116 



Colour tints noted: — Pileus when drying approaching 

 Mars yellow, No. 316, Tons 1 and 2, scales darker approach- 

 ing Ton 3; sometimes neutral orange, No. 319, Ton 1. 

 Lamellae near Roman ochre, No. 327, Ton 1 ; then raw 

 sienna, No. 329, Tons 2 and 3, in the high lights with darker 

 reflections; in certain lights approaching orange cadmium, 

 No. 49, Tons 1 to 3. 



Pileus 10 x 7'5 cm., convexus aut aliquanto planus, flavo- 

 ferrugineus, aliquanto villosus. Lamellae confertae, 

 nitido-flavo-ferrugineae, adnatae aut minime sinuatae. 

 Stipes ad 5 cm. altus vel minus, excentricus, deorsum 

 attenuatus, firmus, fibrillosus, ferrugineo-fuscus. Caro 

 fuscida. Sporae ferrugineae, 6-7, interdum 8*5-12 x 

 5-2-6 fi. 



BOLBITIUS. 



44. Bolbitius fiavidus, Bolton; Agaricus flavidus, 

 Bolton: p. 149, pi. 149; Cooke: Illustrs., p. 689; Massee: 

 Brit. Fung. Flora, ii., p. 204. — We refer the following to 

 this species: — Pileus 1^ inches in diameter, occasionally up 

 to 2\ inches, when young obliquely conical, then conico- 

 campanulate, finally slightly convex, viscid, when moist some- 

 times semi-transparent and greyish and apparently striate 

 from the gills showing through, bright yellow with a greenish 

 tint or pale canary-yellow or creamy-white with a suspicion 

 of yellow or pallid brown when old, sometimes almost white. 

 Gills nearly or just free, moderately close, pale becoming 

 brown. Stem \\ inch high, occasionally up to 3^ inches, 

 slender, attenuated upwards or slightly attenuated in the 

 middle, hollow, slightly mealy, whitish, sometimes very pale 

 yellowish-white. Partially deliquescing. Spores bright 

 brown, oval with one end slightly flattened, thick walled, 

 10 to 135 x 7 to 10 /x. 



On dung and manured ground. Milson Island, Hawkes- 

 ,bury River, April, May, and June, 1913 (D. I. C, Water- 

 colour No. 28) ; Neutral Bay, Sydney, October and November, 

 1913, and May, 1914 (D. I. C, Watercolour No. 30); Manly, 

 January, 1915; Mummulgum, near Casino, October, 1916; 

 Adelaide, July, 1914 (cap whitish). 



Naucoria. 



45. Naucoria horizontatis, Bull. : t. 324; Cooke: Illustrs., 

 pi. 601b; Massee: Brit. Fung. Flora, ii., p. 155. — We have 

 recorded this species for New South Wales in Journ. Roy. 

 Soc. N.S. Wales, 1914, p. 436. We describe our Australian 

 specimens as follows: — Pileus usually \ to \ inch, occasion- 

 ally up to f inch, in diameter, convex, sometimes flabelliform 



