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BOTANICAL GAZETTE [JANUARY 
interest, therefore, to record the discovery of another poisonous species 
of this genus, which is also a hitherto undescribed one. It was 
Fic. 2,—Basidiospores of 
C. acromelalga; 1500. 
found growing on the ground among 
other vegetation in a bamboo forest in 
Tsurugiji, Noto, Japan. The poisonous 
the fingers and toes within 3 days. The 
pain is mitigated by placing the hands 
and feet in running water. 
Clitocybe acromelalga, n. sp.—Plants 
3-6 cm. high; pileus 5-10 cm. broad, orange 
yellow when fresh, dark brown red when 
dry, subfleshy and pliant, depressed, margin 
incurved when young, splitting in age, surface 
smooth, flesh white; lamellae white, crowded, 
thin, slightly decurrent; basidia 4-spored; 
spores white, smooth, oboval, 3-4 X1.5-2.5#5 
stem rigid, fibrous, hollow, concolorous with 
the pileus, 2-5 cm. long, 0. 5-1 cm. thick.— 
Odor and taste not marked, Poisonous 
effects, acromelalga. October to November, on the ground in a bamboo 
forest, Tsurugiji, Noto, Japan.—T. IcnimurA, Kanazawa, Japan. 
