New Zealand: North Island: East Coast; Urewera N.P., Ngamoko, 27.VI. 1968, leg. Horak (PDD 27161, holotype; ZT 68/617, isotype).-Wellington; Mt Tongariro, Whakapapanui Valley, Chateau, 21.V.1973, leg. Taylor, 835. - South Island: Otago: Makarora, Davis Flat, 11.IV. 1971, leg. Taylor, 653. - Nelson: Springs Junction, Upper Grey, 26.11.1968, leg. Horak (ZT MS). Lake Rotoiti, 30.1V. 1968, leg. Horak (ZT 68/323). - Southland: Te Anau, 25,111.1969, leg. Horak (ZT 69/166).Te Anau Bush, Harry Creek, I .IV. 1969, leg. Horak (ZT69/2

Pileus - 60 mm, hemispheric or convex when young becoming umbonate-expanded or depressed at centre; brown to red-brown when moist, fading to orange-brown or pale reddish brown when drying or with age; glutinous, slightly hygrophanous, margin indistinctly striate, covered with conspicuous whitish, ochre or reddish brown patches from veil. Lamellae adnate to emarginate, crowded; pale ochre-argillaceous turning rust-brown, edge concolorous (occasionally lilac), even to crenulateserate. Stipe -80 x -15 mm, cylindric above, base bulbous to marginate; whitish soon turning pale ochre, fibrillose; annulus membranous, striate, persistent, pale brown; towards base with whitish to pale brown, fibrillose to sub membranous remnants of veil; dry, hollow, single, in groups. Context white to brownish in aged basidiomes. Odour and taste not distinctive. Chemical reactions on pileus: KOH -brown: HC1, NH3 - negative. Spore print brown to rust-brown. Spores 9-12 (-13) x 5-7 µm, elliptic, mucro none, verrucose, brown. Basidia 25-35 x 7-10 µm, 4-spored. Cheilocystidia 30-60 x 9 14 µm, clavate, membrane hyaline, thin-walled, scattered on gill edge. Cuticle a cutis of cylindric, gelatinised hyphae (2-6 µm diam.), cells of subcutis subglobose to polygonal, membranes strongly encrusted with brown (KOH) pigment. Clamp connections present.

o n soil among litter and moss under Nothofagus menziesii (Hook.f.) Oerst., N. solandri (Hook.f.) Oerst., and N. fusca (Hook.f.) Oerst. New Zealand.

Pileus - 60 mm, convexus dein applanatus, raro depressus, brunneus vel castaneus, aurantiobrunneus in statusicco, glutinosus, squamis albis vel castaneis e velo obtectus. Lamellae ex argillaceo ferrugineae. Stipes -80 x -15 mm, cylindricus, basaliter bulbosus vel marginatus, pallide ochraceus, annulo membranaceo striatoque et zonis subcingulatis e velo instructus. Sporae 9-12 x-5-7 µm, ellipticae. Ad terram in silvis nothofagineis. Novazelandia.

Typus PDD 27161.

New Zealand: Nelson: Lake Rotoiti, track to Mt Robert, 2.V. 1968, leg. Horak (PDD 27162, holotype; ZT 68/344, isotype). - Westland: Haast Pass, 14.1V. 1965, leg. Taylor. 231.

Pileus -80 mm, hemispheric to convex when young becoming expanded with age, centre occasionally depressed around umbo; honey-brown, date-brown or orange-brown when moist, fading with drying; glutinous to viscid, covered with minute, whitish fibrils and squamules from universal veil, hygrophanous, striate towards margin. Lamellae crowded, emarginate (and often decurrent with short teeth), ventricose; pale argillaceous at first, turning to pale rust-brown, edge concolorous, even or subserrate. Stipe -150 x-15 mm, fusoid, tapering towards base, rooting in litter; white, changing to pale yellow-brown or brass-yellow with age, strongly fibrillose; annulus white, indistinctly striate, evanescent; below annulus several incomplete, white, fibrillose bands from universal veil; dry, solid, single, in groups. Context white, brown beneath cuticle and in base of stipe. Odour and taste not distinctive. Chemical reactions on pileus: KOH, HCI - negative. Spore print pale rust-brown. Spores 11-15 x 6-7.5 µm, amygdaliform, verrucose, brown, mucro none. Cheilocystidia not observed Basidia 35-42 x 10-12 µm, 4-spored. Cuticle a cutis of slightly gelatinised, cylindric hyphae (2-4 µm diam.), sub-cutis composed of subglobose or polygonal cells, membranes encrusted with dark brown (KOH) pigment. Clamp connections present.

o n soil among litter under Nothofagus: solandri (Hook.f.) Oerst. var. cliffortioides: (Hook.f.) Poole and N. menziesii (Hook.f.) Oerst New Zealand.

Pileus -80 mm, hemisphaericus dein plano-convexus, melleus vel aurantiobrunneus, glutinosus, striatus, squamulis minutis albisque instructus. Lamellae argillaceae dein pallide ferrugineae. Stipes -150 x-15 mm, fusoideus, albus dein aureobrunneus, annulo albo substriato et zonis albis inconspicuis basim versus instructus. Sporae 11-15 x 6-7.5 µm, amygdaliformes vel ellipticae, verrucosae, brunneae. Ad terram in silvis nothofagineis. Novazelandia.

In New Zealand's Nothofagus forests, Routes fusipes fruits preferentially among deep moss in damp localities. The long and tapering stipe makes this species well adapted to such sites. The non-striate annulus of R. fusipes is often ruptured or may fall off, so that in the field the generic identification of this taxon can be difficult.

Typus PDD 27162.

New Zealand: South Island: Canterbury: Lewis Pass, 23.111.1968, leg. Horak (PDD 27164, holotype; ZT 68/215, isotype). - Westland: Haast Pass, W of summit, 14.IV. 1965, leg. Taylor, 226. South of Lake Hochstetter, 12.111.1968, leg. Horak (ZT 68/143). - Otago: Milford Sound, near Homer Tunnel, 1.IV. 1969, leg. Horak (ZT 69/219). - North Island: East Coast: Urewera N.P.. Lake Waikaremoana, Aniwaniwa Falls, 20.V. 1974, leg. Taylor. 903.

Pileus - 85 mm, hemispheric to convex later becoming expanded or depressed at centre; grey to pale grey-brown with lilac tint, becoming ochraceous with age (especially at disc), densely covered with white to pale yellow-brown, coarse, persistent, fibrillose squamules from veil; glutinous when moist, margin striate in over mature specimens. Lamellae broadly adnate to emarginate (with sub-decurrent teeth), crowded; pale lilac soon changing to pale argillaceous or pale grey-brown, edge concolorous, serrate to sinuate. Stipe 50-120 x 10-20 mm, cylindric, equal or subclavate at base; lilac above, pale brown towards base, densely covered with concolorous to ochraceous fibrillose to scaly squamules from veil, strongly fibrillose; annulus membranous, striate, pale ochre, persistent, occasionally evanescent with age; dry, hollow, single, often in groups. Context lilac in upper portion of stipe and beneath cuticle of pileus, pale brown in base of stipe. Odour and taste not distinctive. Chemical reactions on pileus: KOH - brown, HC1and NH3 - negative. Spore print (ochre) brown with ferruginous tint. Spores 10-12.5 x 7.5-9.5 µm, broadly pip-shaped to amygdaliform, brown, minutely verrucose, mucro absent. Basidia 30-45 x 11-14 µm, 4-spored. Cheilocystidia 15-50 x 6-10 µm, cylindric to subclavate, hyaline, membrane thin-walled, often inconspicuous in mature basidiomes. Cuticle: epicutis composed of cylindric hyphae (8-16 µm diam.), membrane gelatinised; subcutis consisting of globose to polygonal cells (10-40 µm diam.); all membranes encrusted with yellow to yellow-brown (KOH) pigment. Clamp connections numerous.

o n soil among litter and moss (including Sphagnum) in Nothofagus forests (Nothofagus fusca (Hook.f.) Oerst., N. menziesii (Hook.f.) Oerst., and N. solandri (Hook.f.) Oerst.). New Zealand.

Pileus - 85 mm, convexus dein applanatus, griseolilacinus, squamis albidis vel ochraceis dense obtectus, glutinosus. Lamellae lilacinae. Stipes -120 x -20 mm, cylindricus vel subclavatus, apicaliter lilacinus, ochraceis squarrosisque squamulis basim versus instructus. Caro lilacina. Sporae 10-12.5 x 7.5-9.5 µm, pruniformes. In silvis nothofagineis. Novazelandia

Using the pertinent key for the identification of New Zealand's agaricaceous genera (Horak 1971a), Rozites meleagris is likely not to be recognised as a member of Rozites. Contrary to the majority of described taxa in Rozites, this species is characterised by deep lilac lamellae which gradually turn rust-brown. The lilac tint, however, is always recognised in the context of the stipe even in overmature basidiomes. In the field R. meleagris is readily identified by the strongly developed and persistent veil remnants (velum universale) that give the surface of the pileus a characteristic speckled appearance strongly reminiscent of a starling's winter plumage.

Typus PDD 27164.

New Zealand: South Island: Nelson: Lake Rotoiti, track to St Arnaud Range, 23.V. 1968, leg. Horak (PDD 27163. holotype: ZT 68/507, isotype). Otago: Milford Sound, 1.IV.1969,leg. Horak (ZT69/218).

Pileus - 55 mm, convex to umbonate when young becoming campanulate to umbonate-expanded; pale grey-brownish to pale argillaceous, with pale ochre tints over disc, strongly hygrophanous and striate along margin,glutinous; white, fibrillose patches and squamules of veil embedded in gluten. Lamellae crowded, pale brown to argillaceous, emarginate, edge even or subserrate, concolorous. Stipe -80 x -15 mm, cylindric to subclavate at base; white, turning pale brown near base, fibrillose; annulus white, striate, persistent; with few, incomplete, white belts of veil towards base; dry, solid, single, in groups. Context whitish to pale argillaceous, watery. Odour and taste not distinctive. Chemical reactions on pileus: KOH, HC1- negative. Spore print pale rust-brown. Spores 9.5-12 x 6-7.5 µm, amygdaliform brown, verrucose, mucro not distinct. Basidia 30-45 x 11-14 µm, 4-spored. Cheilocystidia 20-35 x 7-12 µm, subclavate, inconspicuous. Cuticle a cutis of cylindrical, strongly gelatinised hyphae (4-8 µm diam.), cylindric cells of subcutis up to 30 µm diam. encrusted with pale brown pigment. Clamp connections present.

o n soil among litter and moss under Nothofagus menziesii (Hook.f.) Oerst. and N. fusca (Hook.f.) Oerst. New Zealand.

Pileus -55 mm, umbonato convexus vel campanulatus, albidogriseus dein pallide argillaceus, squamulis albis instructus, glutinosus, striatus. Lamellae argillaceae. Stipe -80 x -15 mm, cylindricus vel subclavatus, albus, annulo striato et squamis subcingulatis basim versus instructus. Caro subargillacea. Sporae 9.5-12 x 6-7.5 µm, amygdaliformes, verrucosae. Ad terram in silvis nothofagineis. Novazelandia.

Typus PDD 27163

Pileus - 90 mm, hemispheric when young becoming convex finally umbonate-expanded; dull yellow-brown or red-brown, darker in centre, paler towards, slightly striate margin; glutinous, radially wrinkled in dry condition, remnants of universal veil inconspicuous. Lamellae adnexed to emarginate, crowded; orange-brown turning rust-brown, edge white, serrate. Stipe -80 x -16 mm, cylindric, equal; whitish turning pale brown; fibrillose at apex; annulus striate, membranous, persistent; with concolorous to reddish brown fibrils and recurved scales towards base; dry, solid, single, in groups. Context white. Odour and taste not distinctive. Chemical reactions: not known. Spore print rust-brown. Spores 11-15 x 7-8 µm, amygdaliform, mucro distinct, covered with rather coarse warts, brown. Basidia 35-45 x 8-10 µm, 4-spored. Cheilocystidia 30-70 x 12-22 µm, clavate to vesiculose, membrane thin-walled, often encrusted with yellow-brown pigment. Cuticle a cutis of cylindric, gelatinised hyphae (2-5 µm diam.), cells of subcutis cylindric, encrusted with yellow-brown (KOH) pigment. Clamp connections numerous.

o n soil among litter under Nothofagus menziesii (Hook.f.) Oerst. and N. solandri (Hook.f.) Oerst. var. cliffortioides (Hook.f.) Poole, New Zealand.

Pileus -90 mm, hemisphaericus, convexus dein subumbonatus, umbrinus vel castaneus, viscidus, venosus. Lamellae aurantioferrugineae. Stipes -80 x 16 mm, cylindricus, flavobrunneus, annulo striato membranaceo et squamis recurvatis basim versus instructus. Sporae 11-15 x 7-8 µm, amygdaliformes, grosse verrucosae. Ad terram in silvis nothofagineis. Novazelandia.

Typus Herb. Taylor, 240.