9(3 Dansk Botanisk Arkiv, Bd. 2, Nr. 7. 



to be the only and decisive test, some of the Inocybes — which 

 have practically no velum partiale — would have to go loo, 

 and the whole would end in utter contusion. — The little elegant 

 A. petiginosus in later years was referred by Fries to Hebeloma, 

 although he had formerly recognised it as an Inocybe. Its 

 nodulose spores naturally take it back to Inocybe (as done by 

 almost all modern authors). 



Some of the very smallest species, f. inst. /. calospora, have 

 a habitual likeness to Naucoria. In fact, according to Quélet, 

 two of the species which Fries placed within the genus Naucoria 

 (N. pannosa and N. snblimbala) have stellate or spinulose spores 

 and should be transferred to Inocybe (Clypeus); (vide Bataille 

 »Flore analytique« pag. 22). — Flammula also comprises a few 

 species (from the tribe sericelli) which connect this genus with 

 Inocybe. This is especially true of what I call F. Agardhii (Lund), 

 which is, I believe, identic with Inocybe xanihica (von Post) (L. 

 Romell in lit). Also Inocybe delecta Karst, has much in common 

 with the Flammnla sericelli. — The Cortinarii will very rarely 

 be confounded with the Inocybes by the trained mycologist. 



The number of species found and figured by me is 47, that 

 is to sav as many as Fries had on record from the whole of 

 Europe, and one third more than he had seen alive. Still I do 

 not doubt my number is too small. No year has passed during 

 my 24 years of investigation in this line without adding to the 

 number of species found. And other mycologists have met with 

 species which I have not seen and which seem to be distinct 

 from any of mine. Thus among the 33 species mentioned by 

 Sev. Petersen (loc. cit.) is /. nuilica, which appears to be a 

 very well defined species. On the other hand some of the 

 »species« figured by me are so intimately related, that it is 

 somewhat doubtful whether they deserve a specific name. Still 

 I think it better provisionally to uphold the existing names than 

 to unite too many forms under one specific name, as long as 

 their whole nature is not more precisely known. Coming myco- 

 logists will have to settle such questions, when the whole field 

 is more thoroughly investigated. 



