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species: — Pileus up to 3 inches in diameter, at first almost 

 hemispherical, when adult convex and a little irregular or 

 slightly dimpled, finally sometimes with the edge upturned 

 and slightly gibbous, reddish-brown to brownish-tan or 

 yellowish-tan on top, paler towards the periphery, sometimes 

 pallid with a brownish tint all over, slightly viscid when 

 moist, smooth to slightly fibrillose. Occasionally a fibrous 

 veil is seen when young, leaving fibres on the lower part of 

 the stem. Gills slightly but definitely sinuate, broadly 

 adnexed, occasionally adnate, moderately close, at first 

 nearly white, then pallid salmony, then almost a mushroom 

 tint but not so bright, finally browny-salmon, sometimes 

 spotted brown. Stem 3 inches high, \ to \ inch thick, stout 

 to slender, white, mealy above, slightly fibrillose, base a little 

 thickened, solid (noted as hollow in one collection). Flesh 

 white, moist looking. Slight mushroomy smell. Caespitose 

 or gregarious. Spores in the mass dull vinus brown, micro- 

 scopically dull brown with a vinous tinge, oblique, one end 

 more pointed, 8'5 to 9 x 4. to 5*5 jul, occasionally 13'5 x 5*5 /x. 



On the ground. Hawkesbury River, July, 1912 (Miss 

 Clarke, Watercolour No. 6), and May, 1913; Terrigal, June, 

 1914 ; on an old camp site under bushes, Lane Cove River; 

 Sydney, June, 1916; The Spit, Sydney, July, 1916; Brook- 

 vale, July, 1916 ; National Park, July, 1916 — all in New 

 South Wales. 



69. Psilocybe bullacea, Bulliard ; Champ.: t. 566, f. 2; 

 Cooke: Illustrs., pi. 608b; Massee : Brit. Fung. Flora, i., 

 370. — We have previously recorded this species for New South 

 Wales and Adelaide (Journ. Roy. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1914, 

 p. 438). We have the following additional localities or 

 dates :-*"- Orange, November; Sydney, March, June, July; 

 Milsou Island, Hawkesbury River, May; ( ?,) this species, 

 Walcha, July — all in New South Wales. Adelaide, 

 September. 



70. Psiloci/be musci, n. sp. (pi. x., fig. 7).— Pileus 

 \ inch across and \ inch high, conical or convex with a marked 

 obtuse umbo, becoming nearly plane and | inch across, hygro- 

 phanous, umbo a waxy yellow-brown, the rest dark brownish 

 and striate or rugose, drying from the apex to a pallid 

 brownish-white or tan, slightly viscid when moist, edge turned 

 in when very young and closed with a veil, which occasionally 

 leaves a slight ring on the stems in older specimens. Gills 

 rather distant, broad, greyish-brown to dingy dark brown, 

 adnate to slightly decurrent. Stem up to 1J inch high, 

 slender, pallid brownish, somewhat silky striate, hollow. Plant 

 rather tough, not fragile. Spores porphyry tinted, 7*5 to 9, 

 and occasionally 10*5, x 5 to occasionally 6 /x. 



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