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93, p.205, 1945), bears some resemblance to it, but the spores are
too small (9-10 X5-6p). J. Schaffer, to whom watercolours of
the Danish find from Frejlev were sent, has accepted the determination,
though these specimens differed from the brief diagnosis
in Ann. Myc. 36, p. 78, by the pleasant, almond-like smell, but since
this diagnosis was based on fruit bodies sent from Holstein, the
smell of almonds may have passed away on the journey.
2. Psalliota exeellens nom. nov.
Fig. 29. Plate XXXIII.
Syn.: Psalliota augusta Fr. sensu Ricken, Blåtterpilze, p.235, 1912;
Vademecum, p.143, 1920; sensu Beck, Pilz- u. Kråuterf'r.fi,
p. 44, 1921; sensu Singer, Zeitschr. f. Pilzk. 1, p. 24, 1922;
sensu Hans Walty, Schweizer-Pilztafeln II, t.30, 1944.
Icon.: H a n s Wa l t y, Schweizer-Pilztafeln II, t. 30, 1944 (sub nom.
P. augusta). The illustrations, however, do not show the
slender stem of P. exeellens.
D i a g n o s i s. Pileus 10-15 cm, hemisphaericus globosusve, dein
expansus, plerumque medio plano, sericeo-nitens, centro saepe opaco,
compactus, pulchre albus, dein sulphureo-tinctus, vulneratus luteomaculatus,
initio praecipue marginem versus dense floccoso-squamulosus,
squamulis pilosis, concoloribus, paulum secedentibus, densis.
Lamellae liberae, confertae, angustae, diu pallidae, dein incarnatae,
denique fuscae, acie sterili, pallida. Stipes validus, 10-14 cm X30­
40 mm, deorsum subclavatus, interdum cylindricus, farctus, raro
fistulosus, albus, apice saepe roseo, sub annulo crasse striatus, deorsum
furfuraceo-squamosus, squamis concoloribus, secedentibus ut in
pileo. Annulus superus, albus, fere membranaceus, sed margine 1­
1.5 mm crasso, fragilis, latus, reflexus, subapicalis, supra levis, infra
saepe areolato-squamosus, squamis rotundatis, concoloribus. Caro
compacta, alba, praecipue in partibus inferioribus stipitis plus minusve
lateritia vel dilutior, fere incarnata, odore debili, amygdalino.
Sporae acervatim fuscae, ovato-ovales, pluriguttulatae, 9-11(-
12) X 5- 6.5 (- 7) p . Basidia 4-sterigmatica, clavata, (24-)28-32
(-48) X 9-12p. Sterigmata 3.5-4.5p longa. Cystidia aciei lamellarum
numerosa, globosa, ovalia, ovata, vesiculosa vel late clavata,
hyalina, 10-38 X5-16p.