Massee. — On the Fungics Flora of New Zealand. 301 



On logs. New Zealand. 



Sent to Kew by Colenso mixed with F. intrpureo-nitens, 

 from which it diifers, as also from every other described 

 species, by the dark-brown pileus and greenish-yellow flesh. 

 Fasciculate. 



** Gills adnate. 

 21. FLavimula sajnnea, Fries, Syst. Mvc, i., p. 239 ; Flora 

 N.Z., ii., p. 174; Hdbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 603; Austr. Fung., 

 p. 52; Sacc, Syll. v., no. 3385. 



Pileus hemispherical, then expanded, very obtuse, slightly 

 floccosely squamulose superficially, then becoming broken up 

 into minute squamules, tawny-orange, dry, paler towards the 

 margin, 2-5-7 cm. across; flesh rather thick, compact; gills 

 adnate, crowded, about 4 mm. broad, plane, yellow, then 

 tawny-cinnamon ; spores yellowish, elliptical, 8 x 5 /x ; stem 

 2-5-5 cm. high, up to 1cm. thick, solid or hollow, but stout 

 and often irregular, fibrous, rooting, yellowish, becoming 

 brownish when bruised. 



On dead Conifers, also on the ground under pmes. 

 Northern Island, New Zealand. Australia, Europe, Ceylon, 

 India, United States, Venezuela. 



Usually more or less clustered. Smell strong. Stem short, 

 often irregular. 



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22. Flammula inopoda, Sacc, Syll. v., no. 3373. Agaricus 

 inopus, Fries, Syst. Myc, i., p. 251. 



Pileus convex, then becoming almost plane, obtuse, even, 

 smooth, slightly viscid when moist, honey- colour, disc reddish 

 or with a reddish tinge all over, paler round the margin, 

 becoming entirely pale, 2-5-8 cm. across ; flesh thin, coloured 

 like the pileus, white when dry ; gills adnate, thin, crowded, 

 about 4 mm. broad, yellowish-w^iite, sometimes with a tinge 

 of green, dry; spores broadly elliptical, ferruginous-brown, 

 10 X G/x; stem 6-12 cm. long, 2-8 mm. thick, often wavv, 

 equal, rooting, adpressedly fibrillose, pale above, reddish- 

 brown below, hollow. 



On rotten trunks. Dannevirke, New Zealand. Europe. 



Caespitose or gregarious ; somewhat resembling HijphoLoma 

 fasciculare, but distinguished by the long rooting base of the 

 stem and the absence of a bitter taste. 



23. Flammula tilopoda, Sacc, Syll. v., no. 3361. Agaricus 

 tilojncs, Kalchbr. and MacOwan, Grev., vol. , p. 



Pileus convex, then almost plane, slightly umbonate, 

 covered with a separable viscid pellicle, pale-yellow, ^2 era. 

 broad ; flesh thin, greenish-yellow ; gills adnate, crowded, 

 rather narrow, rusty ; spores elliptical, rust-colour, 5-6 x 3/x ; 



