Friesia IV, 1-2

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Gregarious, frequent on sandy and manured soil near roads and
streets, in graveyards, in gardens, not in woods. May-October.
The species varies a good deal. Sometimes the margin of the cap
is very closely involute and at first rolled far under the gills, in
which case the upper ring is torn off narrowly when it expands ;
sometimes the margin of the cap is less involute and the upper ring
broader. The stocking-like covering of the stem below has not un­
commonly been ruptured so that a naked zone is seen. Exceptionally
the lower ring is absent (see B r e s a d o l a, t. 824) , and t he upper
r ing may be placed near the base of the stem. On r ich soil (garbage
dumps) the following variety occurs :
3a. Psalliota edulis (VITT.) BUCHW. var. valida var. n.
A typo differt statura robustiore, carne fraeta distincte incarnata.
Caespitosa, in pratis pinguibus Daniae, mense Augusto.
P i l e u s 10-15 cm. S t e m double-ringed, short and thick, 5 cm X
30-40 mm, f'inally tawny at base. F l e s h compact, thick, when
broken vivid flesh colour ("Buff Pink"). In other respects like
the type.
In tufts in rich meadows, garbage dumps and the like. August.
Falster: Korselitze on roadsides; Nykøbing F. sportsground (for­
mer garbage dump) in tufts of 3-5 fruit bodies.
4. Psalliota Bernardii Q UELET.
Fig. 4. Plate VII.
Q u e l e t in Cooke et Quelet, Clavus Hym., p. 89, 1878.
Icon. : Q u e l e t, Soc. bot. XXV, t. 3, fig. 12, 1878.
B e r n a r d, Champ. Roch., t. 23, figs. 1, 2, 1882.
R o Il a n d, Atlas des Champ. de France, Suisse, Belgique,
t. 71, no. 158, 1906-10.
Pileus 8-15(-20) cm, firm and remarkably thick-fleshed,
semiglobate at first, then often with flattened, sometimes slightly
depressed centre, silky, white, or paIe leather tan, when older often
with a purplish grey or argillaceous tinge ("Vinaceous-Buff") be­
coming reddish when touched ("Light Vinaceous-Lilac"); the pel-
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