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with a brownish tint. Gills adnate, then decnrrent, edges 

 rather thick and entire, moderately distant, sometimes branch- 

 ing and connected by irregular cross-veins, white with an 

 orange tint when dry. Stem up to If inches high, markedly 

 attenuated downwards, slightly hollow, white and somewhat 

 mealy above, mouldy greenish-grey and mealy below. Spores 

 obliquely pear-shaped or flask-shaped, one end acute, with a 

 central globule, 9 to 13 '8 x 5 '2 to 7 jx. Neutral Bay, Sydney, 

 February, March, and almost at any time after heavy rain. 



Pileus ad 1"5 cm. aut plus latus, convexus, subgibbosus, deinde 

 planus vel subdepressus, paulo irregularis, margine 

 inverto, subcervino-albidus vel albus, deinde subfusco- 

 albidus. Lamellae adnatae, deinde decurrentes, margin- 

 ibus crassis, subdistantes, interdum furcatae et venis 

 connectantibus, albae. Stipes ad 2 cm. altus, deorsum 

 attenuatus, subcavum, sursum albus et subfarinaceus, 

 deorsum sub-viride-glaucus et farinaceus. Sporae 

 obliquae, pyriformes, 9-13'8 x 5'2-7 jtx. 



As indicated under Clitocybe paraditopa (No. 100), it is 

 hoped that a coloured figure of this species, the plate of which 

 has been prepared for some years, may be published in the 

 Agricultural Gazette of N.S. Wales in 1920. 



103. Gantharellus nigripedes, n. sp. — Pileus f inch in 

 diameter, slightly convex to nearly plane, centre sometimes 

 depressed, very thin, distantly ribbed, rather fragile, white 

 with a pale-brownish tint, darker in the centre, edge turned 

 in when young. Gills adnate, pure white, moderately dis- 

 tant, many short, sometimes with irregular branching veins, 

 edges a little thick. Stem up to U inch high, very slender, 

 slightly attenuated downwards, tough, black except near the 

 apex which is white, nearly wholly white when very young, 

 slightly greyish-mealy. Spores(?) 4x2*5 jx. Attached by a 

 very small disk to fallen trees, etc., near brush. Murwill- 

 umbah, N.S. Wales, April, 1916. (Herb., J. B. C, Form. 

 Sp. 204.) 



Pileus ad 2 cm. latus, subconvexus ad subplanus, tenuis, 

 costatus, subfragilis, albidus sed pallido-fusco tinctus. 

 Lamellae adnatae, albae, subdistantes, interdum venis 

 irregularibus et ramosis, marginibus crassis. Stipes ad 

 3'75 cm. altus, pertenuis, deorsum attenuatus, lentus, 

 niger sed apice albo. Sporae( ( ?) 4 x 2"5 ju,. 



104. Gantharellus corrugatus, n. sp. — Pileus 1 inch in 

 diameter, irregularly convex, then expanded with the edge a 

 little flattened, the edge turned in when young, when moist 

 semitranslucent greyish-white and striate, drying from the 

 centre to become pure white and scarcely striate. Gills 



