Massee. — On the Fungus Flora of New Zealand. 331 



iimbouate, even, glabrous, bay, becoming pale, but not hygro- 

 phanous, 5-8 cm. across ; Hesh thin, whitish, flaccid ; gills 

 slightly adnexed, closely crowded, rather narrow, margin 

 scarcely serrulate, white, then becoming spotted and stained 

 with red; spores elliptical, 6-7 X 4 /x ; stem 6-10 cm. long, 

 about 1 cm. thick, becoming thinner upwards from the tomen- 

 tose or downy base, twisted, sulcate or grooved, externally 

 cartilaginous, pallid, fragile, spongy inside and soon becoming 

 hollow. 



On rotten trunks, heaps of leaves, &c. Dannevirke, New- 

 Zealand. Europe. 



Gollyhia fusipes somewhat resembles the present species, 

 and might be mistaken for it on a superficial examination. It 

 is, however, quite distinct in the broad distant gills connected 

 by veins, the distinctly fusiform rooting stem, and in being 

 more csespitose or tufted in habit. 



** Plants ccespitose or tufted. 



91. Gollyhia velutipes, Curtis, Flor. Lond., iv., t. 73 ; Austr. 

 Fung., p. 127; Sacc, Syll. v., no. 773. 



Pileus convex, then expanding until almost plane, some- 

 times with an indication of an umbo, smooth, even, very 

 viscid, bright-yellow, disc tawny, or sometimes altogether 

 yellowish-brown, 3-8 cm. across; flesh thickish at the disc, 

 becoming very thin towards the margin, tinged yellow ; gills 

 adnexed, rather distant, ventricose, cut out behind, 4-6 mm. 

 broad, pale opaque-yellow, margin entire ; spores elliptical, 

 7 X 3-3-5 /x, ; stem 5-10 cm. long, 6-8 mm. thick, almost 

 equal, narrowed below into a rooting base, apex yellowish, 

 then orange-brown, becoming darker downwards, minutely 

 velvety, stuffed. 



On trunks, logs, &c. Dannevirke, New Zealand. Aus- 

 tralia, Europe, Siberia, United States. 



Eeadily distinguished by the bright-yellow viscid pileus 

 and the dark mmutely velvety stem. Tufted. One of the 

 few species of the Agaricini capable of growing in very cold 

 weather, and in Britam may often be seen quite vigorous after 

 having experienced 6° of frost for several nights in succession. 



92. Gollyhia laccatina (Berk.), Sacc, Syll. v., no. 807. Agaricus 

 (Clitocybe) laccatinus, Berk., Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.), 

 xviii., p. 383 ; Austr. Fung., p. 17. Laccaria laccatina, 

 Berk., Grev., xii., p. 70. 



Csespitose. Pileus subglobose, then expanding until plano- 

 convex, thin, glabrous, margin sulcate, pale fleshy-red or 

 brownish red, 1-2 cm. across; gills adnate, distant, thick, 

 coloured like the pileus but not such a deep tint, mealy with 

 the spores, which are elliptical and measure 5 x 3 /x, ; stem 



