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striate, 25-5 cm. across ; gills adnexed at first, soon free, 

 truncate behind, crowded, very broad, lax, whitish ; spores 

 elliptical, 6-7 x 4 /x; stem 6-10 cm. long, 4-6 mm. thick, 

 tough, hollow, equal, even, glabrous, tawny - yellow ; base 

 rooting, strigose. 



On the ground, in forests, &c. Dannevirke, New Zealand. 

 Australia, Europe. 



Allied to GoUyhia dryophila, but separated by the umbo, 

 very broad gills, and strigose rooting base of the stem. 



88. GoUyhia mmimularia, Bull., Champ. France, t. 56; Austr. 

 Fung., p. 20; Sacc, Syl. v., no. 839. 



Pileus dry, flesh thin, soon almost plane and slightly 

 depressed round the small umbo, even, glabrous, pallid or 

 whitish, often variegated with red or yellow stains, 2-3-5 cm. 

 across ; gills free, broadest behind, rather distant, white ; 

 spores 4-5 X 3/x; stem 3-6 cm. long, about 2 mm. thick, 

 often slightly thinner downwards, pallid, stuffed, then hollow. 



Among fallen leaves, in woods, &c. Dannevirke, New 

 Zealand. Australia, Europe. 



Distinguished by being altogether white or pallid, although 

 the pileus is usually more or less stained with red or yellow, 

 and by the pale pileus being depressed round the small obtuse 

 umbo. 



89. GoUyhia dryophila, 'BuW., Champ. France, t. 434 ; Austr. 

 Fung., p. 20 ; Sacc, Syll. v., no. 871. 



Pileus convex, then plane, obtuse, centre usually depressed, 

 even, glabrous, dry, reddish-bay or pale-tan, becoming pale, 

 but not hygrophanous, margin incurved at first, then expanded, 

 2'5-5 cm. across ; flesh thni, white, flexible ; gills almost free, 

 with a minute decurrent tooth, but appearing as if adnexed 

 when the pileiis is depressed, crowded, narrow, distinct, plane, 

 white or pallid ; spores elliptic-fusiform, 7-8 x 4 /x ; stem 

 2'5-5cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick, cartilaginous, distinctly hollow, 

 even, glabrous, somewhat rooting, base often swollen when 

 growing in damp places among leaves, usually yellowish or 

 rufescent. 



On the ground, among fallen leaves, on rotten wood, &c. 

 Dannevirke, New Zealand. Ceylon, India, Australia, South 

 Africa, Europe, United States. 



Solitary or loosely gregarious, inodorous, very variable. 

 Distinguished from its nearest allies by the narrow crowded 

 gills and the obtuse pileus. (See note under G. xanthopoda.) 



90. GoUyhia distorta, Pries, Epicr., p. 84 ; Sacc, Syll. v., 

 no. 760; Brit. Fung.-Flora, iii., p. 124. 



Pileus convex, then expanded, often irregular and wavy, 



