858 RECORDS OP AUSTRALIAN FUNGI, i., 



On Milson Island, Hawkesbury River, in November, 1914, 

 and again in February, 1916, a fungus appeared on bare ground 

 (which had possibly been burnt— a fire had been near), which 

 resembles markedly the photograph given by Lloyd, and is char- 

 acterised by what was described, at the time, as " irregularlj'^ 

 oval" or "rather triangular" spores, somewhat smaller than the 

 dimensions given by this author. The plant in question seemed 

 to be a Coprinus, though, later, dried specimens were found, 

 which is sometimes the case with Coprinus micaceus when hot, 

 dry conditions rapidly supervene. Though these slight dis- 

 crepancies exist, this Australian species seems best placed under 

 this description, at least for the present. A description of our 

 plants is as follows :- — Pileus up to 1^ in. in diameter, at first 

 somewhat hemispherical and slightly umbonate, then convex 

 and later nearly plane, greyish-brown, becoming pale, with a 

 pallid brown or yellowish-brown centre, slightl)' depressed in 

 the middle, and with a few, scattered, scurfy scales; the peri- 

 phery densely sulcate-striate, the striae thick and forked from 

 half-way, the strise running up to the central f in., which is a 

 duller brown than the centre itself. Gills dai-k grey, adnate, 

 crowded, nari'ow, no collar. Stem 2i-2| inches, white, fragile, 

 hollow, finely striate; on drying and shrinking, found to be 

 attached to the ground by a swollen, fluffy base. Spores rather 

 triangular or irregularly oval, occasionally 7 x 5'2/a, usually 

 10-4 X 7-8-5ix. 



Coprinus plicatilis Fries. — The following description applies 

 to a common species growing on the ground at Sydney. It 

 seems to be C. plicatilis, though the collar, to which the gills 

 are attached, is not marked, and the spores are smaller. When 

 young, conico-cylindrical, covered with chestnut, scurfy scales, 

 sandy brown, striate, closed by the veil. When expanded, J to 

 I inch; disc pale brown, depressed, ribs double, bifurcated at the 

 edge, greyish-brown or greyish-white, disc and ribs flecked with 

 dark brown scales. Gills whitish, just reaching the stem, very 

 thin and fragile, moderately crowded. Stem li inches, white, 

 attenuated upwards, a slight mycelium at the base. Spores 

 black, oval, one end more pointed, 9-5-10'5 x 7-3-8-5/a. 



