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violet, then yellow-cinnamon, from distortion of the cap 

 variously attached being sometimes slightly decurrent, at 

 others adnate or deeply ventricose and slightly cut out. Stem 

 If inch high, stout, a little swollen at the base '§ inch in 

 diameter), conical below this, finely striate, yellowish with 

 tinges of violet. Superior veil. Flesh of stem turning violet. 

 Caespitose. Spores 7'5 to 8'2 x 5'2 /a. 



National Park (N.S.W.), July, 1916; (?)this species, 

 Milson Island, Hawkesbury River (N.S.W.), July, 1912. 



The following, with intensely glutinous caps, seem to 

 belong to the same species as the above: — Pileus up to 2| 

 inches high, at first convex and rather irregular, then more 

 expanded, fibrously streaked, pale tan with a stony tint and 

 then deeper tan and the edge pallid with a lavendar tinge, or 

 dark brown with a voilet tinge and paler edge. Gills sinuately 

 adnexed or adnate, moderately crowded, at first brown with 

 a voilet tinge, finally cinnamon. Stem up to 2 inches high 

 and | inch thick, stoutish, often flattened, fibrously streaked, 

 whitish, sometimes voilet tinted when damaged. Flesh of cap 

 with a faint brownish tint, of stem faint voilet. Cobweb veil 

 when young; superior ring. Spores flask-shaped, 8 to 

 8'5 x 5'2 jm. 



Mosman, Sydney, April, 1915 (Herb., J. B. C, Form. 

 Sp., 64); Hornsby (N.S.W.), June, 1916 (no violet tint 

 noticed in gills ; stem violet ; veil violet ; spores finely rough) . 



10. Cortitvarius (Phlegmacium) corrosus, Fries. : Epicr., 

 p. 266; Cooke: Illustrs., pi. 715; Massee: Brit. Fung. Flora, 

 ii., p. 108. — We refer the following to this species: — Pileus 

 1| inch in diameter, convex, irregular, rather fibrously 

 streaked, apparently sticky, dark tan. Gills moderately close, 

 adnate with a slight decurrent tooth, dark cinnamon, drying 

 bright ferruginous with a pale edge. Stem stout, whitish, 

 slightly streaked, solid, base slightly bulbous with a free 

 edge, doubtful remains of the cobweb veil. Spores with one 

 end more pointed, 8*2 x 5*2 \i. 



On the ground. Mosman, June, 1915. 



11. C ortinarius (Phleg.) decoloratus , Fries. : Monogr., 

 ii., p. 30; Cooke: Illustrs., pi. 729; Massee: Brit. Fung. 

 Flora, ii., p. 113; Cooke: Handb. Austr. Fungi, No. 360 

 (Vict.). — We place the following under this species: — Pileus 

 up to 2^ inches in diameter, plane or irregular and a little 

 depressed, very viscid, wax coloured. Gills adnate, slightly 

 ventricose, pallid cream with a brownish tint, then a little 

 browner, moderately close. Stem up to 2| inches high, 

 slightly attenuated downwards, silky fibrous, hollow, white. 

 Spores yellow-brown, oblique, 7 to 8 x 5'2 /a. 



