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OF AUSTRALIAN FUNGI— co7itinueiL 



V. 



AgaricacEjE — continued. 



580 



581 



582 



583 



584 



585 



586 



587 



5S8 



440a 

 589 



590 



591 



592 



593 

 594 

 595 

 59« 

 597 



598 



599 



W.A. 



W A. 



S.A. 



V. 



N.S.W. 



V. 



N.S.W. 



N.S.W. 



Q. 



Occurrence. 



Ground ... 

 Among grass, &c. ... 

 Ground ... 

 Trunk.s ... 



Woods, near to stumps 



Burnt ground, char- 



ccial, &c. 

 Ground ... 



Ground ... 



Damp earth, leaf-soil, 



&c. 

 Ground.among leaves, 



&c. 

 In moist woods or 



scrubs 



Woods, among grass 



Rotten wood 

 Ground ... 

 Ground ... 



Among grass 

 Dung 

 Moist woods 



600 



Summ. Veg. Scand. 312 (1849). — Cantharellus, Merulius 



General Characters 



Somewhat woody, funnel shaped, tan coloured, spotted witli niinule 



scales. Stem solid, very liard rooting. 

 Fleshy, depressed, smootli, shining, scioty l)Iack. Stem slender, smooth, 



blackisli brown, with black points towards top. 

 Fleshy, sub-glol)Ose, viscid, yellow. Stem thin, l)ecoming hollow, longi- 

 tudinally striate. 

 Tufted, very showy and large. Flesliy. glutinous, yellow, scaly. Stem 



stuffed, glutinous, base somewhat bulbous. 

 Convex, obtuse, light umber, scaly. Stem solid, bulbous, fibrillose, 



about middle and above base doubly girt. 

 Large, beautiful, sweet odour. Fleshy, dry, smooth, spotted, almost 



clay colour. Stem solid, passing into tapermg root. 

 Compact, fleshy, convex to plane, smooth. Stem solid, fleshy, fibrillose, 



white to silky. 

 Gregarious. Fleshy, firm, viscid, tawny yellow, often depressed in 



centre. Stem rigid, scaly, pale, base usually darker. 

 Of ten tufted, rusty brown. Fleshy, bell shaped to convex, scaly. Stem 



solid, almost smooth. 

 Tufted, stem elongated, rooting in a spindle-shaped manner. 

 Rather fleshy, smooth, viscid, rusty tan. Stem cartilaginous, tough, 



hollow, polished, rusty. 

 Gregarious, fragile. Fleshy, with scurfy scales, bay cinnamon when 



moist, ochrey when dry. Stem fibrillose. brownish cinnamon. 

 Fleshy, slightly viscid, somewhat silky, honey colour when moist, not 



absorbent of moisture, hence the name. Stem thick, hollow, rusty 



brown below. 

 Somewhat fleshy, bell shaped then expanded, smooth, slightly viscid, 



cinnamon when moist, ochrey when dry. Stem stuffed then hollow, 



dusky yellow. 

 Fleshy, soft, fragile, kidney to wedge shaped, whitish, at length depressed 



beliind. Stem very short, whitish downy. 

 Convex, then expanded, minutely silky, pale green then bluish green. 



Stem slightly thickened at base, stuffed, reddish. 

 Convex to depressed, becoming darkly lurid. Stem thickened down- 

 wards, base abruptly rooting, hairy. 

 Fleshy, viscid, scutiform, becoming brown. Stem solid, thickened 



downwards, naked, white. 

 Gregarious. Somewhat membranous, acutely conical, almost pointed, 



slightly viscid, pale yellow when dry. Stem tough, wavy, silky 



fibrous, shining. 

 Fleshy, bell shaped, viscid, ochrey, then whitish and wrinkled when old, 



shining. Stem long, straight, shining, whitish, tapering upwards with 



persistent ring. 

 Membranous, bell shaped, convex, smooth. Stem weak, smooth, white. 



Q. I ... I Young pinnate leaf I Small, resupinate, soft, circular, shaggy, grey. 



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