Friesia IV, 3

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PrateIla [uioescens Gillet, Champ., p. 564, 1878, t. 576 (384),
1878-1890.
Agaricus siZvicola (Vitt.) sensu Peck, N. Y. State Mus., Mern. 4,
p. 164, 1900.
PsaZliota siZvicoZa (Vitt.) sensu Ricken, Vademecum, p. 144,
1920.
PsaZZiota siZvicola (Vitt.) sensu Rydberg : I n g e l s t ro m,
Svampbok, p. 101, 1940.
leon.: V i t t a d i n i, Fung. mango d'Ital., t. VII, figs. 7-9, 1835.
P e c k, N. Y. State Mus., Mern. 4, t.59, figs.1-7, 1900.
H a n s W a l t y, Schweizer-Pilztafeln II, t. 34, 1944.
P i l e u s 5-8 cm, ovate, sometimes obtuse above, then expanded
and often with flattened centre, shining, white, but soon turning
sulphur-coloured ("Sulphur Yellow"), on slight pressure becoming
dark lemon yellow spotted (dark "Lemon Chrome", "Apricot Yellow"),
naked. G i Il s free, crowded, narrow, long pale, then only faintly
red ("PaIe Pinkish Buff") before beginning to turn dark, finally
blackish brown. Edge sterile, paIe. S t e m thin, 6-8 cm X 10-15 mm,
subcylindrical but always with a slightly marginate or rounded,
abruptly swollen, bulbous base, to which fairly stout mycelial strands
are attached, hollow, white, sometimes reddish above the ring where
later it turns black, otherwise like the cap shot with a deep lemon
yellow when touched; silky, naked. R i n g sheathed above, white
or yellowish, thin, fairly broad, obliquely pendulous, placed high,
smooth above, on the underside at the edge frequently with few thin,
white or yellow scales, but occasionally quite naked. F l e s h thin,
white or faintly reddish, particularly in the stem ("PaIe Pinkish
Buff"). Smelling of anise. Schaffer reaction positive.
Spore powder dark brown ("Mummy Brown"; L. g.8; S. 701).
S p o r e s ovate, frequently with 1-2 guttae, 5-6 X 3-4p. B asidia
4-spored, clavate, 20-24 X 5-7(-8)p. Sterigmata 2p
long. M a r g i n a l c y s t i d i å numerous, oval or globose-balloonshaped,
hyaline, 10-20 X 7-20p .
In small groups of 2-3 fruit bodies, growing in light .woods of
Fagus or Picea. Here and there. August-October.
Falster: Søndre Kohave near Nykøbing; Korselitze-Skovene.
Fyn: Bøllevænge near Nyborg. - Jylland: Frøslev Plantage. - Lolland:
Flintinge Byskov; Fuglsang Storskov; Maltrup Skov. - Sjæl-
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