THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 99 



Ag. ( Ar miliaria ) insignis, C. and M. 



Found on the bank of the River Yarra, at Toorak, on light 

 soil amongst the grass. 

 Pileus. — Convex, gibbous when young, squamose, drab, with 

 brownish scales, very fleshy, edge incurved, 3 to 5 inches 

 in diameter. 

 Stem. — Bulbous, above the ring pure silky white, below dirty 

 white, with light orange stains, same substances as pileus, 

 tapers slightly towards the base, very thick and short, 

 2^/2, inches high. 

 Hygrophorus candidus, C. and M. 



Found at Sandringham, April, on sandy ground. 

 Pileus. — Pure white except the centre, which is a light yellowish 

 brown, viscid, slightly striate, convex near margin, but the 

 rest plane, not fleshy, edge incurved ; diameter, 1 inch. 

 Stem. — Attenuated towards base, stuffed, 2^ inches high, 



white, with stains of a dirty yellowish white. 

 Gills. — White, ventricose, not touching. 

 Ag. (Hebelo?na) gigaspora, C. and M. Solitary. 



Found at Eltham, near the Yarra Falls, in April, 1889, grow- 

 ing on rich vegetable mould, deep shade. 

 Pileus. — Convex, highly umbonate, smooth, yellowish brown, 



fleshy, Yz to ^ inch in diameter. 

 Gills. —Very deep, adnate, brown. 



Stem. — Stuffed loosely, almost hollow, slender, nearly equal, 

 somewhat thicker near base, firm, brown, mycelium very 

 numerous, 2 inches high. 

 Ag. (Psalliota) elatior, C. and M. 



Found at Eltham, near the Yarra, April. 

 Pileus. — Brown, squamose, plain, depressed, at centre umbo- 

 nate, edge even, fairly fleshy, 1 to 1^ inches in diameter. 

 Stem. — 3 to 5 inches high, nearly equal, slightly bulbous near 

 base, silky white, smooth, ring movable and evanescent, 

 stuffed loosely, slightly hollow. 

 Gills. — Crowded, distant, ventricose, brown. 

 Agaricus ( Tricholoma) coarctaius, C. and M. 



Found in the sandy soil under the scrub, at Sandringham, in 

 the month of August. Caespitose, often crushed together out 

 of shape. 

 The pileus is viscid at first, smooth and dry when older, then 

 wrinkled, and finally becomes unevenly cracked, edge 

 even, light yellowish brown, fleshy, 2 inches in diameter. 

 Stem. — Solid, widens out at the top coalescing with the pileus, 



nutty, \y 2 inches high. 

 Gills. — Slightly pink, ventricose. 

 Ag. (Panoiolus) ovatus, C. and M. 



Found on manure, Gardiner's Creek (River Yarra), in April, 

 1889. 



