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TASMANIA. 
The following collection, remarkably rich in new and 
interesting hypogeous species, was referred to Kew for deter- 
mination b Mr. L. Rodway, of Hobart, Tasmania. Coloured 
figures of the Basidiomycetes were sent with the specimens. 
BASIDIOMYCETES. 
Clitocybe lilacina, ipee (sp. nov.). Pileus carnosulus, cyathi- 
formis, margine primo involutus, levis, glaber, pallide violaceus, 
expallescens, 2-4 cm, T b Lamelle ponte late, attenuato- 
Bees a lilacine. Spore ellipsoidew vel obovate, hyaline, 
7-8 x ; basidia clavata, 40 x 7-8 p. Stipes equalis, solidus, 
subfibrillosus, lilacinus, apice albus ears agai 5-7 cm. longus. 
r Hob art, Rodway, 54. 
A remarkably fine ara superficially resembling the amethyst- 
coloured form of Clitoci E: pantit Fries (La accaria laccata, 
rk. & Broome) but differing in the smooth, elliptical spores, 
and the deeply decurrent Ey Clitocy ibe porph bu Berk. & 
Curt., a North American species, also possesses some points in 
common with the fungus under consideration, but differs dis- 
tinctly in having adnate gills. 
Russula “Seema A Massee (sp. nov.). Tinu Ge e con- 
vexo explanatu depressusve, mox siccus, margine exoletus 
substriatus, Pm coccineus, epidermide Sopamblir 3-5. cm. latus. 
Caro alba, mitis. Lamelle postice —M latze, ;quales, 
raro subfurcate, albids, state om aut tantum hine inde 
ochraceo-fuscate. nore aphiekotdeis; fies verruculose, hyaline, 
11-12 »; basidia clavata, 21-24 x 9-10 u. Stipes spongioso-farctus, 
dein lacunosa-cavus, basi subincrassatus, subrugulosus, albus, 
3—5 em. longus. 
On the ground, Hobart, Rodway, 296. 
Distinguished from all known species by the following com- 
bination of characters. ‘Taste mild ; pileus light to dark crimson ; 
ills 
Russula fragilis, Fries, which, however, differs in its extreme 
preme acrid taste, and. forked ‘gills, 
Russ urea, E Tab. Anal yi: (1884) p. 47. 
On the miin z near Hobart, Rodway 
. Identical with the species as “at Soe by Gillet, irom French 
specimens. - 
Lactarius subdulcis, Fries, Epic r Mae p. 345. 
On the ground, near Hobart, Rodw 
Agreeing with the typical fuioget es 
tonia Rodwayi, Massee (sp. nov.). Pilews membranaceu 
convexo-explanatus, profunde umbilicatus, margine bone 
jets obscure essio-virens, squam ulosus, siecitate pallescens, 
9-3 c atus. Lamelle adnatæ, postice sinuato-uncinate, late, 
Eo ani pallidz. Sporw valde irregulares, roseæ, 8-10 x 7 
Stipes subtistulosus, flexuosus, fibrillosus, viridi-olivaceus vel 
uteo-virens. 
On the ground, near Hobart, Rodway, 41. 
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