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of ten inches in length, trying to out-top the grass among which it 

 always grows. It is easily distinguished by the peculiar shape of 

 the pileus, hemispherical, with a knobby rise over the stem and the 

 edge turning inwards. The cap is curiously marked by ringed 

 patches of brown; the gills do not adhere to the stipe; stem hollow. 

 This Aga7'ic does not usually extend to the mountains, although I 

 have discovered it at the source of Ostler's Creek, which is 1000 feet 

 above sea level. 



Agaricus (^Mycena) poli/gramnus. Frees. 



Rather uncommon in this district. In fact, I only found them near 

 Toongabbie. They generally grow in the interstice between the old 

 hark and the decayed log. The root-like concealed stem is very 

 long, and covered with mycelium; pileus cone-shaped and very 

 pointed, shiny and dark-brown near the apex; gills fastened to 

 stipe, stem with a small hollow. Flourishes during May and June. 



Agaricus (^Leptoma). 



These are exceedingly beautiful little fungi, but Professor Cook 

 requires the color of the spores for exact determination of the 

 species. They grow on decayed logs in the darkest nooks of 

 the gulleys. The pileus is of a dark blue at the centre, gradually 

 paling to French grey towards the edge; the lamella grow 

 from tha edge and are not fastened to the stem ; the stipe is hollow, 

 and becomes bluish towards the root. 



Agaricus (^Pholista) radicosus. 



Found on a spur of the mountain running into Deep Creek, at 

 the foot of an Acacia, Pileus sub-globose, but depressed towards 

 the centre, the edge fastened by a thick velum to the stipe; the 

 color of the cap was a pale yellowish brown; the marking on the top 

 peculiar and constant; stem very little smaller than the cap; 

 lamellse growing from the edge. 



Agaricus (^Armillaria') . 



Here again, the color of the spores is required for exact deter- 

 mination; however, if they prove to be white it is pretty certain to 

 be a new species, so that I shall examine them carefully in April, 

 when they can be obtained. The pileus of a yellowish brown color, 

 is rather flat, but rises in a cone over the junction of the stipe; the 

 annulus or ring is very distinct; stem solid, with gills annexed 

 thereto. This fungus may be found growing on the under-part of 

 decayed logs in very damp situations. 



Agaricus {^Marasmius.~) 



Found on decayed vegetation in the dark musk-covered gulleys of 

 our district. They grow in clumps containing ten to twenty 

 separate plants; stipe hollow; lamella? of different lengths; pileus 

 brown, shiny, even at the edge, depressed towards the centre. 



