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when dry). Orifices of pores pallid, turning reddish when 

 bruised. Tubes dark brown, at once turning black as do 

 the orifices when deeply pressed. Substance pallid, turn- 

 ing a deep brown. Stem dark brown, smooth, violet-tinted 

 pith. On the ground. 



Near Lisarow in May 1915 a group of individuals of all 

 sizes were met with amongst grass and leaves near a stump. 

 When gathered, every part of the cap became blood-red on 

 the slightest bruising, the injured part later turning black. 

 The youngest plants showed a stalk with, for pileus, a small 

 * bleeding' knob. The cap was brown, knobby, velutinate 

 and zoned, some of the zones being reddish-purple, others 

 a dark blue grey, and others yellow-brown. The stem was 

 central to lateral, brown, velutinate and irregular. The 

 pores were soft, white, with rounded dissepiments. Spores 

 brown, apparently smooth, 9 x 8/S 10*4 x 8*5/^ or sometimes 

 subspherical 8*5/*. 



A specimen, collected at Hill Top in February 1911 had 

 an irregular stem about 7 ins. long, and a very thin cap. 

 We have another specimen from Mosman and one, gathered 

 by Mr. A. A. Hamilton, from Lilyvale (April, 1912). Also 

 one from Mount Wilson (June 1915), and one from Tuggerah 

 (October, 1914. Spores smooth, 10*4 to 12 x 8*5 to 10*4/x). 



In addition to these adult forms, we have two *young 

 specimens from Lilyvale, N.S.W. (April, 1912), with knobby 

 flattened pilei. under \ in. across, and thick-walled pallid 

 pores. Spores 8*5 to 9 X 7*5^, smooth. A still younger 

 form (stem 1 in., pileus \ in.), resembling a thick-headed 

 nail in shape, was taken by one of us (J. B.C.) under trees 

 at Bulli in April 1914. It was woody with a brown convex 

 cap and very shallow white pores. Stem brown, slightly 

 hollow with a spongy centre. It was 'adherent to a small 

 brown pea-sized body, containing cavities and enclosing a 

 white area like a bulb. 



