OF SOl'Til U'STKALIA. 
IS. Lepicta cristata (A. et S.) Fr. (L., cristatus, crested). — Pileus 1 to ljin. 
pi. 2 to 2.8 cm.), convex to deeply eonico-oonvex, then more expanded, finally 
sometimes plane or even upturned, sometimes snbnmbonate, white densely clad 
with small dark reddisli-brown (near Mars Brown, xv., or Chestnut Brown, xtV.) 
tibrillose scales, very dark on the disc, paler at the periphery. Hills jnst free, 
rather close, ventricose, creamy white sometimes later with a pale reddish-brown 
tinge, stem } to 1 Ain. (l.s to 3.7 cm.), slender, equal, slightly tibrillose, slightly 
hollow, whitish above, tinged with reddish-brown below (Light Russet Vinaceous, 
xxxtx.). Ring distant, membranous, evanescent, sometimes brownish. Flesh of 
stem white becoming reddish-brown when old. Spores obliquely elliptical with 
an apieulus. not thick-walled. .1 to 8.5 x 3 to 5 n- On the ground amongst grass 
or under trees. South Australia — Adelaide Parklands, Beaumont, Waterfall Gully 
(amongst burnt bracken), Kinehina. Back Valley otf Inman \ alley, Kalangadoo 
(pileus ochraceous tawny breaking into fine scales, stem up to 2in., 5 cm., high, 
coloured like the pileus, paler above). Victoria. Tasmania. May, June. 
(Figure ti A.) 
A B 
[From watercolours by Miss 11. C. Five ash. 
Figure 6. — A. lepiota cristata (A. et S.) Fr. (No. 18). Adelaide Park Lands. 
B. Lepiotn Kxocarpi Clel. (No. 16). Mount Lofty. 
1 p. Lepiota suberistata Clel. (L„ sub. near to; crUtatus. crested — here, near 
to the species 1... cristata ). — Pileus 1 to lAin. (2.5 to 3.7 cm.), at lirst oonieo- 
convex, then convex to nearly plane, with an obtuse umbo, densely covered with 
small brown tibrillose scales, darker and closer at the disc. Gills free, moderately 
close, white. Stem to IJin. (4.4 cm.), rather slender, stuffed tending to be hollow, 
sluaggv with fibrils up to the veil attachment, smooth above. No definite ring. 
Spores elliptical, not thick walled. 5.5 x 3.7 u. South Australia — In Finns radiata 
Bon. (7\ in.nonis Douglas) forest, Mount Burr (S.E.). May. 
Resembles L. cristata (A. and 8.) Fr.. but differs in the shaggy tibrillose stem 
without a definite ring. I.. cristata grew in the same locality. 
20. Lepiota discolorata Clel. (L., disced a ratn.s. discoloured, from the change 
in colour in drying). — Pileus 1] to 2in. (3 to 5 cm.), nearly plane, a little 
upturned, sulnnnbonate, covered with dense very dark reddish-brown scales, fewer 
near the periphery, sometimes slightly striate at the periphery. Gills just free, 
close, white or cream-coloured. Stem 11 to 24in. (3.1 to 6.2 cm.), slender, hollow, 
white above, pale brownish below or pallid with minute brownish flecks. Ring 
distant, membranaceous, evanescent. Flesh white stained reddish. Smell strong, 
radisln . The whole plant when dry Fuscous to Fuscous Black (XLVi.). Spores 
elliptical, oblique, not thick walled. 5 to 6.5 x 3.5 m. sometimes 7.5 to 9 x 4.5 u. 
On the ground. South Australia — Mount Lofty; National Park; in Pinus radio t a 
Don. (/’. nusifliiKs Douglas) forest. Kalangadoo (S.K.). April to June. 
A moderately small species recognised by the dark reddish brown scales in 
the pileus and the discolouration of the whole plant on drying. 
