174 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. {Fungi. 



Rather a slender form. This variable Fungus occurs in very different climates, and its varieties might easily 

 be separated into a host of plausible species. 



8. Agaricus (Pleurotus) Novce-Zelandice, Berk.; hygrophanus, albus, pileo flabellato-reniformi vertice 

 affixo postice scarioso-scabro tenui tenero, stipite obsolete, lamellis latis distantibus, interstitiis venosis. 



Hab. On dead wood, Colenso. 



About 21 inches broad, 1-J- inch long, flabellate, reniform, fixed by the elongated vertex, which forms a little 

 round disc, smooth in front, minutely scarioso-scabrous behind, thin, of a subgelatinous consistence. Stem obsolete. 

 Gills broad, thin, distant ; interstices venose.— A very curious species, somewhat allied to A. versiformis, from Ceylon. 



9. Agaricus (Pleurotus) cocciformis, Berk. ; minutus, pileo primum pezizseformi demum reflexo cervine 

 dense piloso, stipite radio, lamellis angustis pallide alutaceis setulosis. 



Hab. On decorticated wood, Bay of Islands, /. D. H. 



Pileus 1-2 lines broad, at first Pezizseform, then reflected, thickly clothed with fawn-coloured hairs, somewhat 

 grooved. Stem none. Gills narrow, setulose, pale tan-coloured. 



A very pretty and distinct little species, which may be compared with Montague's A. phalligerus, but the an- 

 theridia are less strongly developed, and, unless I am mistaken, the spores are white. 



* Agaricus stropliosus, Pr. 



Hab. On the ground in grassy spots, Wairarapa, Colenso. (A single specimen only.) 



* Agaricus erebius, Pr. 



Hab. On the ground in grassy spots, Ahuriri, Colenso. 



Another closely allied species, but in too bad a condition to determine, occurred in a garden in the same 

 locality. 



10. Agaricus adiposus, Pr. Up. p. 166. 



Hab. On trees, forest near Cape Turnagain, Colenso. 

 Said to be eaten by the natives. 



11. Agaricus sapineus, Pr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. p. 239. 

 Hab. On dead Coniferce, Colenso. 



12. Agaricus campestris, L. 

 Hab. On the ground, Colenso. 



13. Agaricus arvensis, Schseff. t. 310, 311. 

 Hab. On the ground, Colenso. 



14. Agaricus (Psalliota) campigenus, Berk.; minor, pileo campanulato subcarnoso squamuloso, stipite 

 gracili, annulo Musculo superiore deorsum incrassato, lamellis angustis postice attenuatis subadnatis. 



Hab. On the ground, amongst grass, Colenso. 



Pileus about 1 inch high, campanulate, very obtuse, silky, with a few scattered scales, assuming a reddish hue 

 when dry, rather fleshy. Stem H inch high, about 2 lines thick, incrassated at the base, slightly furfuraceous.'with 

 a broadishring near the top. Gills rather narrow, attenuated behind, adnexed or slightly adnate. Spores pale red- 

 brown, obliquely obovate. 



This has much the habit of a Lepiota, but the gills are adnexed and the spores pale, but decidedly coloured. It 

 has not, I believe, been ascertained whether the spores of Leucospori ever change their colour when dry. In such 

 species as A. cretaeeus they are never dark. It is however certain that in A. fumoso-purpureus, Lasch, they are 

 sometimes colourless, but possibly from being effete ; and I have lately received from Dr. Badham A. cretaeeus with 

 spores decidedly white, though the gills are as pink as in any dark-spored specimens. 



