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THE LARGER FUNGI 
(o) Smaller, slender, Pjleus dry, cuticle entire, not scaly or granular. 
28. Lepiota parvannulata (Lasch) Fr. (L., parvus, small; annalatus, 
ringed). — Pure white all over or with a pale biscuity tint appearing in the centre 
of the pjleus. Pileus J to Jin. (1.2 to 1.8 cm.), convex becoming nearly plane, 
sometimes with a smooth umbo, the rest of the pileus slightly striate, with 
adpressed silky fibrils at the periphery. Gills just free, close, narrow, edges 
denticulate, white to creamy-white. Stem 11 to Ifin. (3.7 to 4.4 cm.), slender, 
equal or a little swollen below, slightly fibrillose, hollow, silky white. Ring white, 
inferior. Spores oblique, ends rather pointed, one side flattened, 6.8 to 7.5 x 3.5 
to 3.7 p. South Australia — Mount Lofty. June. 
The species can be recognised by the small size, nearly pure white colour, 
slightly fibrillose pileus and distant' white ring. Rea’s description of the species 
in Britain gives the pileus as pruinose, then silky and the spores as 4 to 5 x 3 p. 
29. Lepiota umbonata Clel. (L., umbonatus, possessing a boss or umbo). — 
Pileus Jin. (1.2 cm.) in diameter, slightly convex with a broad obtuse umbo, pallid 
whitish with a butty tint. Gills just free, moderately close, pallid flesh-coloured. 
Stem Ijin. (3.1 cm.) high, slender, flesh-coloured. Ring distant. Whole plant 
when dry brownish. Spores not thick-walled, 5.5 x 3.5 p. South Australia — In 
Pirns radiata Don. (P. insignia Douglas) forest, Kalangadoo. May. 
A small species with a whitish umbonate pileus and slender moderately long 
stem. 
30. Lepiota albo-fihrillosa Clel. (L., albus, white; fibrillosus, with fibrils). — 
Pure white. Pileus Jin. (3.5 mm.) in diameter, convex, subumbonate, mealy, 
dotted with white fibrils continuous with the veil and clothing the stem below 
the attachment of the veil, no definite ring. Gills free, many short, edges rather 
thick, white. Stem Jin. (10 mm.) high, slender, base a little swollen. Spores 
elliptical, 6.2 to 7,5 x 3.75 p. On the ground. South Australia — Mount Lofty, 
under a rock. May. 
A minute white delicate short-stemmed species with white fibrils on the pileus 
and clothing the stem without a well-defined ring. 
B. Epidermis viscid. 
No South Australian species recorded. 
HIATULA Fr. 
(L., hio, I gape.) 
“Pileus slightly fleshy at the disc-, eampanulate. Stem central. Ring very 
fugacious, not manifest in the adult stage. Gills free or ndnate. Spores white, 
subglobose, smooth, with a germ-pore. Growing on wood.” — Rea. 
Ao South Australian species recorded. 
**** Without a ring or a volva. 
SCHULZSRIA Bros. 
(After Stephan Schulzer.) 
“Pileus fleshy, regular; margin at first- incurved. Stem central. Gills free 
from the stem. Spores white, oval or clavate, wall continuous. Growing on the 
ground. ’ ' — Rea. 
No South Australian species recorded. 
(b) Pileus confluent and homogeneous with the fleshy stem. 
*With a membranaceous ring on the stem. 
ARMILL ARIA Fr. 
(L., armilla, a ring.) 
‘ ‘ Pileus flesh v, regular. Stem central, fleshy. Ring membranaceous or 
subarachnoid, adnate, persistent or fugacious. Gills sinuato-adnexed, decurrent 
or adnate. Spores white, elliptical or oval or globose, smooth. Growing on the 
ground and on wood, sometimes caespitose. “ — Rea. 
