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A. Pileus fleshy, often pale and silky when dry, not hygrophanous. 
39. Clitocybe eucalyptorum Glel. (L., ewealyptonim, of Encalypts). — Pilous 
(iin. (If; cm.) or more, irregularly convex with the edge turned, in when young, 
then expanding, the centre finally more or less depressed, l'epand, innately fib- 
rillose to subtolnent.ose with occasionally small circular patches of thickened 
cuticle, the edge slightly suleate, Drab (xr.vi.) when young to browner than 
Tawny Olive (xxix.). Gills moderately decurrent, moderately close, up to jjin. 
( in mm.) deep, attenuated at the periphery, cream-coloured, assuming a slight 
fleshy tint, becoming yellowish round the edge when old. Stem 4 in. (10 cm.), 
stout, up to iin, (2.5 cm.) thick, swollen below when young, marked above with 
lines of the gills, subfibrillose below, pallid with tints as on the pilous, with 
white mycelium mixed with earth at the base. Shed spores subspherienl, pear- 
shaped, slightly irregular, hyaline, 5.5 to 6.5 x 4.5 y. On the ground amongst 
leaves, etc., under Eucalyptus. South Australia — National Park. July. 
40. Clitocybe straminea del. (L., slramineus, straw-colour).- — Pileus l to lAin, 
(2.5 to J.7 cm.), irregularly convex, centre usually 'depressed, thin, nearly semi- 
translucent, pilose in the centre, fibrillose peripherally, slightly striate, edge 
radiately splitting, centre blackish-brown, the remainder smoky yellowish brown, 
the smokiness due to fine fibrils. Gills slightly but definitely deeurrent, moderately 
close, straw-coloured to pale egg-yellowish. Stem U to 2in. (3.7 to 5 cm.), equal, 
slender, somewhat ffexuous, twisted, slightly striate, mealy fibrillose above, less 
so below, hollow, the colour of the gills. Spores subspherienl, d- to 5 y. Densely 
caespitose at the base of stumps. South Australia — Mount Lofty. New South 
Wales. March, April. (Plate IV. Lower central figure.) 
The specific name has reference to the straw colour of the gills and stem. 
41. Clitocybe peraggregata. del. (L., pemggregatus, very much heaped 
together). — Sometimes morismatie, the upper surfaces irregularly infundibuliform 
with wavy and irregular edges showing lobes, villous, execntricall.v or almost 
laterally attached to a stout common branching stem from which the rather fan- 
shaped pilei spread out. Pileus 1 tu -’in. (2.5 To 5 cm.) in diameter, irregularly 
convex, often distorted, edge a little turned in, punctate pruinose and breaking 
up on the surface into minute, furfuraccous granules or wart-like prominences, the 
granules darker coloured, the surface appearing as if partly dusted with soot', 
Drab (xt,vi.) or lighter, paler round the periphery. Gills deeurrent to nearly 
adnate, moderately close, edges a little thick, sometimes forked, whitish with a 
butty tint or livid greyish, Kt«m short', f to lin. (1.9 to 2.5 cm.), moderately 
stout, up to lin. (2.5 cm.) (hick at the base, often distorted, whitish flecked 
with minute greyish furfuraccous scales. Spores obliquely elliptical, probably 
faintly tinted microscopically, 6.5 to 7.8 x 4.8 to 5.5 y. Cystidia not seen. Flesh 
slightly greyish, that of the stem confluent and homogenous with that of the 
pileus. Smell slightly mealy. Densely caespitose, growing on the clay floor of a 
motor shed, probably from rotten wood or buried chips. South Australia— 
Fullarton near Adelaide. June, September. 
Apparently related to ('. aggregata (Sehaeflf.) Fr„ but differing more parti- 
cularly in the pruinose-furfuraceous pileus and the short stem. 
42. Clitocybe flaccida (Sow.) Fr. var. lobata (Sow.) Cko. (L., flacci(lus, flabby; 
lobatvs, lobed). — Pileus up to 2in. (5 cm.) or more, when young convex and 
with the edge turned in, when half grown sometimes convex and broadly umbonate 
with a depression in the unibo, finally irregular ami wavy, sometimes irregularly 
upturned and with the centre usually a little depressed, when young dark-brown 
and villous-matt, later light tan to dark tunny brown, finely squiimulose-villous, 
cracking, (tills when very young adnate and slightly decurrent, then definitely 
but very moderately decurrent, rather close, then more distant, sometimes forking 
and sometimes irregularly connected by veins, pallid with a slight brown tint, 
the latter becoming a little more marked. Stem short, up to a little over lin. 
(2.5 cm.), stout, slightly streaky, solid, base slightly swollen and with a little 
mycelium, pale brownish and somewhat the colour of the pileus. Flesh white, 
outer layer of stem pale horn -coloured. No special smell. Spores elongated pear- 
shaped, S to 1.0.8 x 4.2 t'o 5 y. Usually caespitose. South Australia — On clay 
soil amongst grass in a paddock, Beaumont near Adelaide. April. 
43. Clitocybe semiocculta C'lol. (L., semi, half; occult us, hidden). — Pileus } to 
lin., sometimes up to 2 .lin. (1.2 to 6.2 cm.), at first slightly convex with in turned 
edge, then sometimes expanded and upturned, often depressed over the attach- 
ment of the stem, wavy, irregular and more or loss lobed at the margin, when 
