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30 a. L. hæmatosperma (Bull.). (Ag. echinatus Roth, A. fumoso- 

 purpureus Lasch.). 



Spores 4V 2 — 57 2 x 2y 2 — 3 u, oval, hyaline with a slight brownish 

 tint. (1914": spores 5— 5 x / 8 x 3— 3 x / 4 u). Cystidia 0. Surface of cap 

 densely covered with a mealy-floccose coating of globose cells 

 (diam. 18— 30 u). 



Fig. specim.: Kajberg Skov near Nyborg, on heap of leaf-mould, 

 July 1910. — Rather rare and generally solitary, on rich humus 

 in shady places. The whole plant has a faint but characteristic 

 smell, not unlike that of L. cristata, but more sweetish-aromatic. 



30 b. L. h. forma gracilis Quel. 

 Spores ovate-ellipsoid, 5 x 2 3 / 4 u. Basidia 4-spored. Cells on 

 cap 25 — 50 (i diam. 



Fig. specim.: Hjallese, solitary in flower-bed, Oct. 1898. 



Smaller and without traces of a ring (veil reduced to a fibril- 

 lose-floccose edging on the cap). 



This very characteristic little agaric has been placed by some 

 authors in "Psalliota, by others in Lepiota, Inocybe, Naacoria. The 

 sporepowder is neither brown nor Psalliota-coloured, but very 

 pale fuscous with a slight tinge of pink. (According to Poul 

 Larsen this pinkish tint is wanting when the spores have not 

 been exposed to daylight, but appears almost instantly when 

 exposed). 



Quélet and other authors call this fungus Ag. echinatus Roth; 

 but as Bulliard's name is older (and better), I prefer to use 

 it. — Quélet's L. hæmatosperma is L. Badhami (vide Quélet 

 et Bataille: Flore monographique). Sev. Petersen (1. cit.) 

 erroneously describes the same plant twice (as Psal. echinata 

 and hæmatosperma). 



II. ARMILLARIA. 



31. L. mellea (Vahl in Fl. D.) J. E. L. 



Spores roundish-ovate, I 1 /, - 8 1 /, x 5 l / 2 — 6 1 /, p (1900) or 8-9 x 6—7 u. 

 Fig. specim.: Hjallese, on decayed stump of foliaceous tree, 

 Oct. 1894. — Exceedingly common on and around trees and 

 stumps, solitary or densely cæspitose. 



