Pileus 2.5-4 cm. diam., dry, light brown, surface fibrillose floccose, velvety when young; cuticle of interwoven hyphae; flesh soft, creamy, becoming slightly pink when cut. Pores variable in size, up to 2 mm. diam., tubes 4 mm. long, dull yellow, depressed round the stipe; hymenophoral trama divergent. Stipe 4 cm. X 3-4 mm., tough, unequal, pale fawn at top, darker or white at rooting base, some with attached rhizomorphs; flesh fawn coloured. Spores 10-12 X 5um., light brown, with moderately thick walls indistinctly marked with broken longitudinal ridges.

on fallen Nothofagus solandri in the Hutt Valley, 8.6.1952, P. Boswell, and at Puramahoi, Nelson, 20.4.1945, Dorothy Read.

Pileus 2.5-4 cm. diam., convexus, siccus, pallide brunncus, fibrilloso-floccosus, juventute velutinus; caro mollis, cremeo colorata demum scissa leviter roseo tincta. Pori usque ad 2 mm. diam., sordide flavi, ad stipitem rotundato-adnati; tubuli usque ad 4 mm. longi, poris concolores. Stipes 4 cm. X 3-4 mm., lentus, subaequalis, basi leviter incrassatus vel attenuatus, apice pallide hinnuleus demum basim versus fusco-hinnuleus, aliquando mycelio rhizomorphoideo praeditus; caro hinnuleo colorata. Sporae 10-12 X 5um., pallide brunneae, ellipsoideae, costis longitudinalibus interruptis ornatae (PI. 2/2a, p. 385). Cystidia non visa.

Typus: Stevenson 980.

Pileus 4 cm. diam., surface gelatinous to glutinous, pale ochraceous, cuticle of interwoven hyphae; flesh soft, spongy, pale ochraceous. Pores up to 1 mm. diam., tubes 4-6 mm.long, pale violet. Stipe 4-5 cm. X 3-4 mm. tough, cartilagineous, pale fawn at top, darker brown and finely striate below; flesh almost white at top, becoming fawn towards base. Spores 17-18 X 5-6um., thick amber-tinted wall, with an indistinct germ-pore, cystidia not seen.

rooting singly in a bank close to Nothofagus solandri stumps, Maitai Valley, 29.4.1956, Stevenson. This appears to be near to, but distinct from, Strobilomyces fusisporus Kawam. described from Japan by Kawamura (1954).

Pileus 4 cm. diam., demum applanatus, pallide ochraceous, gelatinosus vel glutinosus; caro mollis, concolorata. Pori usque ad 1 mm. diam., pallide violacei; tubuli 4-6 mm. longi, poris concolores. Stipes 4-5 cm. X 3-4 mm., subaequalis, in basim radicatum productus, lentus, cartilagineus, apice pallide hinnuleus, ceterum fusco-brunneus et striis longitudinaliter ornatus; caro tantum non apice alba, basim versus hinnulea. Sporae 17-18 X 5-6um, subellipsoideae, brunneo-flavescentes (PI. 2/3a), in cumulo ferrugineum. Cystidia non visa.

Typus: Stevenson 1060.

Pileus 10-14 cm. diam., light to medium ochraceous brown, darker at centre, covered with fibrillose scales, pellicle peeling; flesh yellow when first cut, then turning brown, flesh of centre of cap and stipe turning bright green and then darkening almost to indigo. Pores 3-9 mm. long X 1-2 mm. wide, dissepiments thin, pore layer separable. Stipe 2.5 X 3 cm., tapered slightly to rooting base to which was attached a mass of white mycelium binding the litter together; more or less distinct ring, brownish in colour and somewhat scaly below the ring, yellowish and striate above. Spores 11 X 3.5m, ochraceous tawny, thickwalled.

under Pseudotsuga menziesii, Ashley Forest

 

Pileus up to 8 cm. diam., glutinous, bright yellow ochre to dull ochre, flesh creamy yellow, darkening slightly when cut. Pores up to 1 mm. or more in diam. and to 8 mm. long, yellow, slightly or strongly decurrent. Stipe 1-2 X 5-10 cm., yellow to yellow-ochre, conspicuous membranous ring with the stipe usually thickened under the ring, colour darker below the ring except at the base which is often white. Spores 8-10 X 3-4um.

common in plantations of Larix decidua.

This fungus appears to correspond with figs. 10, 12 and 18 of Kallenbach's illustrations (t. 17) of Boletus elegans (flavus). (Typical S.flavidus (Fr.) Singer is a smaller, more tawny fungus of moist Pinus woods in the northern hemisphere)

Pileus 7-10 cm, diam., glutinous at first, ochraceous to light red-brown, drying sub fibrillose, pellicle peeling; flesh white to pale yellow, scarcely turning colour when cut. Pores up to 1 mm. diam., readily separable, yellow at first, darkening to ochre, depressed round stipe or almost sinuately decurrent. Stipe 1.5-2 X 3-8 cm., without a ring, equal or tapering to the base, yellow above, becoming fawn or brown below, finely dotted with darker glandulae, Spores 10 X 3-3.5um, thick-walled.

associated with Pinus at Hanmer, Nelson and elsewhere.

Pileus 10-23 cm, diam., glutinous, dark brown drying lighter brown, pellicle peeling, flesh soft, yellow. Pores 5-10 mm, long X 0.5-1 mm, diam., yellow, becoming olive brown with age, usually adnate, occasionally slightly decurrent. Stipe 1.5-2.5 X 5-8 cm., with a well developed membranous ring, yellow with more or less conspicuous glandulae above, light brown below, Spores 9-10 X 3.5um.

commonly associated throughout the country with Pinus radiata, though more abundant in the South than in the North, its distribution being somewhat complementary to that of Amanita muscaria which is also associated with this tree.

The New Zealand form of this fungus appears to be usually more robust, and with more strongly developed yellow colour than the common European forms as illustrated by Bresadola (1931) and Kallenbach (1940).

Pileus 4-7 cm. slightly glutinous at first, fawn to light brown, smooth; flesh with a strong peppery taste. Pores about 0.5 mm. diam., dull brown to dark red. Stipe 1-1.5 X 5-8 cm., smooth or indistinctly striate, pale fawn to darker fawn at base; flesh of stipe bright yellow at base, usually attached to yellow rhizomorphs. Spores 8-9 X 3-4um.

associated with Pinus in the Kaingaroa Forest.

Pileus 4-9 cm. diam., dry, dark blackish brown, velvety, margin inrolled, flesh white, firm, not changing colour when cut; pellicle of dermatocystidia 30 x 6-8meach containing droplets or granules of pigment, arranged in a loose palisade layer. Pores 0.5-1 mm. diam., tubes 3-6 mm. long, pale pink fawn, tube layer readily separable, depressed round the stipe. Stipe 4-8 X 1.5-3 cm., dark blackish brown, velvety, tapering upwards, white at base, flesh white and firm, surface of stipe without dermatocystidia of cap but with pigment in hyphal ends and some trichocystidia. Spores 10-11 X 3-4um, colourless, thin-walled, print practically colourless with a pink-fawn tinge, no cystidia seen.

HABITAT: under Nothofagus solandri and N. fusca near Lake Rotoiti, Nelson, 5.3.1955, Stevenson. Dun Mt., Nelson, 12.4.1955, S. Poague. Milford Track, Otago, 25.1.1957, Stevenson. Silverstream, Wellington, 21.4.1958, H. Druce.

Pileus 4-9 cm. diam., convexus demum applantus, margine involuto, siccus, velutinus, atrobrunneus, cuticula dermatocystidiis vallem efformantibus composita ; caro firma, alba, immutabilis. Pori usque ad 0.5-1 mm. diam., pallide roSeo-hinnulei, ad stipitem rotundato-adnati; tubuli 3-6 mm. longi, poris Concolores, e carne facile separabiles. Stipes 4-8 X 1.5-3 cm., obclavatus, basi incrassatus, velutinus, atrobrunneus; caro firma, alba, immutabilis. Sporae 10-11 X 3-4um, hyalinae, ellipsoideae, muris tenuibus (Pl. 2/1a), in cumulo tantum non coloratum sed roseo-hinnuleum tinctum.

 

Typus: Stevenson 968

Pileus 3 cm. diam., snow-white, exceedingly mucilaginous, pellicle of Loosely woven hyphae covered by large drops of mucilage containing a mass of small oil drops, fragments of a veil hanging on margin; flesh white, soft. Pores up to 1.5 mm. diam., dissepiments with woolly appearance under lens, Surface white at first, finally becoming pale pinkish fawn, depressed round stipe, hymenophoral trama mixed. Stipe 7 X 1-1.5 cm. tapering upwards, white, mucilaginous, covered by a network of ridges. Spores 17-18 X 6-7um, hyaline, ellipsoid, print almost colourless but with a pink tinge. Cystidia not seen

under Nothofagus at Totaranui, Nelson

Pileus 3 cm. diam., convexus, niveus, apprime glutinosus, velo annulari membranaceo fugaci appendiculatus; caro mollis, alba, immutabilis. Pori usque ad 1.5 mm. diam., albi tandem pallide roseo-hinnulei, ad stipitem rotundato-adnati. Stipes 7 X 1-1.5 cm., obclavatus basi incrassatus, albus, glutinosus, superficies reliculata reticulis longitudinaliter elongatis. Sporae 17-18 X 6-7um, hyaline, laeves, ellipsoideae, (Fig. I), in cumulo paene non coIloratum sed roseo-tinctum. Cystidia non visa.

 

Typus: Stevenson 978