Under (1) N. fusca and N. menziesii. Nelson: Maruia, 23.iii.l966, R. F. R. McN. (2 coils.); 13.iv.l968, R. F. R. McN.; (2) N. menziesii, Otago: Secretary Island, 12.ii.l960, R. F. R. McN.; (3) N. menziesii and N. solandri, Canterbury: Lewis Pass, near Boyle River, 13.iv.l968, 7.V.1968, R. F. R. McN.; Lewis Pass, 13.iv.l968, R. F. R. McN.; (4) N. solandri, Wellington; Tongariro National Park, Whakapapaiti Stream, 2.V.1967, R. F. R. McN

pileus: 4-7.5 cm diam., convex when young, centrally depressed at maturity, moderately to heavily viscid particularly under wet conditions, glabrous or innately squarrose towards centre, distinctly or indistinctly concentrically zonate, ground colour sordid orange-brown or dingy ochraceous, concentric zones greyish purple, greyish vinaceous, or brownish red; margins moderately to strongly involute at maturity, entire, coarsely tomentose when young, not conspicuously so at maturity. Cuticle heavily gelatinised, composed of repent, interwoven, hyaline, thin-walled, septate hyphae l.5-4µm diam., and occasional lactiferous hyphae. lamellae:adnate to subdecurrent, crowded, thin, simple, or occasionally forked near stipe, to 4mm deep, pallid ochraceous with pink tints; lamellulae present in 2-3 unequal series; latex viscid, white, unchanging on exposure to air, drying pallid cream. stipe: 2-4 cm long, ±: equal or tapering basally, 1-1.8 cm diam., solid when young, chambered at maturity, dry or slightly viscid under wet conditions, glabrous, pallid orange-cream or yellowish cream, often with faint magenta or greyish violet tints; flesh brownish white, firm, unchanging. Cuticle similar to that of pileus. spores: spore print pallid creamy-white; spores broadly elliptical, obliquely apiculate, apiculus to l-(1.5) µm long, 7,5-9.6 X 5.5-8 µm, ornamentation of fine to moderately coarse amyloid ridges to I µm high forming an incomplete reticulum; plage indistinct. hymenium: basidia hyaline, clavate, 40-55 X 7-10.5 µm. 4-spored, sterigmata to 7 µm long; pleurocystidia scattered, narrowly ventricose-rostrate to fusiform, hyaline, thin-walled, contents refractive in KOH, not or only slightly projecting beyond basidia, 30-52 X 5-8.5µm, cheilocystidia subcylindrical or fusiform, often irregular apically, hyaline, thin-walled, 23-40 X 3.5-6.5 µm; pseudocystidia sparse, scattered, originating from lactiferous hyphae, irregularly cylindrical or apically strangulate, not or only slightly projecting beyond basidia, to 7.5 µm diam. hymenophoral trama: homiomerous, composed of connective hyphae and numerous lactiferous hyphae; subhymenium of closely interwoven, short-celled connective hyphae, appearing cellular in section. context of pileus: brownish to yellowish white, unchanging, firm, rather coarsely granular. smell: not distinctive. taste: lamellae slightly acrid; context mild. chemical characters: formalin - no reaction; phenol - slowly deep vinaceous; FeSO4- n.r.; guaiacol - slowly faint salmon pink; KOH on pileus - darkening with brick red tints; on context - n.r.; NH4OH on pileus and context - n.r.

Solitary or gregarious under Nothofagus

Pileus centraliter depressus, 4-7.5 cm diam., viscidus, levis vel squarrosus prope centrum, zonatus, sordide ochraceus cum purpureo-griseis clavis. Lamellae subdecurrentes, ad 4 mm altae, pallide ochraceae, saepe roseatae; lamellulae adsunt; latex viscidus, albus. Stipes 2-4 cm longus, plus minusve aequalis, 1-1.8 cm diam., in cavas partes divisus, pallide aurantiaco-cremeus. Sporae amyloides, late ellipticae, 7.5-9.6 x 5.5-8 µm, ornatae.

holotype, PDD 26387