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| Order FUNGI. 
AGARICUS, Linn. 
A. (Lepiota) membranaceus, Oke. and Mass., Grev. xxi. 36. 
Pileus thin, membraneou us, pale cream web — then expanded 
umbonate, a little darker at the dise (1 em.). Stem slender, 
| slightly bulbous at the base, hollow; ring tae small, rather fuga- 
lous. Gills free, ve entricose, scarcely crowded. ‘Spores very minute, 
8x2 4—Dr. M..C. Co oke, Le. 
Hab.: On wood, Brisbane River, Field Naturalists, 
Noticed in Botany Bulletin V., but wanting description, 
A. (Collybia) muscipula, Che. and Mass. (n. sp.). 
' solitary specimen rear gee. from Dr. Joseph Bancroft. The deserip- 
tion has not yet come to hand; but Pile i e 3 fae a remarks that this new 
species is very similar to 4 gq. pbilogtis: "Rel be seen by referring to the 
: 3rd Supplement to Syn. eet FL. p. 114, vii this latter species was met with a 
few years ago near Brisban 
A. (Collybia) nummularis, Fries., Cooke’s Austr. Fung. 20. 
Pileus rather fleshy, almost plane, obsoletely depressed around the 
i Babe, even, pallid; stem stuffed, then hollow, smooth, pallid, 
nerassated above ; gills free, rather distant, white.—Cooke, l.c. 
Hab, : Gladfield, on wood, C. J, Gwyther ; also in Victoria. 
(Collybia) dryophilus, Bull., Cooke’s Austr. Fung. 20. 
Pes! somewhat fleshy, nearly plane, obtuse, rather doprebeed even, 
smooth, turning pale (1-2 in. diameter) ; stem fistulose, smooth, 
reddish-brown or cokatich (2 to 8 in. high, } in. pea? | ag sinuate, 
ength with a decurrent tooth, nearly fr rowded, 
oe white or pallid; spores 6 x 4 p. Cooke, Le. (but “< "habitat 
B1ve 
Hab.: On the earth, Gladfield, C. J, Gwyther. 
(Mycena) epi terygius, Fries. Cooke Illust. t. 208 a. 
Pi ileus membra =e pide od then expanded, rather obtuse, 
ond cuticle viscid, separable; stem elongated, tough, rooting, 
ooth, viscid, yellowish ; gills adnate, with a decurrent tooth, vari- 
able 1 uP e, rT: 4 
Hab.: Gladfield, C. 7. Gwyther, 
Found amongst moss and leaves in Europe. 
_ (Pleurotus) c ormis, Berk., Mag. Zool. and Bot. 
1.15 £,3 ined ew yrase Sace., Syll v. 379. (From eyphella- 
formis—sheioad like ce hollows of the ears, cyphell ai.) Pileus cup- 
shaped, then dependent ; upper stratum gelatinous, cinereous, che: 
minutely strigose, especially at the base ; margin paler, sprinkled 
toh meal-like se 8; gills pure gee ‘rather distant, narrow, linear. 
a Weak, + 9 oe species about 4m 
Pe dink: On moss, Gladfield, C. J. @ 
Sa 
Found in Europe on the dead stems of herbaceous plants. 
MARASMIUS, Fries. 
on, Pa fopus » Kaich., Grey. viii. t. 148, f. 13; ee: raat! hast 2014; 
Austr, Fungi § 83, Pileus between coriac 
ou, almost diaphanous, convex, ar or with centre vteanhort 
