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Usually in clumps. Under Casaarina, Milson Island, 

 Hawkesbury River, June, 1913 (cap noted as slightly sticky 

 when moist, sometimes when old with fibrous dark-brown 

 scales forming a solid patch in the centre; D. I. C, Water- 

 colour No. 27); Mount Wilson (N.S.W.), June, 1915; Lane 

 Cove River, Sydney, June, 1916; Mount Lofty (S.A.), July, 

 1914 (cap up to 3^ inches in diameter, uniform dark green or 

 olive-green or green -tinged shades of brown, somewhat 

 striate, spores 8*5 to 9 x 5*2 /a). 



19. Cortinanus (Telamonia) austro-evernius, n. sp. (pi. 

 ix., figs. 5 and 6). — The following seems to be the Australian 

 representative of C. ev&rnius: — Pileus up to 2 inches in 

 diameter, convex, then expanded and wavy, finally sometimes 

 upturned and splitting, dull violet with the periphery paler, 

 drying to a pale brown with a slight violet tint or tanny- 

 brown, obscurely striate, not viscid, smooth. Gills adnate, 

 moderately close, not connected by veins, violet-cinnamon 

 becoming browner, drying to a ferruginous brown. Stem up 

 to 3 inches high, slender, solid or slightly hollow above, silky 

 fibrillose, shining, the light being reflected so as to give a 

 somewhat banded appearance, voilet tinted or pallid whitish 

 with traces of violet. Flesh thick in the centre of the cap, 

 then becoming almost suddenly thin, white or violet tinted. 

 Spores very finely rough, 7 to 8"5 x 5 '2 to 6 \x. Smell 

 pleasant. Slightly caespitose. 



Under bushes. Lane Cove River, Sydney, June, 1916 

 (Miss P. Clarke, Watercolour No. 110; Herb., J. B. C, 

 Form. Sp., 194); North Bridge, Sydney, June, 1916; National 

 Park (N.S.W.), July, 1916; Bradley Head, Sydney, May, 

 1917. 



The following description of another collection shows the 

 variation in the species: — Pileus f inch in diameter, conico- 

 campanulate and broadly and obtusely umbonate, then ex- 

 panding to 1\ inch in diameter with a slight umbo, not viscid, 

 dull brownish-violet, paler at the periphery. Gills adnate, 

 moderately distant, at first pallid brown with a violet tint, 

 then rusty-cinnamon without violet. Stem 1 inch high, stout, 

 then more slender, white with a pale lilac tint. Whitish 

 fibrillose veil. Flesh of the cap solid in the centre, then 

 thin, violet tinted. No smell. Spores 8'5 x 5'2 to 6'6 /a, 

 occasionally much larger. 



Under bushes, Lane Cove River, Sydney, June, 1916 

 (Miss P. Clarke, Watercolour No. Ill; Herb., J. B. C, 

 Form. Sp., 195). 

 Pileus ad 5 cm. latus, convexus deinde expansus, obscuro- 



violaceus, exsiccatus pallido-fuscus et leviter violaceus, 



promiscue striatus, non viscidus, glaber. Lamellae 



