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with the large white spherical waited spores. Growing on the 

 ground. 



84. Laccaria canaliculata, Massee. Agarictcs (Clitocyhe) 

 canalicidatus , Cke. and Massee, Grev., vol. xviii., p. 2 ; 

 Austr. Fung., p. 17. Clitocybe ca?ialimlata, Sacc, Syll., 

 snppl. ix., no. 106. 



Pileus thin, dry, subglobose, then expanding, umbilicate, 

 minutely velvety all over, fluted or channelled up to the disc, 

 uniform bright tawny-brown, not much if at all paler when 

 dry, margin crenulate, 1-5-3 cm. diameter; gills adnate, 

 broad, rather distant, flesh-colour or brownish, at length 

 mealy or pruinose with the white spores, which are globose 

 and warted and measure 9-10 fx diameter; stem 2-5-4 cm. 

 diameter, equal, tough, longitudinally fibrillose, paler than the 

 pileus. 



On the ground, under trees. Dannevirke, New Zealand. 

 Queensland. 



Somewhat resembling Laccaria Zacca to, Berk., but readily 

 separated by the fluted pileus. A single specimen of this 

 species was found mixed with another species in one of 

 Colenso's packets (no. 670b). 



85. Lacca7-ia laccata, Berk., Grev., xii., p. 70; Brit. Fung.- 

 Flora, ii., p. 443. Agaricus (Clitocybe) laccatus, Cke., 

 Austr. Fung., p. 17. Clitocybe laccata, Sacc, Syll. v., 

 no. 720. 



Pileus thin, convex, then expanded, often more or less 

 wavy and irregular, umbilicate, even, hygrophanous, very 

 minutely and densely squamulose, due to the breaking-up of 

 the cuticle, clear violet or rich brown when moist, whitish 

 when dry, 2-6 cm. across; gills broadly adnate, distant, 

 coloured like the pileus, at length white and mealy with the 

 spores, thick ; spores globose, warted, 8-9 fx diameter ; stem 

 5-9 cm. long, 3-4 mm. thick, equal, fibrous, tough, coloured 

 like the pileus, stuffed. 



On the ground, in woods. Dannevirke, New Zealand. 

 Australia, Tasmania, Asia, Africa, Europe, United States. 



An exceedingly variable, at the same time very marked 

 and distinct, fungus. In some specimens the pileus is clear 

 violet or amethyst when moist, in others a deep rich brown ; a 

 white form has also been described. It has been proposed to 

 raise these different coloured specimens to specific rank, but 

 as colour is the only distinctive factor this proposal has not 

 been generally followed. The stem and gills are always 

 coloured like the pileus. Its distinctive features are the um- 

 bilicate pileus minutely broken up into squamules and the 

 mealy gills. 



