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P. Bernardii is not poisonous and is often eaten. But many people<br />
have a distaste for it, on account of the unpleasant smell, which<br />
some regard as carbolic-like. It is also indigestible because the flesh<br />
is firm and often tough especiaIly when old. It is better,as done<br />
by people from the neighbourhood of Frederiksværk (R. H e s t e <br />
h a v e), to use only the juice. It is a faet, however, that fungus<br />
gatherers as a rule give it a wide berth when they are looking for<br />
mushrooms, so that the large white fairy rings are left to decay<br />
slowly - at a distance they look like light shore birds.<br />
5. Psalliota ingrata sp. n.<br />
Fig. 5. Plate VIII.<br />
D i a g n o s i S. Pileus 6--10cm, convexo-expansus, compactus,<br />
argillaeeus vel alutaceus, primo sublevis vel fibrilloso-squamulosus,<br />
dein squamis latioribus, adpressis, tenuibus radiatim obtectus, mar<br />
gine albo, diu valde involuto, sulcato-striato ut in Psalliota Bernardii.<br />
LamelIae liberae, confertae, . angustae, e dilute griseo-incarnatis<br />
obscure fuscae, acie sterili, alba. Stipes 5-7 cm X 20-30 mm, inae<br />
qualis, interdum fere rapiformis, saepe ad basim curte acuminatus<br />
et curvatus, solidus, albus, apice levi, sub annulo interdum adpresse<br />
ochraceo-squamulosus vel fulvo-maeulatus. Annulus inferus, albus,<br />
tenuis, simplex, supra ex parte striatus, infra levis. Caro eompaeta,<br />
alba, fraeta laete rosea. Odor subnauseosus, fere ut e piseibus vel<br />
avibus piscivoris sicut Phalacrocorace carbone.<br />
Sporae acervatim fuseae, subglobosae, uniguttulatae, 5.5-7(-8)<br />
X 4.5-5.5(-6),u. Basidia 4-sterigmatiea, elavata, 26-36 X 7-10,u.<br />
Sterigmata 5,u longa. Cystidia aciei lamellarum numerosa, fusoidea<br />
vel clavata, saepe flexuosa, hyalina, 30-64 X 6-20,u.<br />
Gregatim vel solitaria ad terram nu dam sub arboribus frondosis<br />
et coniferis juxta vias, in hortis, fruticetis etc., non circulos for<br />
mans in pratis juxta mare ut Psalliota Bernardii, cum qua ceterum<br />
valde affinis est.<br />
D e s c r i p t i o n. P i l e-u s 6-10 cm, thiek-fleshed, eonvex, argillaceous<br />
or buff ("Deep Olive-Buff", "Olive-Buff") but whitish to<br />
wards the margin, almost smooth when young, then radially<br />
breaking up into adpressed seales, giving the pellicle a bark-like<br />
appearance, though without deep cracks in the flesh, the scales<br />
being thin. Margin as in P. Bernardii, though often less involute.
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