OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
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KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
Epidermis dry. 
Pileus squamulose or becoming broken up into 
scales. 
Ring more or less movable. Large stout 
plants, Sin. or more in diameter. 
Pileus up to oin., covered with dark-brown 
scales, umbonate. 
Ring ample. Stem up to Tin., pale 
brownish. Spores 15 to 22.5 x 9.5 
to 11 p 15. Lepiota procera. 
Ring fixed. Medium to small plants. 
Not becoming red when bruised or cut. 
Spores usually more than 9 p long. 
Pileus with dark-brown to blackish 
scales, umbonate. Ring imper- 
fect. No bulb. Spores 8 to 
11 x 3.5 to 4.5 p 16. L. Exocarpi. 
Pileus with earthy-brown scales. 
Ring definite. Bulbous base to 
stem. Spores 9.3 to 10.5 x 
5.5 to 7 p 17. L. bulbosa. 
Spores under 9 p long. 
Pileus with reddish-brown scales, 
massed on the disc, 4 to 2iin. 
Stem whitish or rufeseent. 
Spores 5 to 8.5 x 3 to 4 /i. 
Not discoloured in drying . . 18. L. oristata. 
Pileus with brown fibrillose scales 
like L. cristate/. Stem with 
shaggy fibrils. Spores 5.5 x 
3.7 p 19. L. suberistata. 
Pileus with dark reddish-brown 
scales, up to 2in. Stem whitish, 
pale brownish below. Spores 5 
to 6 x 3.4 p. Discoloured dark 
dingy in drying 20. L. discolorata. 
Pileus with fawn, vinaceous fawn 
or mikado brown scales, up to 
14in. Stem whitish, fibrillose. 
Spores 6.4 to 7 x 3.8 p . . . . 21. L. cervicolor. 
Pileus w r ith dark grey scales, 4in. 
Stem whitish. Spores 5.5 x 
3.5 /u, 22; L. nigro-cinerea. 
Pileus with sooty-brown scales, 
nearly lin. Stem short, whitish. 
Spores 5.5 x 3.5 p 23. L. fubiginosa. 
Pileus and stem pinkish cinna- 
mon to tawny, subfloceose or 
with minute scales, ring in- 
definite, stem fibrillose. Spores 
5.5 to 7 x 4 p 24. L. cinnamonea. 
Becoming red when bruised or cut; 
Pileus with crimson-lake scales. Spores 
5.5 to 7 x 3.5 to 4 p 25. L. haemorrhagica 
Pileus not or rarely squamulose, often granular, 
mealy or pruinose. 
Large stout plants. 
Pileus up to 34in., soft, white often with 
traces of brown. Ring ample, fixed. 
Gills creamy-white becoming brownish. 
Stem 3in., swollen at the base. Spores 
9 to 11 x 5.6 to 6.5 p 26. L. naucina. 
