7 
AUSTRALASIAN FUNGI. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
{Continued from Vol. xvi., p. 114.) 
Those indicated by an asterisk (*) communicated by Baron F. 
Von. Mueller. 
* Agaricus (Entoloma) galbineus, Cke. Mass. 
Sulphur colour. Pileus rather fleshy, convex then expanded, 
obtusely umbonate (1-2 in. broad), umbo darker, almost saffron- 
colour, smooth, moist ; stem equal, fibrillose, fistulose (2 in. long, 
2-3 lines thick). Gills slightly adnexed, ventricose, pallid. Spores 
rosy, globose, angular, 10 /x diam. 
On the ground. Walhalla ( Tisdall 48). 
* Agaricus (Leptonia) quinquecolor, Cke. Sf Mass. 
Pileus membranaceous, convex, smooth, slightly virgate with 
radiating pink fibrils ; margin yellowish, disc brownish brick-red 
(about 1 in. diam.), stem cylindrical, equal, or slightly attenuated 
upwards, fistulose, bay brown, whitish flocculose at the base (2 in. 
long, 1 line thick), usually csespitose ; gills sinuately adnate, rosy. 
Spores globose, rough, 8-10 /jl. 
On black loam. Walhalla ( Tisdall 54). 
* Agaricus (Hebeloma) arenicolor, Cke. Sf Mass. 
Pileus fleshy, convex then plane, smooth, rather viscid, dingy 
ochre or sand colour (1J-2 in. broad). Stem cylindrical, subfibrillose, 
smooth, same colour as the pileus, fistulose, terminating at the base 
in a conical root (3 in. long, J in. thick), gills adnate, rounded behind, 
scarcely crowded, ventricose, pallid, then ochraceous. Spores ellip- 
soid, dingy umber, 20 X 10-12 /x. 
On the ground. Near Melbourne ( Tisdall 44, 49). 
* Calocera (Ramosae) digitata, Cke. 8f Mass. 
Branched (1-1 Jin. high), tough, even, pallid; trunk thin, smooth, 
twice or three times furcate, branches expanded at the apex in a 
spathulate manner, each bearing from 3 to 5 delicate scyphoid pro- 
cesses arranged like fingers on the open hand. Spores white, 
elliptical, 5-6 X 3 yu. 
On damp logs. Fern gully, Dandenong ( French , No. 2). 
Didymium australis, Massee. 
Sporangium globose or slightly compressed, indistinctly 
umbilicate, covered with a dense white layer of crystals of lime 
which breaks away in patches ; stem elongated, erect, filiform, 
slightly thickened downwards, bright brown ; threads of capillitium 
colourless, slender, variously branched ; spores globose, smooth, 
dingy, purple-brown, 10-11 /x diam. 
Gregarious. Stem 3-4 mm. long; sporangium about 2 mm. 
broad x 1-5 mm. high. 
On old Auricularia. Brisbane ( Bailey 596). 
