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AUSTRALASIAN FUNGI. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
All except the last four species were communicated by Baron F. 
von Mueller, K.C.M.G. 
Agaricus (Amanita) illudens, Cke. fy Mass. 
Pileo convexo (1 unc.) ochraceo-flavido, verrucis inaequalibus, 
sparsis, latis, mox secedentibus, consperso, margine laevi ; stipite 
gracili, fistuloso, aequali, annulo obsoleto ; volva vaginali ; lamellis 
liberis, postice attenuatis, candidis, acie serrulatis ; sporis ovalibus, 
8 x 6 /x. 
On the ground. Upper Yarra, Victoria ; Harkaway Ranges, 
Victoria. ( C . French .) 
Pileus scarcely exceeding 1 inch ; stem 2 inches long, 2-3 lines 
thick. 
Agaxicus (Lepiota) columfoicoloir, Clce. fy Mass. 
Pileo subcarnoso, convexo, obtusissime umbonato, furfuraceo, 
caeruleo-griseo (columbi color), stipite cylindrico, aequali, albido, 
deorsum ochraceo, tenui, farcto, demum fistuloso, glabro ; annulo 
membranaceo -fugaci, lamellis liberis, ventricosis, confertis, albis ; 
sporis ellipticis, 10-12 x 5-6 /*. 
On the ground. Lake Bonney. ( Miss Wehl., No. 26, with Jig.) 
Pileus f inch diam. ; stem 2 in. long, 2 lines thick. 
Agaxicus (Lepiota) obclavatus, Cke. Mass. 
Pileo subcarnoso, convexo-applanato, vix umbonato, furfuraceo, 
rufo-f'usco, disco obscuriori, carne rubente, stipite gracili, cylin- 
drico, fistuloso, ad basin abrupte bulboso-incrassato, glabro, pallide 
carneo-fusco ; annulo tenui, fugaci; lamellis confertis, angustis, 
liberis, albis, sporis ellipticis, hyalinis, 10-12 x 6 /x. 
On charred ground under gum tree, near Melbourne. ( Miss 
Wehl., No. 14, with fig.) 
Pileus 1 in. diam. ; stem 3-4 in. long, 2-3 lines thick above, J 
inch and more at the abruptly bulbous base. 
Agaxicus (Lepiota) echmodeimatus, Cke. Sf Mass. 
Flavidus. Pileo (1 unc. diam.) convexo-plano, verrucis erectis, 
conicis convergentibus densissime obsito, margine incurvo, velo 
appendiculato, stipite subaequali, gracili, tomentoso-squarroso, 
flavido (2 in. long, 2 lin. crass), annulo fugaci, vel ad marginem 
pilei appendiculato. Lamellis subliberis, approximatis, leviter ad- 
nexis, confertis, ventricosis, albis ; sporis, 8x6/*. 
Possibly on wood. New Caledonia. {Hodgson.) 
Agaricus (Collybia) veluticeps, Cke. fy Mass. 
Pileo subcarnoso, convexo-expanso, velutino, hepatico ; stipite 
brevi, sequali, sursum pallido, deorsum rufo-fusco, carne pallidiori ; 
lamellis ventricosis, adnatis, subconfertis, albis ; sporis, 8-10 x 5/i. 
In fern gully. Lake Bonney. ( Wehl., No. 3, withjig.) 
Pileus 1 in. ; stem 1 in. long, 2 lines thick. 
