113 



Spores oval, rather elongated, light brown, 14 to 16 '5 x 8 

 to 8'5 /a. 



39. flammula radicata, n. sp. (pi. x., fig. 1). — Pileus 

 about 4 inches in diameter, occasionally as mucli as 9, slightly 

 convex to plane or slightly depressed with irregular depressions 



and bumps, pallid white to 

 yellowish-tan or dark chest- 

 nut, apparently not viscid. 

 Gills adnate to decurrent, 

 moderately crowded, nar- 

 row, many short, not 

 branched, easily separating 

 from, the hymenophore, pale 

 cinnamon to rich reddish - 

 brown. Stem up to 4| 

 inches high, stout, J to 

 1^ inch thick, slightly at- 

 tenuated upwards, slightly 

 bulbous, extending down- 

 wards as a long tapering 

 root up to 1\ inch in length 

 or more in large specimens, 

 stuffed, mealy -white with 

 brownish stains or streaky 

 brownish fibrillose. Spores 

 elongated, oblique, 7 to 

 11 x 5'2 to 6'3 /i, in one 

 specimen 6 to 7 x 3'5 /a. 



Bursting through the 

 ground and often partly 

 Flammula radicata, n. sp. Section, covered with the sandy soil 



in which the plants are 

 found. Milson Island, Hawkesbury River, under trees 

 amongst leaves, July, 1912; Hawkesbury River, May, 1913 

 (Miss Clarke, Watereolour No. 16); Bulli Pass, April; The 

 Oaks, June, 1914 — all in New South Wales. 



Pileus circum 10 cm. interdum ad 23 cm. latus, convexus ad 

 planus aut minime depressus, irregularibus cavis et 

 verrucis, pallido-albus ad fulvo-helvolus aut gilvo- 

 fuscens, non ut videtur viscidus. Lamellae adnatae ad 

 decurrentes, mediocriter confertae, angustae, multae 

 breves, non ramosae, facile ab hymenophora seoedentes, 

 pallide cinnamoneae ad vivo-rufofuscae. Stipes ad 12 

 cm. longus, crassus, 2 ad 3 cm. latus, minime attenuatus 

 sursum, subbulbosus, descendens deorsum radice longe 

 attenuato ad 3 cm. longo vel ultra in magnis specimen- 

 tabus, farctus, farinoso-albus cum fuscis maculis aut 



