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Laccaria laccata. Scop. 



Pilens l-2v[7 in. across, flesli thin, convex thin often more 

 or leits wavy and irreguhir, nmbilicate; hj^grophnnous, even, 

 clear violet or rich brown, almost white and minutely 

 squamiilose when dry; gills adnate, distant, colonred like 

 the pilens. at length white with powder ; stem 2-3 in. long,. 

 2 lines thick, equal, fibrous, cohmred like the pilens, tough, 

 stuifed ; spores globose, minutely echinulate, 8-9 /x diam. 



Agaricus laccatiis, Scopoli, p. 444; Cke., Hdbk., p. Gl ; Cke.,, 

 Illustr., pi. 139. 



Laccaria laccata, Berk., Grev., xii. p. 70. 



In woods. 



Yery variable ; bright amethyst or deep reddish brown^ 

 stem and gills similarly coloured. Pilens pallid or dingy 

 white when dr}^ and minutely but densely squamulose. 



Laccaria bella. Pers. 



Pilens 1-1|^ in. across, rather fleshy, convex then de- 

 pressed or nmbilicate, orange-yellow with small, scattered 

 darker adpressed squamules ; gills adnate with a decurrent 

 tooth, broad, rather distant, yellow, connected by veins, at 

 length powdered with white meal ; stem about 2 in. long^ 

 1^ line thick, equal, tough ; rivulose, yellowish, stuffed ;. 

 spores subglobose, minutely warted, 7 X 5-6 or 6-7 fi diam. 



Agaricus hellus, Persoon, Syn., p. 452 : Cke., Hdbk., p. 61 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 183. 



Laccaria hella, B., Grev., xii. p. 70. 



In pine woods. 



Pilens 2h- in. broad, deep orange-brown, becoming 

 gradually pale; gills incarnato-ferruginous. Stem 2^ in. 

 high. Fries' plant has dirty-yellow gills, and so far differs 

 fiom mine. It is at once distinguished from L. laccata by 

 its foetid smell. (Berk.) 



Stem stnffed, at length hollow, about 2 in. long, 2-3 lines- 

 thick, equal, tongh, but fibrous, externally broken up into- 

 fibrils, becoming yellowish. Pileus rather fleshy, pliant, 

 convex then expanded, centre depressed, about 2 in. 

 broad, dark yellow, sometimes with a rufescent tinge, with 

 scattered darker squamules, at length becoming pale, and 

 the margin undnlate and wavy. Gills adnate, at length. 



