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THE LARGER FUNGI 
spores obliquely elliptical, 7.5 to 9 x 5.5 y. No cystklia seen. Caespitose, with 
strigose hairs at the base, at the butts of dead trunks of Eucalypts. South 
Australia — Mount Lofty. June. (Figure 13.) 
This is one of the larger caespitose brown species of Myeena, characterised by 
the white or greyish gills becoming spotted reddish brown (hence the specific 
name) . 
[Photo, by S . Tee. 
Figure 13 . — Myeena rnacutatn Clel. (No. 73). 
Tweedvale. 
74. Myeena vinacea Clel. (L., vin.ace.uit, here wine-coloured). — Pileus f to 1-Jin. 
(1.8 to 3.7 cm.), conico-hemispherieal or broadly conical to convex, then expanded, 
sometimes with an acute or obtuse umbo, matt or smooth, slightly shining, striate 
at the periphery when moist, edge slightly incurved when young, Pale Vinaceous 
Drab to Vinaceous Drab (xlv.), Light Cinnamon Drab (XLV1.), near Sorghum 
Brown (xxxix.), or yellower than Vinaceous Brown (XL.), sometimes Fuscous 
( xl vi. ) when old, drying to near Pinkish Buff (xxix.), paler than Avellaneous 
(XL.) or between Avellaneous and Olive Buff (xl.). Gills adnate or slightly 
sinuate with a decurrent' tooth, moderately close, ventricose, many short, edges 
tending to be frayed, Pale Vinaceous Drab, Pale Brownish Drab (xlv.), Pale 
Greyish Vinaceous, or Vinaceous Fawn to Fawn Colour (xl.). Stem 1 to 2 Jin. 
(2.5 to 6.8 cm.), slender to a little stout, equal or slightly attenuated upwards 
or downwards, smooth, hollow, base pallid and tending to be villose, Dark 
Vinaceous Drab (xlv.) when young, Light Greyish Vinaceous (xxxix.), near 
Pale Brownish Drab or Wood Brown (XL,). The pallid brownish flesh of the 
cartilaginous stem heterogeneous from the white flesh of the pileus. Spores 
obliquely elliptical, 7.5 to 13 x 4 to 8.5 t . Caespitose or subcaespitose on fallen 
