and = I bear.
Hymenophore continuous with the stem, and descending into
the gills in an unchanged trama. Gills acute a t the edge, clothed
with a hymenium which is changed into a waxy mass, not membranaceous,
and separable from the trama. Spores globose (or
subglobose), white.
Tribe 1. Limacium. Fr.
Lima'cium, from Umax = a slug ; from the sliminess.
Universal veil viscid, with occasionally a floccose partial one,
annular or marginal. Stem clad with scales, or often upwards
rough with dots. Gills adnate, decurrent.
* White, or becoming yellowish.
1 0 6 9 . Hygrophoius (Limacium) chiy sodon . Batseh. Consp.f. 212.
Chrys'odon, from )(pvcr6<: = gold, and oSouf, oSonto?, a tooth.
White ; pilens fleshy, convexo-plane, viscid, margin involute,
floccose; stem stuffed, subequal, squamulose, yellowish floccose
above; gills rather thin, distant, a t length crisped.—F r. Hym.
F u r. 405. Cooke Illus. t. 885.
In woods.
Tbe yellow flocci at tbe apex of tbe stem form au incomplete ring.
Spores 8x4/1. Pileus 2-3 in. wide. Stem 2-3 in. long, J in. thick.
1 0 7 0 . Hygzophozus (Limacium) ebuzneus. Bull. Champ. t.h 5 l,f.2 ,
Eburn'eus = of ivory ; ivory-white.
White ; pileus fleshy, convex, then plane, even, smooth, margin
entire, soon naked; stem stuffed, then h o llo w , unequal, joitraciai«
above with granular scales; gills finn, distant, straight. Fr.
Hym. E u r. 406. Berk. Outl. i. 15, / 1. Price f . 19. Cooke
Illus. t. 8 8 6.
In woods. Esculent.
Spores 6x5/1.
1071. HygAophozus (Limacium) cossu s. Sow. Fungi t. 121.
UossNs.from its smelling like the caterpillar of Cossus ligniperda.
Strong scented, w h ite ; pileus fleshy, convex then plane, even,
smooth, viscid, inclining to yellowish, margin naked ; stem stuffed,
subequal, furfuraceous and punctate above ; gills somewhat
decurrent, thin, distant, straight.—F/'. Hym. Eur. 406. Cooke
Illus. t. 887.
In woods.
Odour similar to that of tbe Goat moth larva (Cossus). Pileus IJ in,
broad. Stem 2-3 in. long, 2-5 lines tbiok. Spores 8 x 4 /;.
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