Agaricus (Pleurotus) Novae-Zelandiae, Berk.; hygrophanus, albus, pileo flabellato-reniformi vertice affixo postice scarioso-scabro tenui tenero, stipite obsolete, lamellis latis distantibus, interstitiis venosis. HAB . On dead wood, Colenso. About 2.5, inches broad, inch long, flabellate, reniform, fixed by the elongated vertex, which forms a little round disc, smooth in front, minutely scarioso-scabrous behind, thin, of a subgelatinous consistence. Stem obsolete. Gills broad, thin, distant; interstices venose. A very curious species, somewhat allied to A. versiformis, from Ceylon

Hygrophanous, subgelatinous, white, stem obsolete but , attached by a narrowed base which forms a little round disc, smooth in front, minutely scabrous behind, fan-shaped, reniform, 6-8 cm. broad, 3-4 cm. long; gills broad, distant, thin, interstices veiny.

Northern Island, New Zealand.

On dead wood.

There is no specimen of this species at present in the Berkeley Herbarium at Kew, hence the original diagnosis cannot be supplemented. Berkeley says the present species is somewhat allied to Pleurotus versiformis, from Ceylon.