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Psilocyhe atomatoides, with which for the present we place it. 

 Peck's description is as follows: — "Pileus thin, fragile, con- 

 vex or subcanipanulate becoming nearly plane, rugosely 

 wrinkled, atomate, slightly and evanescently white floccose, 

 slightly hygrophanons, greyish or ochreous-brown, sometimes 

 with a pinkish tinge, flesh cinereous; lamellae moderately 

 broad, subventricose, rounded behind, adnexed, cinereous 

 becoming dark brown; stem equal, hollow, minutely 

 flocculent when young, pruinose at the top, whitish : spores 

 blackish-brown, 7 to 8 x 4 to 5 jm. Pileus 1*6 to 2'4 mm. 

 broad; stem 3 to 5 cm. long, 2 mm. thick." Our species 

 appears to differ in the gills being more adnate and the stem 

 solid. When young the edge of the cap was 'mot definitely 

 turned in," which should be the case in Psilocyhe. We 

 describe our plants as follows : — Pileus h to 1^- inch in 

 •diameter, conico-campanulate or broadly conical, then cam- 

 panulate, then more expanded, almost membranaceous, apex 

 pale yellowish-fawn, the rest coarsely plicate and dark umber 

 drying to a pallid brownish, the gills showing through, some 

 shining particles ; when young, pale fawny-yellow with 

 glistening particles, striate, edge not definitely turned in. 

 "Gills adnate, ascending, broad, moderately distant, grey then 

 purplish-brown, clouded with the spores. Stem \\ to 1\ 

 inches high, slender, solid, shining, white, slightly brownish 

 below, at first mealy. Tending to dissolve. Spores in the 

 mass very dark purplish-brown (dark neutral tint, No. 346, 

 Tons 1-4), microscopically dark brown, 6'5 to 9 x 4'4 to 5*5 /x. 



On the ground amongst leaves, Mosman, Sydney, May. 



73. Psilocyhe ceres, Cooke and Massee : Grev., xvi., 72; 

 'Cooke: Handb. Austr. Fungi., No. 324, fig. 31. Previously 

 recorded for Victoria. — This is recorded in Cooke (No. 324) for 

 Victoria. In this work, the spore measurements given are 

 14 to 16 x 6 to 8 jul . The following is the description of our 

 specimens, whose spores are a little smaller: — Pileus up to 

 1^ inches broad, convex, then expanded and slightly umbonate, 

 smooth not striate, not viscid, rich orange brick-red or rich 

 scarlet-brick or even approaching the tint of tomatoes, veil 

 separating early and remaining slightly attached to the edge of 

 the pileus. Gills sinuate adnexed, moderately crowded, greyish 

 brown becoming purplish-brown. Stem up to 4 inches long, 

 wavy, slender, reddish-brown below and pale above or colour 

 of the cap but paler, shining, faintly striate, firm and 

 cartilaginous, slightly swollen below and attenuated upwards, 

 strigose at the base, solid, later hollow, when old the flesh 

 of the stem reddish-brown, with mycelium rooting amongst 

 dead leaves. Spores purple-brown, thick-walled, elliptical, 

 10 to 12 x 5*6 to 7 /a. Occasionally caespitose. 



