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Agaricus, Linn. 

 Fleshy fungi with gill plates, with or without a stem, which may 

 be central or lateral. When no stem is present, the pileus is 

 attached by the upper surface. The genus is divided into five 

 natural groups, according as the color of the spores is white, pink, 

 ferruginous, purple-brown, or black. A very large genus 

 containing over one thousand species. The common Mushroom 

 is the most familiar example. 



Sub-genus Amanita. 



Pileus central. Young plant enclosed in a membranous free 

 volva, through which the pileus pushes, with or without a veil. 

 Grills not decurrent on the stem. 



A. ragiiiatufi, Bull, var. Brisbane Eiver (Bailey), Feb. 7, 1880. 

 Top of pileus mouse-colour and somewhat viscid, margin 

 thin and striated or furrowed, without the scales of the allied 

 species, stem split and portions curled giving the appearance 

 of being scaly. Volva free, but closely appressed to stem, 

 base bulbose. 



Lepiota, Pers. 



Veil simple, annular, somewhat persistent. 



A. procerus, Scop., Enoggera Creek, Queensland, (Bailey) — Port 

 Douglas (Woods). 



A. BecUeri, Berk., Clarence Eiver, N.S.W. (Beckler). 

 A. aspratus, Berk., Clarence Eiver, N.S.W. (Beckler), Enoggera 

 Creek, Queensland (Bailey). 



Sub-genus Omphalia, Pers. 

 Pileus fleshy-membranous or when young umbilicated. 

 A. oniscus, Fr., Grainsford (G. Bowman). 

 A' umbelliferus, Linn., ? Brisbane Eiver (Bailey). 



