74 
THE LARGER FUNGI 
edge slightly interned when young, dark blackish-brown, Bully Brown to Clove 
Brown (xl.), sometimes when old dark bronzy brown. Gills sinuate, ventrieose, 
a little distant, white, when old with a yellowish-brown tint. Stem 14 to lfin. 
(3.1 to 4.4 cm.), rather slender, twisted, not rooting, rather polished to sub- 
flbrillose, slightly hollow, cartilaginous, whitish. Spores narrow, approaching 
Bolet ns-shape, white, 8 to 11 x 4 to 4.5 n. In sandy soil, sometimes under leaves 
or half-buried, sometimes subcaespitose. South Australia — Willunga Hill, near 
Summertown. April, May. (Figure 11 B.) 
Characterised by the dark blackish-brown pileus becoming lacerated, the white 
gills and the whitish twisted non-rooting stem. It resembles illustrations of 
C. lacerata (Lasch.) Berk., but does not' grow on stumps, is not caespitose and 
has not subglobose spores. 
[Drawings bg E.U.C. 
Figure 11. — A. Hygrophorus cnnicus (Scop.) Fr. (No. 52). Botanic Gardens, Adelaide. 
Enlarged by J. 
B. GoUybia tortipes Clel. (No. 55). Willunga Hill. 
C. CottyMth VadAcata (Relk.) Berk. (No. 54). Botanic Gardens, Adelaide. 
