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agree perfectly with Peck's dscription of C. malachius, B. 

 and C, and with his figure of it (N. York State Mus., Rep. 

 of State Botanist, 1907, p. 139, pi. 112, figs. 1-4). Our 

 plants we thus describe: — Pileus about 1 inch in diameter, 

 occasionally 2 inches broad by 1J inch from before back- 

 wards, edge slightly striate, at first pure white or whitish, 

 then pallid white becoming greyish translucent. Gills pallid 

 becoming dirty greyish-brown, edge finely serrate, moderately 

 distant. Attached by a fluffy white base. Spores dingy 

 brown, thick walled, noted as very finely warted with an 

 oil-immersion lens in one case, spherical, 5*5 to 9 \i. 



On fallen logs, Tuggerah, October, 1914; Narrabeen, 

 April, 1915 (Herb., J. B. C, Form. Sp., 61); National 

 Park, July, 1916— all in New South Wales. 



55. Crepidotus salmonicolor , n. sp. — Pileus up to 2 inches 

 broad and 1\ inch deep, convex, dull, pale pinkish, laterally 

 attached. Gills moderately distant, many short, rich pinky- 

 salmon becoming more ferruginous. Spores in the mass 

 salmony-brown, microscopically pale brown, pear-shaped, 

 6*6 x 4"8 fx. On rotten fallen trunk in brush forest. 

 Mummulgum, near Casino (N.S.W.), December, 1916. The 

 colour of the gills and of the shed spores suggests that the 

 plants might belong to Claudopus, but the tint in the mass 

 is much browner than, for instance, that of Pluteus 

 cervinus, so we refer the species to Crepidotus. 



Pileus ad 5 cm. latus, 30 mm. crassus, eonvexus, siccus, 

 pallido-carnosus, a latere adjunctus. Lamellae paulo 

 distantes, multae breves, ferventer incarnatae, mox 

 magis ferrugineae. Sporae in toto salmoni-coloribus- 

 fuscae, per amplificationem pallido-fuscae, piri formes, 

 6'6 x 4'8 p. 



PURPLE OR PORPHYRY-SPORED AGARICS. 



PSALLIOTA. 



56. Psalliota campestris, (L.) ; Cooke: Illustrs., pi. 526; 

 Massee : Brit. Fung. Flora, i., p. 410; Cooke: Handb. Austr. 

 Fungi, No. 307 (Vict., Q'land, N.S.Wales, S. Austr., Tas.). 

 — We consider as the typical form of this species, the common 

 variety having when young a smooth pure white cap, pink 

 gills, and a pleasant but not scented smell. It seems widely 

 distributed in pastures throughout Australia, and may be 

 found at almost any period of the year provided weather 

 conditions are favourable. Spores 6'3 to 9 x 4"2 to 5'5 /x, 

 usually 7 to 8 x 5 jul. 



We have noted specimens as follows : — Sydney district, 

 January, April; Hawkesbury River, March; Dubbo, June; 



