OF AUSTRALIAN FUNGI— continued. 



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W.A. 



Habitat. 



S.A. 



Occurrence. 



General Characters. 



S.M. I. 272 (1821). — Agaricus — continued. 



Bark 



Bark 



Bark 



Dead wood 



Bark 



Old stumps 



Trunks . . . 



Ground (?) 



Bark 



Wood ... 



Rather fleshy, liver coloured. Cap globose at first, with short central 



stem. 

 Jlembranaceous, margin downy, j'ellowish brown when dry. Stem 



short and slender. 

 Kidney shaped, ochrey white. Cap of three layers, the middle one, 



white, interposed between two darker ones. 

 •Sessile, whitish, downy, tixed at apex by a few white threads. 

 Tawny ochre. Stem obsolete, extremely short if present. 

 Gelatinous to flesh_y, flaccid, pale. Stem obsolete. 

 Fleshy, compact, rust coloured. Stem excentric or lateral. 

 Sub-membranaceous, brick red. Stem lateral, elongated. 

 Sessile, fl.accid, tan colour, arising from white woolly stroma. 

 Sessile, kidney shaped, ochrey, smooth. 



Syn. 16 (1801). — Agaricus. 



Ground ... 

 Woods ... 

 Under trees 

 Woods 



Ground ... 



Woods 

 Woods 



Fleshy, violet brown. Stem stout, viscid, violet. 

 Fleshy, watery cinnamon. Stem stout, spongy, bulbous, grey. 

 Fleshy, silky, vermilion, shining. Stem stutfed, short, vermilion. 

 Fleshy, viscid, soon dry, floccose aud discoloured. vStem tapering fi-om 



base. 

 Small, blood red. Cap clothed with thick gelatinous coat. Stem short, 



viscid. 

 Entirely dark red. Fleshy, silky, or scaly. Stem stuffed, thin, hollow. 

 Dark violet. Fleshy, woolly to scaly. Stem bulbous, spongy, shaggy. 



Edible. 



Gen. Hym. 8 (1836). — Agaricus, Merulius. 



Ground ... 



Under Eucalyptus 



trees 

 Me.idows ... 

 Cell.ars, on sawdust, 



&c. 



Fleshy, rust coloured. Stem stuffed, excentric. very short. 



Thick and fleshy, compact, tawny j-ellow. Stem transversely scaly. 



Dark brown, convex. Stem tawny, frosted. 



Fleshy, shell-shaped, dirty yellow or whitish ochre, sessile. 



(1753).— Psalliota, Pratella. 



Meadows, &c. 



Rich pastures 

 Woods 

 Ground ... 

 Woods ... 



Roots of bamboos 



Very large, expanding late. Fleshy, flesh turning slightly yellow 



where bruised. Edible. 

 Fleshy, silky floccose, or scaly. Stem stuffed, ring median. Edible. 

 Smooth, shining white. Stem stuffed, elongated, somewhat bulbous. 

 Thinly fleshy, brown, scaly. Stem cylindrical, silky, whitish. 

 Fleshy, thin, bell shaped, fibrous or scaly. Stem hollow, whitish. 



Edible. 

 White, smooth, like chamois leather. Stem loosely stuffed, tapering at 



base. 



Scan. n. 295 (1849).— Agaricus. 



By waysides 

 Among grass 

 Dung 



Woods 



Fleshy, viscid, ochrey ; mjirgin whitish, fluffy. Stem white, stuffed. 

 Moist, somewhat cinnamon colour, dry ochrey. Stem hollow, short. 

 Small. Somewhat fleshy, hemispherical, mottled yellowish. Very 



common. 

 Fleshy, thin, somewh.at viscid, yellowish tawny, sprinkled with 



superficial concentric scales. 



S.M. I. 287 (1821).— Agaricus. 



506 

 507 

 508 

 509 



510 



Ground ... 

 Dead stumps 

 Ground ... 

 Stumps and ground 

 Old stumps, &c. ... 



Fleshy, dark brown, variegated with d.arkcr scales, yellowish within. 

 Somewhat fleshy, ochrey and whitish. Stem hollow, fragile, white. 

 Bell shaped, tawny yellow. Stem sleuder, faintly streaked. 

 Somewhat fleshy, tawny honey colour, margin silky. Stem thin. 

 Fleshy, yellowish, with greenish tinge. Sti.m hollow, flesh yellow. 



