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species : — Pileus up to 1 inch in diameter, hemispherical or 

 rather campanulate, then convex, centre deeply dimpled, 

 brown or reddish-brown, drying pallid, rugose striate. Gills 

 adnate when quite young, then definitely but slightly decur- 

 rent, rather distant, deep, cinnamon to reddish-brown. Stem 

 up to lj inch high, slender, a little wavy, dark brown or 

 reddish-brown above and darker below, granular, often with 

 whitish down at the base, slightly hollow. Spores micro- 

 scopically yellow-brown, 8 to 8'5, occasionally 10 x 5'2 \i. 



On the ground, Orange, October, 1916; Manildra, 

 October, 1916 — both in New South Wales. 



52. Tubaria inquilina, Fries.: Syst. Myc, i., p. 264; 

 Cooke: Illustrs., pi. 497; Massee : Brit. Fung. Flora, ii., p. 

 126; Cooke: Handb. Austr. Fungi, No. 289 (N.S. Wales).— 

 We have some doubt in placing the following under this 

 species: — Pileus up to \ inch in diameter, convex, flattened 

 atop and slightly umbilicate, coarsely striate, dingy tan, edge 

 not turned in when young. Flesh thin. Gills arcuate, 

 slightly decurrent, deep, moderately distant, many short, 

 pinkish-tan, when dry earthy-brown. Stem a little over 

 1 inch high, finely mealy, darker brown than the cap. Spores 

 microscopically a very pale dirty dull brown, 8'5 to, occa- 

 sionally, 10'4 x 5 to 5'5 [x. 



On clay soil, Adelaide, July, 1914. 



Crepidotus. 



53. Crepidotus mollis, Schaeff er : t. 213; Cooke: Illustrs., 

 pi. 498; Massee: Brit. Fung. Flora, ii., p. 117; Cooke: 

 Handb. Austr. Fungi, No. 293. — This species has been 

 recorded by Cooke for Victoria and Western Australia, and 

 by ourselves (Journ. Roy. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1914, p. 436) for 

 New South Wales. W"e describe our Australian specimens 

 as follows: — Pileus up to 1 inch across, occasionally more, 

 convex, fan-shaped, sometimes striate, smooth, white then 

 dingy watery brownish, somewhat hygrophanous, smooth, 

 edge turned in when young. Gills thin to rather thick, 

 moderately close to rather distant, at first pallid and then 

 pale brownish. Laterally attached by a very short almost 

 obsolete downy stem. Spores in the mass snuff-brown (deep 

 bistre), No. 303, Ton 3, obliquely oval, 7 to 8'5 x 4 to 5'2 /x. 



On rotten stumps and trunks, Mosman, June, July, 

 October; Terrigal, June (spores 8'5 to 10'4 x 5'5 /a); Lisarow, 

 June, August, December — all in New South Wales. 



54. Crepidotus globigerus, Berk. : Linn. J., xiii., p. 

 158; Sacc. : Syll., v., 3610; Cooke: Handb. Austr. Fungi, 

 No. 294 (Vict.). — Our plants agree with the description of 

 this species, to which we refer them. They also, however, 



