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has replied that they do not seem to be so, as A . solitaria has 

 floccose and easily removed warts ; their smell seems to ex- 

 clude A. strobiliformis. She suggested that they might be 

 A. c/rossa or A. ananaeceps. On referring to the brief descrip- 

 tions of these two, it seems probable that they may refer to 

 different stages of the one species. As the specimens of one 

 of our collections agree very well with the description of A . 

 grossa, we place our plants under this name, though if only 

 one species is concerned A. ananaeceps has priority. A com- 

 posite description of our specimens is as follows : — Pileus 

 4| to 7 inches in diameter, globose then convex, white some- 

 times with a silvery tinge, shining, covered with scattered 

 warts which have a broad base of puckered membrane and 

 a projecting ragged apex as if a piece of tissue paper had 

 been twisted round with the fingers, with large soft ragged 

 fragments of the veil attached to the edge. Gills just reach- 

 ing the stem, moderately close, of a dirty creamy-white 

 colour, drying to a darker tint. Stem up to 6 inches high, 

 up to If inch thick at the bulbous base and 1 inch in the 

 upper part, solid (in one a little hollowed out above, probably 

 from insects), mealy- white, above sometimes with narrow 

 ragged irregular rings from the veil, sometimes with no ring, 

 the upper part of the bulb smooth, the lower with concentric 

 rings of small warts. Spores 8'5 to 10*4 x 6'8 to 7'2 jm, not 

 thick walled. A strong sour smell as of rancid butter. In 

 one specimen the gills showed frequent anastomoses by cross- 

 veins forming elongated cells. Narrabeen, March, 1916; 

 Kendall, December, 1917. 



Amanitopsis. 



91. Amanitopsis punctata, n. sp. — Pileus up to 3| inches 

 in diameter, at first globose, then convex, sometimes gibbous, 

 then plane or slightly depressed, smooth, slightly sticky when 

 moist, edge markedly striate or even sulcate, with occasional 

 patches of the volva especially near the edge when young, 

 very dark grey, greyish-brown or smoky-grey, darker in the 

 centre. Gills just free, showing lines on the adjacent part 

 of the stem, close, greyish-white to very pale smoky-grey, 

 edges darker and finely serrate. Stem 4 to 5 J inches high, 

 stout, \ inch thick below, slightly attenuated upwards, finely 

 striate, hollow below with pith, finely spotted with greyish 

 fibrous scales forming striae below, or with fine dark cobweb- 

 like fibrils. Volva sheathing, ample, greyish-lead colour. 

 Spores spherical, thick-walled, 10"4 to 14, occasionally 17 or 

 18 ja. After heavy rain, Bradley Head, Sydney, March to 

 May; Mosman, April (D. I. C, Watercolour 62; Herb., 

 J. B. C, Formalin Sp. 165) 



