DECADES OF FUNGI. 47 
*A. mollis, Schæff.— Drumm. n. 296, in part, 129, 272, in 
part. 
There are several other Agarics in the collection, some of 
Which are probably new, but which do not admit of being 
determined without notes. | 
*Bolbitius fragilis, Fr.— Drumm. n. 118. 
On dung. 
*A. campestris L.— Drumm. var. varius. n. 105. var. mawi- 
mus, n. 104. 
On the ground. l 
Of this well-known species Mr. Drummond finds tw 
varieties which he names maximus and varius. The former 
of these, which even in middle sized specimens attains the 
diameter of a foot, is found in poor clay land in the white 
gum forests. The stem is about two inches thick and very 
short; the cuticle thick and tough and projecting over the 
gills and forming a distinct border. The gills are whitish 
with a tinge of rose colour, turning to deep rose colour, when 
bruised and the flesh when exposed to air-changes to deep 
tose colour. It is said to be as much superior to the common 
form as Knights Marrow Fat Pea is to the Hotspur. 
The other variety is much smaller and is covered with a 
delicate iron-red scaly cuticle, with a purplish tinge, but so 
thin that the flesh appears white through it. The gills are of 
a beautiful rose-colour, cream-colour, or white, scarcely two 
individuals being found alike; it grows under the York gum 
trees, | ce gm ve 
The cultivated plant, Mr. Drummond writes, was intro- 
duced into the colony, and soon became naturalized about 
Perth. It may be indigenous in Western Australia, but in 
ninety-nine places out of a hundred where it is now found, 
he has no doubt it is introduced, being carried from farm to 
farm by the domestic animals. — : zi | 
" Few orders of plants,” says Mr. Drummond, “appear 
to contribute more to the support of animal life than the - 
Fungi in Western Australia. Many species, particularly of 
