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A very beautiful little fungus, not closely allied to any other 
British species, most closely approaching Agaricus comptulus in size. 
Stropharia aeruginosa Curt. var. squamulosa Massee. (nov. var.) Pileus 
subglobose then expanded and slightly depressed, margin drooping, 
not at all umbonate, dry and silky from the first, soon becoming 
broken up into adpressed, silky scales, very deep verdigris-green, 
margin whitish, disc becoming ochraceous with age, 4-6 cm. across ; 
flesh rather thin, white. Gills crowded, ventricose, thin, dry, 
sinuately adnate, brown, no tinge of purple, rather broad. Spores 
pale brown, elliptic-oblong, obliquely apiculate, 8-9 x 5u. Stem 
5-7 cm. long, 2 cm. thick, slightly constricted at the apex, hollow 
when old, paler green than the pileus, base white, flesh also tinged 
green, hibrillosely striate, clothed with white patches of the broken- 
up ring near the apex; fragments of the veil also frequently fringe 
the margin of the pileus. 
On the ground among stones, &c. Ripon, Yorks. (Pratt); Louth, 
Linc., two seasons in succession (Larder); Kew. 
A very distinct variety, will probably prove to be a good species ; 
differing from 8. eruginosa in the perfectly dry, silky, squamulose 
pileus, stout stem, and absence of purple tinge in the gills. 
Coprinus roseotinctus Rea. (sp. nov.) Pileus membranaceus, at first 
cylindrical, 7-11 x 5-7 mm. fuscous, densely powdered with rose- 
coloured meal, silky, striate; at length revolute, umbonate, margin 
torn, sulcate along the back of the gills. Gills white, then black, 
adnexed, 1-1°5 mm. broad, deliquescent ; cystidia not observed. 
Spores black, pip-shaped, slightly apiculate, 9-11 x 5-64. Stem at 
first short, then elongated, 5 cm. high, 2-3 mm. thick, base bulbous 
and white floccose, when young densely powdered with deep rose- 
coloured meal, only sparingly powdered near the apex at maturity, 
hollow from the first. 
On the ground. Temple Laughern, Worcester, 8/97. 
Characterised by the deep rose-coloured meal on the pileus and 
stem, Allied to Coprinus niveus. 
Polystictus tomentosus Fries, Fr. Hym. Eur. 530. Sacc., Syll. vi... 5535- 
Pileus plane, corky, becoming hard, often variously lobed and irregular, 
narrowed below into a short, stout, stemlike base, more or less tri- 
angular in section, solid, margin thin, straight; surface persistently 
tomentose or minutely velvety, tawny, margin sometimes yellowish, 
not zoned, 4-8 cm. across. Flesh pale tawny. Pores very minute, 
4-5 mm. x I mm., mouth quite entire, rounded, greyish-yellow, at first 
delicately whitish pruinose. Spores elliptical, pale brown, 5 Xx 3p. 
