Massee. — On the Fungus Flora of Neio Zealand. 305 



A very beautiful little endemic species, usually densely 

 clustered or gregarious. Pileus somewhat orange-rusty at 

 times. Apparently not uncommon in New Zealand. 



31. Naucoria sideroides, Bull., Champ. France, pi. 588; 

 Sacc, Syll. v., no. 3451. 



Pileus campanulate, then expanded, umbonate, glabrous, 

 viscid, yellowish -cinnamon, becoming ochraceous-tan and 

 rather shining when dry, margin entire, incurved when young, 

 1-5-2-5 cm. broad ; flesh very thin, white ; gills adnate, with 

 a decurrent tooth, sometimes slightly sinuate, narrow, 

 crowded, ochraceous, then cinnamon ; spores elliptical, pale- 

 yellow, 8-10 X 4-6 /x; stem 5-8 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick, 

 slightly narrowed upwards, even, glabrous or sprinkled with 

 white powder at the apex, pallid, then yellowish, rusty below 

 and becoming bi'ownish, stuffed or hollow. 



On trunks, chips, &c.; rarely on the ground. Dannevirke, 

 New Zealand. Europe. 



32. Naucoria mclinoides, Fries, Epicr., p. 195 ; Austr. Fung., 

 p. 53 ; Sacc, Syll. v., no. 3437. 

 Pileus submembranaceous, convex, then almost plane, 



slightly gibbous or broadly umbonate, even, glabrous, tawny 

 when moist, ochraceous when dry, or sometimes whitish, 

 slightly striate at the margin when old, l-5-2-5cm. broad; 

 gills adnate, triangular-oblong, crowded, margin minutely 

 dentate, somewhat tawny or honey-colour ; spores elliptical, 

 10-12 X 4-5 /x; stem 3-4 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick, equal, or 

 slightly thinner upwards, coloured like the pileus, base paler, 

 sprinkled with white meal at the apex, rather firm, hollow. 



Among short grass, &c. Dannevirke, New Zealand. 

 Australia, Europe. 



Gills very variable, sometimes adnexed, at others broadly 

 adnate, honey-colour or cinnamon, retaining their colour after 

 the pileus has become dry and ochraceous or whitish. 



33. Naucoria nas^ita, Kalchbr., Grev., vol. viii., p. 152, pi. 142, 

 fig. 9; Austr. Fung., p. 54 ; Sacc, Syll. v., no. 3426. 

 Pileus thin, globose, then hemispherical, with a prominent 



elongated umbo, coarsely striate at the margin, remainder 

 even, glabrous, 1-1-5 cm. high and broad, ochraceous-yellow ; 

 gills emarginate, with a decurrent tooth, rather crowded, broad, 

 ventricose, rusty-orange; spores elliptical, 13-14 x 7-8 /x ; stem 

 about 5 cm. long and 2 mm. thick, equal, twisted, fibrillose, 

 rusty-orange, fistulose. 



On the ground. Dannevirke, New Zealand. New SouthT . ->, 

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