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We describe our specimens as follows:—Pileus up to 
2t inches in diameter, convex, centre depressed, edge some- 
times turned up, of various tints of dark purple, purplish- -red, 
rosy-purple, or pallid yellow, the general tone being purplish, 
edge slightly striate, cuticle occasionally apparently slightly 
sticky when moist. Flesh white, perhaps faintly purple under 
the thick cuticle. Gills moderately close, white, becoming 
pale yellowish, fading away at the stem to adnate. Stem 
Arg nd stout, a little swollen below or sometimes attenu- 
Mount Lofty, S. Austr., July (g eills yellow). Portions fed 
to a pig and to a rabbit produced no ill-effects. (Miss Clarke, | 
Watercolour 65. | 
The following are in the National Collection at the 
Botanic Gardens, Sydney:—Helensburgh (W. DES 
DUE aie Fr.: Epicr., p. 356; Cooke: 
Illustrs., pls. 1053 and 1074; Massee: Brit. Fung. Flora, 
iii., p. 60.—We refer the following to this species. It wp t 
well with the erc given by Cooke:—Pileus up 
r ownish vermilion. Gills adnate, poene close, ipu 
times forking, occasionally in deformed specimens forming 
irregular pores near the stem, pale buffy-white. Sens 
24 inches bigh, 14 inch thick above, stout, attenuated down 
wards, root rather conical, fibrously striate, white with a 
of pinkish. Flesh solid, white. Slight smell. Rather 
Taste mild. Spores pale-tinted microscopically, warty, 8 bs 
105 p. Partly buried in the ground. Mount Lotty, 
S. Austr., April, 1917. 24; 
| . Russula azurea, Bres.: Fungi Trident., t. 4^ 
Cooke: Illustrs., pl. 1088; Mibi" Brit. Fung. Flora, Pr 
p. 57.—The following resembles Cooke's illustrations O 
sual be May purplish with yer Kat between, someti 
with < : s greenish tinges; tending to crack into small 
