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AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 
at base, bulbous, fistulose, smooth, whitish, becoming brownish 
with age ; superior ring broad, deciduous. Gills at first linear, 
then broader, free, white, at length tinged umber. Spores 
elliptical, 12 x 7-8 /i. 
On the ground. Mount Wellington. Queensland. 
A further supply of specimens from Mr. Bailey shows that the 
original description was drawn up from young specimens, and should 
be corrected as above. 
Agaricus (Lepiota) membranaceus, CJce. 4* Mass. 
Pileus thin, membranaceous, pale cream colour, convex, then 
expanded, umbonate, a little darker at the disc (1-2 c.m.). Stem 
slender, slightly bulbous at the base, hollow ; ring distant, small, 
rather fugacious. Gills free, ventricose, scarcely crowded. Spores 
very minute, 3x2 \i. 
On chips of wood buried in the ground. Queensland. ( Bailey , 
937.) 
Hiatula Wynniae, BerTc. HdbTc. Austr. Fungi p. 71. 
Specimens from Queensland, growing on wood, spores 5x4 fx, 
agree completely with type. {Bailey, 933.) It is reported as 
luminous, emitting a greenish light. 
Agaricus (Clitopilus) cyathoideus, CTce. 4* Mass. 
Singly or clustered. Pileus rather thin, convex, umbilicate, 
then infun dibuliform, irregular, pallid, smooth (2-4 c.m. broad), 
margin incurved, even ; stem nearly equal (2-3 c.m. long), a little 
striate, pallid (6-8 m.m. thick), hollow, white and woolly at the 
base, with a white floccose mycelium. Gills rather crowded, and 
narrow, decurrent, white becoming a little discoloured. Spores 
roseate, angular, irregular, 10-12 x8/i. 
Under burnt logs. Victoria. {Mrs. Martin , 1054.) 
Agaricus (Hebeloma) griseus, CTce. Sf Mass. 
Single or gregarious. Pileus fleshy, convex, becoming flattened 
(6 8 c.m. diam.), mouse-grey or pale silver grey, glutinous, 
smooth, shining when dry. Stem equal, or thickened at the base 
when young, attenuated when old (3 c.m. long, 1-lJ c.m. thick), 
solid, or stuffed, whitish, a little mealy at apex ; veil arachnoid, 
white, fugacious. Gills adnate, with a decurrent tooth, rather 
broad, ferruginous. Spores 7-8 x 3 fi, bright brown. Odour un- 
pleasant. 
On the ground in woods. Victoria. {Mrs. Martin , 1060.) 
Agaricus (Tubaria) strigipes, CJce. 4* Mass. 
Csespitose. Pileus hemispherical, umbonate (1-2 c.m.), tawny 
yellow, smooth, rugose, margin incurved. Stem slender, flexuous, 
hollow (3 c.m. long, 1-2 m.m. thick), colour of the pileus squar- 
rose nearly to the apex, with conical spreading scales. Gills 
broadly adnate, or with a decurrent tooth, rather crowded, thin, 
edge paler, cinnamon. Spores tawny yellow, nucleate, 6-7 
x 4 /x. 
In tufts amongst grass. Port Phillip. {J. Mincliin.) 
