OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
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Russet (xv.) puling upwards to become pall id with the same tint. Spore mass 
slightly tinted, spores pear-shaped, 5 x 3.7 /x. On the ground. Soutli Australia 
National Park. May. 
(it. Collybia alutacea Clel. (I.., alula, tanned leather).- -Pilous f to 1 Jin. 
(1.8 to 3.7 cm.), more or less plane becoming upturned repand, sometimes sub- 
umbonato, smooth, rich salmony-buff and moist looking, sometimes reddish-brown 
at the periphery, drying opaque matt and a paler pinkish-bull. Gills adnexed, 
narrow, close, creamy white. Stem 1 to Tin. (l.S to 2.5 cm.), rather short, some- 
what slender, sometimes flattened, equal, smooth, slightly hollow, pallid with a 
slight or definite tint of the pileus. Flesh of the stem cartilaginous, differing 
from the fain white flesh of the pileus, which is attenuated outwards. Spores (?) 
.1 x 2.5 ix. On the ground. South Australia — Back Valiev off Inman Valley. 
May, 11)29. 
Characterised by the rich sa Imony-buff pileus becoming pinkish-buff, con- 
trasting with the close white gills and short pallid stem slightly tinted like the 
pileus. 
65. Collybia elegans del. (I.., eleffane, elegant). — Pileus f to over lin. (l.S to 
3 cm.), at first campanulato-convex with edge interned, then deeply convex and 
obtusely umbonate, finally nearly plane with obtuse umbo and edge occasionally 
upturned, slightly rivulose, surface moist-looking matt, Cinnamon Rufous (xtv.), 
Tawny (xv.), or near Orange Buff (III.) when fresh and yellower than Burnt: 
Sienna (it.) when drying, (tills adnato-adnexed to adnate, close, narrow, crcam- 
eoloured. Stem.lt to 2tin. (3.7 to (1.5 cm.), very slender (2 to 5 nun.), equal, 
polished, cartilaginous, tough, solid, sometimes slightly swollen at the base, tinted 
like the pileus or Pale Orange Yellow (m.) or Russet (XV.) below, then Tawny 
(xv.), pallid to whitish above. Smell strong. Spores narrow, one end pointed, 
9 to 11 x 4.5 to 5.5 ix. On the ground with much pallid mycelium in mould or 
covering fallen leaves or invading rotten wood. Smith Australia — National Park, 
Mount Lofty. May to July. 
The cinnamon-rufous pileus and stem, the latter pallid below the cap and slender, 
with creamy white adnato-adnexed or adnate gills and general elegant appearance 
characterise the species, which approaches Mwanmius in texture. 
B. Gills becoming cinereous. 
•Gills crowded, rather narrow. 
(id. Collybia deusta del. (L., demlux, burnt up, scorched). — Pileus 2 to Sin. 
(5 to 7.5 cm.), irregularly plane to slightly depressed with a trace of umbonatiou, 
edge somewhat undulutory, surface matt to subtomentose, smoky brownish to 
scorched brown, (rills adnato-adnexed with occasionally a deeurrent tooth, close, 
narrow (jin., 6.5 mm. deep), pallid dingy greyish to pallid dingy buff. Stem 
11 to 2in. (3.7 to 5 cm.), rather slender ( j to Hin., 6 to 9 mm., thick), tibrillose, 
tough, solid, base slightly swollen into a knob ending abruptly, dark smoky brown. 
Flesh of stem cartilaginous, differing in texture from the flesh of the pileus, which 
is white and thin. Spores elliptical, 8.5 x 5.2 /x. No obvious smell. South Aus- 
tralia — In sand under Melaleuca lialmal iimnun F.v.M., Inman River, Victor 
Harbour. May. 
Kinchina specimens (May to August), which seem to be this species, though 
differing in minor details and showing, sometimes at least, slightly rough spores, 
are here described in case further investigation shows them to be specifically dis- 
tinct. Pileus 3in. (7.5 cm.) in diameter, at first deeply convex with an aeut'c 
umbo, then convex and subumbonnte, finally nearly plane or a little depressed, 
smooth, shining, edge inturned when young, between Snuff Brown (xxtx.) and 
Buff Brown (XL.). Gills adnate to sinuato-aduate, close, narrow, to Jin. (6 mm.) 
deep, pallid with a greyish-brown tint. Stem 14 to 24in. (3.7 to 6.2 cm.), slender, 
(ibrouslv striate, externally libro-eartilaginous, internally staffed, flesh hetero- 
geneous from that of the pileus, brownish like the pileus but paler, pallid above. 
Spores elliptical, sometimes slightly warty, 7.5 to 9 x 5 to 6.5 ix. Other South 
Australian localities — Enfield, Blackwood, Belair, Baker's Gully near Clarendon, 
south of Noarlunga, Encounter Bay. May to August. 
67. Collybia fusca Ulel. (L., fuscus, dusky). — Pileus 11 to 3}in. (3.1 to 9.3 
cm.), convex, slightly umbonate, edge inturned, surface dull, apparently slightly 
viscid when moist, lighter than Fuscous to Fuscous or Fuscous Black (xi.vi.). 
Gills slightly to deeply sinuate, or sometimes adnate, up to 1 cm. deep, moderately 
