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597. A. calospora (Quel.) Kea. (= Inocybe calospora Quel.) Bres. 

 Fung. Trid. t. 21, as Inocybe calospora Quel. 



Ka\6s, beautiful; cnropd, seed. 



P. 2-3 cm., fuscous rufescent, becoming somewhat yellowish, some- 

 what fleshy, conico-campanulate, then expanded and umbonate, 

 fibrillosely villose, then covered with adpressed, concolorous squamules', 

 margin whitish, fibrillose. St. 3-5 cm. x 2-4 mm., livid then rufescent, 

 apex white-pruinose, base subbulbose. Gills pallid, then tawny cinna- 

 mon, free, ventricose, crowded; edge white-pruinose. Flesh somewhat 

 concolorous. Spores ferruginous in the mass, bright ochraceous under 

 the microscope, globose, 10-14/z, bluntly warted. Cystidia fusiform, 

 45-55 x S-Wfj,, somewhat fuscousatthe apex, scanty. Taste slightly acid. 

 Deciduous woods, and under trees. Aug. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



598. A. Gaillardii (Gillet) Rea. (= Inocybe Gaillardi Gillet.) 



A. GaiUard. 



P. 13 cm., tawny-yellow, or rust colour, convex, then plane, umbo- 

 nate, fioccosely squamulose; margin fimbriate. St. 1-5-3 cm. x 2-4 mm., 

 concolorous. Gills brownish cinnamon, free, ventricose; edge whitish. 

 Flesh concolorous, or paler. Spores ferruginous, globose, covered with 

 long, slender, hyaline spines, 8/z,, or 10-12/n, including the spines. 

 Cystidia subcylindrical, 40-45 x 10/A, scanty. Woods, and under 

 trees. Aug. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



599. A. seabella (Fr.) Schroet. (= Inocybe scabella (Fr.) Quel.) Fr. 

 Icon. t. 110, fig. 1, as Inocybe scabella Fr. Scaber, rough. 



P. 1-2 cm., fuscous, or fuscous rufescent, somewhat fleshy, conical, 

 then expanded, umbonate, silky-fibrillose, at length torn into scales 

 around the even umbo. St. 4 cm. x 12 mm., rufescent, or becoming 

 pale, apex pruinose, equal, tense and straight, or flexuose. Gills 

 dingy, becoming fuscous, adnexed, more or less crowded. Flesh dingy. 

 Spores bistre, warted, angular elliptical, 8x6/4. Cystidia ventricose 

 fusiform, 55-65 x 12-15ju,. Woods, and amongst short grass. Sept. 

 Nov. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



600. A. Trinii (Weinm.) Rea. (= Inocybe Trinii (Weinm.) Fr.) Cke. 

 Illus. no. 435, t. 428, lower figs., as Inocybe Trinii Weinm. 



Carl Bernard Trinius, the Russian botanist. 

 P. 1-2 cm., whitish with a rufous tinge due to longitudinal rufous 

 fibrils, tawny when dry, hemispherical, obtuse. St. 4-6 cm. x 2-3 mm., 

 white, covered with loose reddish, or rufous fibrils, equal, apex white- 

 mealy. Gills dusky cinnamon, rounded behind, adnexed, ventricose, 

 edge white-fiocculose. Flesh white. Spores angular, subglobose, or 

 somewhat oblong, 9-10 /i, or 9-10 x 6-8/i. Cystidia ventricose, 50- 

 60 x 14-17/A, abundant. Smell pleasant, like clove-pinks. Woods, 

 and amongst grass. Aug. Sept. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



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