Friesia IV, 1-2

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a. Stem hollow, tall. Cap smooth at first .
PsaZliota Benesti
b. Stem solid, rather short. Cap and stem with pale or
light brown squamules. In Picea-woods or meadows ...
1. Psalliota squamulifera
a. Flesh turning strongly red when cut. Stem slender, with
bulbous base. Spores 5-6 X 3-3.5p. Spruce woods ...
9 a. PsaZliota silvatica var. pallida
b. Flesh turning faintly red. Stem rather short, without
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bulb at base. Spores 7-9 X 4-5 p. Deciduous woods
2. Psalliota depauperata
Pileus with depressed centre and with broad, brown
scales. Stem short with bulbous base and string-like
mycelium. Deciduous woods ..
Other characters .
a. Pileus 5-10 cm, chocolate-brown. Stem with dark
brownish, scaly base upwards to up under the ring ...
6. 3. Psalliota lanipes
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b. Pileus 4-8 cm, hazel with dark scales. Ring wholly
white 3 a. Psalliota lanipes var. verecunda
a. Pileus 4-6 cm, dark hazel, densely and finely radially
fibrillose, but without scales. Stem cylindrical without
bulbous base. Deciduous woods .
4. Psalliota fusco-fibrillosa
b. Other characters. Scaly species. Picea and Abies
woods (No. 8 growing in deciduous woods) 8
a. Stem without bulbous base. Gills bright rosy flesh co-
8. lour. Spores 6-9 X 4-5 p. More robust species
{ b. Stem with bulbous base. Spores 5-6 X 3-3.5 p ......
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a. Pileus 6-12 cm, densely rustbrown scaly and fibrillose.
Stem often tall. Flesh when broken bright red .... .. ...
5. Psalliota Langei
b. Pileus 6-10 cm, with distant chocolate-brown scales
and fibrils. Stem short, dark brown scaly below. Flesh
dark red when broken 6. Psalliota mediofusca
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