gregarious under Nothofagus

Under (1) N. fusca. Nelson: Lewis Pass, l.ii.l970, C.M. Mulcock; T.C. and K.R. Mulcock; (2) N. fusca and N. menziesii. Nelson: Manila, 23.iii.l966, J.A, McRobb; 13.iv.l968, 14.iv.l968, 25.iv.l969, 27.iii.l970, R.F.R. McN; Springs Junction, 14.iv.l968, R.F.R. McN., (holotype, PDD 26381); Rahu Saddle, 23.iii.l966, R.F.R. McN.; (3) N. menziesii. Nelson: Karamea, Oparara, 9.i.l968, R.F.R. McN; Karamea, Umere, 4.i.l970, R.F.R. McN.; Otago: Secretary Island, 13.ii.l960, R.F.R. McN.; (4) N. solandri, Wellington: Tongariro National Park, Oturere Stream, 8.iv.l965, R.F.R. McN.; (5) N. truncata, Karamea, Granite Creek, 6.i.l970, B.J. Denton

pileus: 5,5- 10 cm diam., centrally depressed at maturity, dry, often finely rugulose near margins, pruinose-subvelutinate to velutinate-subtomentose under lens, azonate, brownish orange, sordid orange, or orange-red under wet conditions, paler when dry and then greyish-orange or with a white to greyish bloom. Cuticle as in type variety but filamentous elements to 150 µm long. lamellae: adnate to subdecurrent, subdistant, thick, simple or occasionally forked near stipe, to 8 mm deep, creamy white to pallid cream with pink tints, often discoloured with brownish spots where latex has dried; lamellulae present in 2-3 unequal series; latex viscid, white, unchanging on immediate exposure to air, drying brown. stipe: 2-5.5 cm long, ± equal or tapering basally, 1-3 cm diam., solid, dry, finely pruinose-subvelutinate under lens, ± concolorous with pileus or slightly paler, basal mycelium white; flesh pallid orange-yellow, unchanging. Cuticle as in type variety. spores: spore print white; spores as in type variety. hymenium: basidia, pleurocystidia, cheilocystidia and pseudocystidia as in type variety. hymenophoral trama: heteromerous in both proximal and distal halves of lamellae. context of pileus: pallid orange-yellow, unchanging, firm. taste: lamellae mild to faintly acrid, context mild. chemical characters: formalin - n.r.; phenol - slowly deep reddish brown; FeSO4 - faint greyish green; guaiacol - salmon pink darkening to orange-red; KOH on pileus - darkening; on context - n.r.; NH4OH on pileus - darkening slightly; on context - n.r

Pileus centraliter depressus, 5.5-10 cm diam., siccus, levis vel subtiliter rugosus, azonatus, brunneo-aurantiacus vel sordide flammeus. Lamellae subdecurrentes, ad 8 mm altae, pallide aurantiacae cum rosello tinctu; lamellulae adsunt; latex viscidus, albus. Stipes 2-5.5 cm longus, plus minusve aequalis, 1-3 cm diam., solidus, siccus, plus minusve concolor cum pileo. Sporae amyloides, late ellipticae, 7.5-10.2 x 5.8-8.2 µm, verrucosae.

holotype, PDD 26381