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34. Naucoria temulenta, Fries, Epicr., p. 199; Austr. Fung., 

 p. 55 ; Massee, Brit. Fung. -Flora, ii., p. 165, figs. 8, 9, p. 3 ; 

 Sacc, Syll. v., no. 3486. 



Pileus almost membranaceous, campanulate, then con- 

 vex, somewhat umbonate, never depressed ; margin striate, 

 glabrous, ferruginous when moist, ochraceous and even when 

 dry, 1-5-2-5 cm. broad; gills adnate, rather distant, narrowed 

 in front, lurid, then rusty-umber; spores elliptical, 12 x 6 /a; 

 stem about 5 cm. long and 3 mm. thick, wavy or flexuous, 

 glabrous, polished, apex slightly mealy, hollow, but the 

 cavity often containing a loose pith. 



On the ground, m damp woods, &c. Dannevirke, New 

 Zealand. x\ustraha, Europe. 



Allied to Naucoria pediades, from which it differs in the 

 pileus being more or less umbonate, never depressed, and 

 striate when moist. 



** Pileus obtuse. 



35. Naucoria fraterna, Cke. and Massee., Grev., vol. xvi., p. 31 ; 

 Sacc, Syll., suppl. ix., no. 458. 



Caespitose; pileus convex, depressed and umbilicate, even, 

 glabrous, yellowish-rusty, 1-1-5 cm. broad ; flesh thin, whitish ; 

 gills adnate, rather distant, broad, margin entire, yellowish 

 rust-colour; spores elliptical, 10 x 6/*; stem 2-5-5 cm. long, 

 2 mm. thick, slightly curved near the base, glabrous, coloured 

 like the pileus, fistulose. 



On trunks and stumps. Dannevirke, New Zealand. 

 Australia. 



Eeadily recognised by the caespitose or tufted habit of 

 growth, and in growing on stumps. Both these characters 

 are unusual in the genus Naucoria. 



36. Naucoria pediades, Fries, Epicr., p. 197; Sacc, Syll. v., 

 no. 3469; Austr. Fung., p. 54. 



Pileus thin, convex, then becoming plane, obtuse, often 

 more or less depressed, never umbonate, dry, at length 

 minutely rivulose or radially wrinkled, but never striate, 

 yellowish-ochre, then pale tan-colour, 2-5-5 cm. across; gills 

 adnexed, crowded at first, becoming rather distant as the 

 pileus expands, about 4 mm. broad, at first brownish, then 

 dingy-cinnamon ; spores dingy-ferruginous, elliptical, 10-12 x 

 4 - 5 ya ; cystidia fairly numerous, 30-50 x 8 - 10 /u, ; stem 

 5-8 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick, somewhat flexuous, silky, 

 yellowish, base slightly bulbous, stuffed with a distinct 

 pith. 



Among grass. New Zealand. Australia, Ceylon, South 

 Africa, Europe, Siberia, United States. 



