20 Dansk Botanisk Arkiv, Bd. 2, Nr. 3. 



b. lævigatæ. Surface of cap remaining entire. 



1. Cap gilvous (edge pale). Spores fusiformely ellipsoid 



L. gracilis var. (9) 



2. Cap whitish. Spores broadly ellipsoid L. erminea (10) 



— [cnf. also L. Meleagris (No. 11)]. — 



(3. stenosporæ. Spores rather small (rarely over 9 H long), narrow, 

 more or less projectile-shaped (o: base somewhat truncate with 

 a lateral pedicel). 



a. squamulosæ. Surface of cap breaking up into small innate 

 squamules. 



1. Scales very pale crust-brown or ochraceous. Partial veil 

 cobweb-like L. Cortinarius (12) 



2. Scales reddish or dark brown. Partial veil not arachnoid. 



* Stem floccosely squamulose (spores 9 — 11 n) . . L. castanea (13) 

 H Stem almost glabrous, sligthly silky-fibrillous (spores 7 n) 



L. cristata (14) 



b. lævigatæ. Surface of cap entire. 



1. Cap gilvous (with indistinct, adpressed scales) L. helveola var. (15) 



2. Cap white, smooth or slightly silky-fibrillous . L. albo-sericea (16) 

 Y. brevisporæ. Spores small (7 M or less long), broad (breadth 



^ half the length). 



a. Stem squamulose. (Young cap pale brownish, minutely piloso- 

 squamulose, especially in the middle; cuticle soon cracking.) 



L. Forquignoni (17) 



b. Stem glabrous. 



1. Cap slightly cracked, reddish L. Morieri (18) 



2. Cuticle breaking up into small, blackish, innate squamules 



L. micropholis (19) 

 C. Granulosæ Fr. (sensu aug.) 



Surface of young cap (and generally also the stem) covered with 

 either conical, erect scales, granular warts or mealy powder, which 

 coating wholly or partly is made up of globular cells. Spores small 

 (not over 8 n long). 



Ct. acutesquamosæ. Surface of young cap (at least the central 

 part) set with pointed, erect conical (somewhat deciduous) 

 scales. 



a. Gills forked; spores projectile-shaped; cap large (7 — 14 cm) 



L. acutesquamosa (20) 



b. Gills not forked; spores ver} 7 small, oval. 



1. Cap 4—6 cm broad L. hispida (21) 



2. Cap about 2 cm L. echinella (22) 



(3. granulatæ. Surface of cap and stem granulate. Stem peronate. 



(Spores oval or ovate). 



a. Cystidia present, hair-shaped. Cap red or brown. 



1. Cap bright red. Stem stout, subbulbous. . . . L. einnabarina (23) 



2. Cap brown. Stem more slender L. granulosa (24) 



b. Cystidia absent. Cap yellowish or whitish. 



1. Cap ochraceous-yellow. Spores 6— 7n long . . L. amianthina (25) 



2. Cap pinkish-white. Spores 5 n long L. Carcharias (26) 



