Friesia IV, 1-2

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angustae, e dilute incarnato-roseis fusco-brunneae, acie sterili, alba,
minute flocculosa. Stipes 8-13 cm X 10-15 mm, sursum attenuatus,
basi tuberculata, apice interdum roseo-tincto, sub annulo albo-floc­
culosus. Annulus superus, albus, infra levis vel ad marginem squa­
mulis debilibus, fuscis ornatus, supra striatus, tenuis, integer, per­
sistens. Caro tenuis, alba, fracta praecipue in stipite dilute rosea,
odore ingrato ut in Lepiota cristata.
Sporae acervatim umbrinae, ovatae, 1-2-guttulatae, 5-6 X
3-3.5 p. Basidia 4-sterigmatica, clavata, 20-28 X 6-8 p. Sterig­
mata 2 p longa. Cystidia aciei lamellarum ovata, hyalina, 15-28 X
12-16 p.
Gregaria in silvis abiegnis (Picea) Daniae.
Species distineta inter P. silvaticam et P. Langei mediam. Dif­
fert praecipue a P. silvatica lamellis distincte roseis et carne leviter
rubescenti, a P. Langei stipite tuberculato, carne leviter rubescenti,
sporis minoribus, a P. impudica Rea carne rubescenti, odore ingrato,
sporis maioribus.
D e s c r i p t i o n. P i l e u s 5-10 cm, convex with flattened cen­
tre, sometimes subumbonate, shining, chocolate brown ("Fuscous")
at first, with lighter margin and blackish brown centre, the pellicle
very soon, however, breaking up into a broad blackish brown ("Fu­
scous") skull-cap surrounded by concentric, sparse, brown, trans­
versal, adpressed squamules 011 a pale ("Cartridge Buff") ground
fading in colour and reduced in size towards the margin. G i Il s
free, very crowded, narrow, light flesh colour ("PaIe Congo Pink"),
at length dark brown, with sterile, white, but not very floccose
edge. S t e m 8-13 cm X 10-15 mm, with round bulbous base, hollow,
quite white or with a roseate tinge above, fibrillose-f'Ioccose
in the lower half. R i n g sheathed above, quite white or with a faint
zone of thin, brown squamules on the underside just inside the
periphery; otherwise the ring is as in P. silvatica spreading, striate
above and entire. F l e s h thin, white, and only very faintly turning
pink ("Shell Pink"), mostly at the apex of the stem. S m e Il strong
and disagreeable as in Lepiota crisiata. S c h li f f e r r e a c t i o n
negative. S p o r e p o w d e r dirty brown ("Saccardos Umber"; L.
06; S. 132).
S p o r e s egg-shaped with 1-2-guttae, light under the microscope,
5-6 X 3-3.5 p. B a s i d i a 4-spored, clavate, 20-28 X
6-8 p, with 2 p long s t e r i g m a t a. C y s t i d i a on edge sparse,
in thin border, egg-or balloon-shaped, hyaline, 15-28 X 12-16 p.