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Laccaria laccata. Scop. 



Pileus 1 2i in. across, flesh thin, convex thin often moro 

 or lets wavy and irregular, umbilicate ; hygrophanous, even, 

 clear violet or rich brown, almost white and minutely 

 squamulose when dry ; gills adnate, distant, coloured like 

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

 2 lines thick, equal, fibrous, coloured like the pileus, tough, 

 stuffed ; spores globose, minutely echinulate, 8-9 p diam. 



Agaricus laccatus, Scopoli, p. 444; Cke., Hdbk., p. 61 ; Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 139. 



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



In woods. 



Very variable; bright amethyst or deep reddish brown, 

 stem and gills similarly coloured. Pileus pallid or dingy 

 white when dry, and minutely but densely squamulose. 



Laccaria bella. Fers. 



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

 pressed or umbilicate, 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, 

 H line thick, equal, tough; rivulose, yellowish, stuffed; 

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



Agaricus bellus, Persoon, Syn., p. 452 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 61 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 183. 



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



In pine woods. 



Pileus 2^ in. broad, deep orange-brown, becoming: 

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

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

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

 its foetid smell. (Berk.) 



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

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

 fibrils, becoming yellowish. Pileus rather fleshy, pliant, 

 ronvex 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 undulate and wavy. Gills adnate, at length 



