Postelsia 
to 
IS 
ISS) 
in diameter; pileus very irregular, wrinkled and 
contorted, waxy, very brittle, pearly-white ke- 
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, 
Hp tO To Mic. at ‘tip: 
The material described here was collected 
by Miss Jessie Polley 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 (pl. 20. fig. 1-5), and he describes 
them as ‘‘spores magnis ovalibus.’’ Also, ‘‘ Die 
Sporen selbst sind gross und vollkommen oval.” 
The latter, on the other hand, figures fusiform 
spores (Mycogr. fig. 327) and gives dimensions 
