Masses. — On the Fungus Flora of Ncio Zealand. 295 



Pileus ovate, then widely campanulate, glabrous, bay- 

 brown when young and moist, becoming white with an ochra- 

 ceous tinge, wrinkled and rather atomate when dry, 4-7 cm. 

 across, the remains of the veil often forming an irregular fringe 

 to the margin of the pileus when young ; flesh thin ; gills ad- 

 nexed, crowded, dry, rather narrow, whitish, then pmkish, at 

 length brown ; spores elliptical, 5 x 2-5 /u, ; stem 4-7 cm. long, 

 5-6 mm. thick, equal, glabrous, apex mealy, white, hollow. 



In tufts, on trunks, stumps, &c. Northern Island, New 

 Zealand. Europe, South America. 



A closely allied species, H. candolleanus, not yet recorded 

 for New Zealand, is distinguished by having the gills pale- 

 violet at first. 



9. Hypholoma fasciculare, Huds., Flora Angl., p. 615; Flora 



N.Z., ii., p. 175; Hdbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 603; Austr. Fung., 



p. 62; Sacc, Syll. v., no. 4178. 



Densely clustered, bitter ; pileus bluntly campanulate, 

 then expanded and somewhat umbonate, glabrous, even, 

 tawny, margin yellowish, 2-5-5 cm. across; flesh thin, yellow; 

 gills adnate, crowded, narrow, pale -yellow, then greenish, 

 clouded with the dark spores, inclined to deliquesce at 

 maturity ; spores elliptical, 7 X 4 /^ ; stem 6-10 cm. long, 

 4-6 mm. thick, yellow, fibrillose, hollow, often more or less 

 curved. 



On old stumps, &c. Northern Island, New Zealand. 

 Australia, Tasmania. Europe, Ceylon, Natal. 



Distinguished by the densely crowded habit, bitter taste, 

 and greenish gills. Poisonous. Flammula. inopoda somewhat 

 resembles the present species, but differs in the long rooting 

 base of the stem and the absence of a bitter taste. 



10. Hypholoma sktppeum, Berk., N.Z. Flora, ii., p. 175 ; 

 Hdbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 604 (as Agaricus (Hypholoma) stup- 

 peus) ; Sacc, Syll. v., no. 4195. 



Pileus convex, then expanding until almost plane, rather 

 fleshy, tawny or brownish, shaggy, especially towards the 

 margin, with spreading, crowded, pointed scales, each con- 

 sisting of a fascicle of hyphae, 4-6 cm. broad; gills adnexed, 

 crowded, thin, umber-brown; spores obliquely pip -shaped, 

 brownish, 7x4/*; stem 2-3 cm. long, nearly 1cm. thick, 

 fibrillose, becoming smooth, thickened at the base, and 

 attached to the soil by a copious development of mycelium. 



On the ground. New Zealand. 



Allied to the European species Hypholoma velutinus, 

 H. lacrymabundits , and H. pyrotrichus, but differing from all 

 in the tomentum of the pileus being in the form of shaggy, 

 fibrous scales. Type specimen examined. 



