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Cooke: Handb. Austr. Fungi, No. 344 (Vict., Q'land, Tas., 

 W. Austr.). — We describe Australian specimens (pi. x., 

 fig. 6) as follows: — Pileus up to \ inch broad, conico- 

 •campanulate, greyish-brown, ribbed to the top, which is 

 flattened and pallid white, a few shining particles, edge not 

 turned in when young. Gills adnate, moderately distant, 

 ■dark brown with a purplish tint. Stem 1 inch high or a 

 little more, pure white, silky shining, hollow. Densely 'gre- 

 garious. Spore mass near dark neutral tint, No. 346, Ton 4. 

 Spores dark bronzy-brown microscopically, one end truncate, 

 7 x 3-8 to 42 |u. 



At the foot of a fence-post, Murwillumbah, April, 1916 

 (Herb., J. B. C, Form. Sp., 175); on ground near trunks, 

 Lisarow, June, 1916 (spores 8 to 9 x 5 /x) ; Mosman, Sydney, 

 August, 1916 (spores in the mass black, perhaps with a tinge 

 of purple ; thin spore-prints greyish-black — Miss Clarke, 

 Watercolour No. 131; Herb., J. B. C, Form. Sp., 247) : , 

 round stump, Orange, October, 1916 (spores 8'5 x 4 /x) ; on 

 trunks of Erythrina, sp., Botanic Gardens, Sydney; Bexley, 

 Sydney — all in New South Wales. Waterfall Gully, near 

 Adelaide, and National Park (S.A.), April and June, 1917 

 <spores 7"2 to 9 x 4*2 to 4'8 /x). 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 



Plate IX. 



Fig. 1. Hebeloma montanum, n. sp. 



,,2. ,, ,, ,, and spores. 



,, 3. CoHinarius rotundisporus, n. sp., with spore. 



,,4. ,, ,, ,, section. 



,, 5. ,, austro-rvernias, n. sp., with section and spore. 



, , o . , , i , , 



.,, 7. Flammula purpurata, Cke. and Massee, with spores. 



,, 8. Stropharia umbonatescens, Peck, and spore. 



Plate X. 



Fig. 1. Flammula radicata, n. sp., with spore and spore mass. 

 ,, 2. Inocybe ausfraliensis, n. sp., with section, cystidium, and 



spore. 

 •,, 3. ,, albidipes, n. sp., with section, cystidium, and 



spore. 

 ,, 4. ,, subasterospora, n. sp., with section, cystidium, 



and spores. 

 „ 5, „ ,, n. sp. 



,, 6. Psaihyrella disseminata, Pers., and spore. 

 ,, 7. Psiloeybe musci, n. sp., showing moist pileus (dark brown), 



dry pileus (pallid), section, and spores. 



