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THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 203 



VICTORIAN AGARICS. 



By H. T. Tisdall, F.L.S. 



(Read he/ore the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, i6th 

 January, i888.y 



Agaricus. — Gills membranaceous, persistent, edge acute. 



Fleshy putrescent fungi. 

 Sub-Genus Amanita. — Veil universal, distinct from the cuticle 



of the pileus. Hymenophorum distinct from the stem. 

 A vaginatus. — Under trees, Toongabbie. Pileus 4in. 



broad, nearly flat, white. Volva distinct and loose. Stem 



hollow, long, and thin. No ring. Gills free and white. 

 A. vermis, Bull. — Under trees on hills about Walhalla. 



Pileus flattish and depressed, white. Stem hollow. 



Ring very distinct. Gills free. 

 Sub-Genus Lepiota. — Veil universal, concrete with cuticle of 



pileus. Hymenophorum distinct from stem. 

 A. Clypeolarus, Bull. — In Fern Tree Gully, Walhalla. 



Pileus convex, 3in. broad, light brown. Stem 3in. high, 



thick, nearly hollow. Gills free, but close, whitish 



yellow. 

 A. excoriatus. — Found in Victoria, but I have not been fortu- 

 nate enough to get one. 

 A. JVarice, Klot. — In garden, Glenmaggie. Short, thick 



stem. Rusty coloured. 

 A. mesoporphus. — Under trees, with a slender stem and thin, 



yellow pileus. 

 A . procerus. — In grass, Glenmaggie. Pileus yellowish, thin, 



and obtuse, umbcnate, 6in. tall. 

 Sub-Genus Ormillaria. — Veil partial annular, Hymenophorum 



confluent with stem. 

 A. melleus. — Underside of logs, Walhalla. Pileus pale 



greenish yellow, depressed in centre. Stem hollow, 



light yellow. Ring swollen. 

 Sub-Genus Tricholoma. — Stem fleshy. Gills with sinus behind. 



Veil wanting, or just appearing as floccose threads on 



margin of pileus. 

 A. nudus. — Under trees in Albert Park. Pileus thin» 



purplish, and obtuse. Stem-3in. high, stufted. 

 Sub-Genus Clitocybe. — Stem elastic with fibrous outer coat. 



Gills decurrent, or acutely adnate. 

 A. inversus. — In Albert Park. Pileus greatly depressed, of a 



dull red. Stem hollow. 

 A. laccatus. — Under trees, Toongabbie. Pileus very thin, 



plain, depressed at centre, rough. Stem thick, stuff"ed, 



3in. high, dirty yellow. 

 Sub-Genus CoUybia. — Stem cartilaginous externally. Margin 



of pileus at first involute. Gills not decurrent. 



