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in diameter; pileus very irregular, wrinkled and 

 contorted, waxy, very brittle, pearly-white be- 

 neath, grayish to brownish above; stipe lacu- 

 nated towards the base, hirsute at base and 

 brownish,^ towards the top pearly-white and 

 glabrous, hollow, irregular; spores elliptic, con- 

 tinuous, obtuse, hyaline, smooth, with com- 

 monly two small oil drops one at each end, 

 or one large central drop, 12-16 x 6-7 mic; 

 paraphyses clavate, septate, rarely branched, 

 up to 10 mic. at tip. 



The material described here was collected 

 by Miss Jessie Policy and all data and field 

 notes were obtained directly from her. No 

 complete specimen was preserved, but large 

 portions were broken off from both stipe and 

 pileus and preserved in 2 per cent formaline. 



There is a decided difference between the 

 figures of G. gigas as figured by Krombholz 

 and by Cooke. The former shows the sporidia 

 to be elliptical (pi. 20. fig. 1-5), and he describes 

 them as "spores magnis ovalibus." Also, "Die 

 Sporen selbst sind gross unci vollkommen oval." 

 The latter, on the other hand, figures fusiform 

 spores (Mycogr. fig. 327) and gives dimensions 



