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of the stem, dirty yellow ("Olive Buff") a t the base of the stem.<br />
S m e Il weak, slightly acidulous. S c h af f e r r ea c t i o n negative.<br />
Spore powde r dark brown ("Mummy Brown" ; L. g 8 ; S. 701).<br />
S p o r e s ovato-globate, 1-3-guttulate, 6 X 4-5p. B a s i d i a<br />
4-spored, shortly clava te, 22-28 X 7-8 p. Length of s t e r i g <br />
mata 4p.<br />
Gregarious among bushes on Christiansø near Bornholm, October<br />
1947.<br />
Reminiscent of Psalliota cwpreo-brumnea, but the colour of the<br />
cap is more dirty, and the spores have a differentshape.<br />
5. Psalliota porphyrea sp . n.<br />
Plate <strong>IV</strong> c.<br />
D i a g n o s i s. Pileus 4--:...-6 cm, ex hemisphaerico convexo-explanatus,<br />
porphyreus, in mediosubfuscus, omnino radiatim obscure fibrilloso-striatus<br />
et plus minusve fusco-squamulosus. LamelIae liberae,<br />
confertae, tenues, latae, in st at u explicationis laeteroseo-incarnatae,<br />
demum fuseae, acie fertili. Stipes 3-5 cm X 15-20 mm , ventricosus<br />
vel subconicus, faretus. dein fistulosus, albus, sed ad basim dilute<br />
porphyreus, supra annulum levis, infra plus minusve floccoso-fibrillosus.<br />
Annulus superus, albus, tenuis, angustus, saepe evanidus,<br />
supra striatus, simplex. Caro alba, fracta in stipite et sub cuticula<br />
pilei leviter incarnata. Odor debilis, acidulus ut in P. campestri.<br />
Sporae acervatim obscure umbrinae, vellivido-brunneae, ovoideae,<br />
1-3-guttulatae, 5-7 X 3.25-4.5 p. Basidia 4-sterigmaticå, clavata,<br />
20-34 X 6-8 p. Sterigmata 3-4 p longa. Cystidia aciei lamellarum<br />
nulla.<br />
Gregaria in pratis Daniae (FaIstria, Bornholmia). Autumno.<br />
Differt a P. cupreo-brunnea praecipue forma stipitis et sporis<br />
minoribus.<br />
D e s c r i p t i o n. P i l e u s 4-6 cm, semiglobate at first, then<br />
plano-convex, porphyry brown ("Purplish Vinaceous" with "Avellaneous"<br />
tinge) with darker centre, radially darkly fibrosely striate<br />
throughout and more or less darkly squamulose ("Fuscous"). G i Il s<br />
free, crowded, thin, broad, in the unfolding stage a vivid "campestris<br />
red" ("Vinaceous Pink"), at length blackish brown, with fertile<br />
edge. S t e m 3-5 cm X 15-20 mm , bulbous or subfusiform down-
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