104 DEFINITIONS OF SOME NEW AUSTEALIAN FUNGI, 



Thuidium, Schmper. 

 Th. Cainphellianum, Hampe. 



New Hebrides, F. A. Campbell. 



Dawsonia, jS. Brown. 

 D. superha, Greville. 



Owen Stanley's Eange, New Gruinea, Eev. J. Chalmers. 



rThese have not yet been obtained in fruit ; the foHage seems 

 slightly different from that of the typical Australian species ; 

 hence I had distributed this grand moss as JD. Papucma. — 



F.v.M.] 



Definitions of some new Australian Fungi. 

 By the Rev. C. Kalchbrenner. 



Agaricus {Lepiota) rJiytipelta, F. v. Mueller. 



Pileo carnoso, ovato-campanulato, primum umbrino, in umbone 

 glabro, dein peripheriam versus in squamas validas dissumpente 

 subquibus albo sericeo-striato ; stipite subaequali basi bulbiformi 

 dilatato, glabro, albo, deorsum fuscescente ; annulo mobili 

 membraneo, persistente ; lamellis liberis, ventricosis, latis, sub- 

 confertis. 



Lake Muir, Thomas Muir ; Muellersville, near Eockhampton, 

 Madame Thozet ; Western Port, Miss M. Lewellin. Habitus 

 Ag. -^ypeslaris (Bulliard), sed major et annulus mobilis. Pile us 

 1-1^ uncias latus; stipes 3-4 uncias longus, 2-3 lineas crassus. 



Agaricus {Mycena) acutatus, Kalchbr. & F. v. M. 



Ab. A. filopede (Bulliard) cui proximus, conspicue differt pileo 

 atro-cinereo, conico, acuto, 3 lineas alto, 2 lineas lato, stipite 

 filiformi ad 4-5 pollices elongato, pallido. 



Western Port, Miss M. Lewellin. 



