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NOTES AND ADDITIONS TO THE FUNGUS 



FLORA OF TASMANIA, 



By L. Rodway, C.M.G. 

 Government Botanist. 



Plate XXVI. 



(Received 25th Aiigust, 1919. Read 1st September, 



1919.) 



Of the Agarics which may be gathered in Tas- 

 mania we have but a poor record. The reason is not 

 far to seek ; they are incapable of satisfactory preser- 

 vation. The softness of their structure causes such a 

 distortion in drying that means of critical comparison 

 are lost. Oeilainly they may be preserved in spirits or 

 formaline, but then the colour will go, and colour in 

 this group of plants is of first importance. The only 

 satisfactory way to proceed is to make a faithful water- 

 colour copy, also accurate notes of all features, and 

 trust that some expert may recognine and name them. 



The following four species may certainly be 

 added : — 



Gollyhia 'protracta, Fr. Solitary, dark brown, 

 almost black. Pileus to 5 cm., convex to plane, un^^- 

 bonate, smooth ; gills deep, dark gray often with a 

 lighter edge ; stem long, slender, solid fibrous. Spores 

 ;smooth, hyaline 9x6^. Distinguished bv its black 

 colour, and very broad, crowded gills. 



Found occasionally in partially shaded places. 



Gollyhia Jnityrdcea, Bull. Pileus convex to plane, 

 smooth, rather hygrophanous, mostly 5-10 cm., watery 

 flesh coloured, browner when old ; gills very numerous, 

 delicate, white, receding with a decurrent tooth; stem 

 cartilaginous, stufTed usually expanding at the base. 

 .Spoi"6S hjj^aline, smooth, 6x3^. 



Common, chiefly amongst wattle trees. 



Flammula jjrasina, C. et M. Pileus convex, 

 subumbonate, mostly 5 cm., dull green in centre fading 

 to dull yellow towards the margin ; gills fairly numer- 

 ous dull yellow, receding with a decurrent tooth; stem 

 bold, 5-10 cm., pale yellow, solid, pithy in middle. 

 Spores brown, smooth, 8x4^. 



Common in forests. 



