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109. Leptonia macrospora del. (Gr., « micros, long; apota, seed). — Pileus up 
to lit). (2.5 cm.), convex, dimpled, then becoming irregular and umbilieate, surface 
rather dull, somewhat matt, edge rather eremite and turned in when young, pallid 
brownish with a [link tinge. Gills adnate to adnato-deeurrent, moderately close, 
rather triangular, pallid salmony pink. Stem up to lin. (2.5 cm.), slender to 
rather stout, rather silky, sometimes twisted, rather cartilaginous, slightly 
hollow, whitish with fluffy mycelium at the base. Spore mass pinkish, 
spores angular, •microscopically slightly coloured, 11 to 16 x 8 p. Cystidia not 
seen. Amongst moss. South Australia — Port Lincoln. May. 
110. Leptonia t.abacina del. ( Tnbacinus , snuff -coloured). — Pileus f to lin. 
(1.8 to 2.5 cm,), convex, umbilieate, somewhat fibrillose, edge substriate, Snuff 
Brown (xxix.), paler or darker in the centre. Gills ndnoxod, nearly free, 
moderately close, ventricose, greyer than Light Pinkish Cinnamon (xxix.) becoming 
dingier and browner. Stem 1 tin. (.1.7 era.), slender, slightly attenuated upwards, 
polished, cartilaginous, with pith and slightly hollow, dark brown (Bister, xxix.) 
or Buffy Brown (xi,.), paler below the pileus. Flesh of the stem heterogeneous 
from that of the pileus. Spores angular, slightly tinted, 6.5 /*, 7.5 to 8 x 5.5 M- 
No cystidia seen. On the ground. South Australia — Stirling West, Mount Lofty, 
Kaglc-on-the- -Hill. June, July. 
111. Leptonia radicata Clel. (L., riHlicatun, rooting). — Pileus up to 1m. 
(2.5 on.), irregularly convex, centre deeply umhilicated, subfibrillose, edge some- 
times infolded, darker and greyer than Drab (xl'vk). Gills slightly decurrent, 
edges a little thick, many short ones at the periphery, drab with a salmon- 
coloured shade. Stem Jin. (1.8 cm.), moderately slender, fibrillose, mealy above, 
solid, a little paler and greyer than the pileus, with a long tapering root (Jim, 
1.8 cm., long). Flesh of pileus pallid, of the stem browner, peripheral flesh of 
the stem more cartilaginous than the flesh of the pileus. Spores pear-shaped, 
very slightly irregular, very faintly tinted, 7.5 to 8 x 5 to 5.5 p. On the ground. 
South Australia — Kinchina. August, 
112. Leptonia fusca Clel. (L., f uncus, dusky brown). — Pileus 1 to 1-Jin. 
(1.8 to 3.2 cm.), convex, umbilieate, radintely fibrillose, between Natal Brown 
and Bone Brown (XI,.), near Fuscous (xlvi.). Gills sinuately adnexod, moderately 
close, up to 5 mm. deep, edges not dark, near Vinaeeous Buff (XL.) or Wood 
Brown (XL.). Stem IJin. (3.1 cm.), slender, sometimes flattened, polished, brittle, 
hollow, cartilaginous, near Dusky Drab (xlv.) and Deep Quaker Drab (lt.), 
base whitish. Flesh very thin. Spores angular, tinted, 11 to 11 x 7.5 p, occa- 
sionally to 15 x 8.5 p. Single or sulu-aospitose, on the ground. South Australia — - 
Encounter Bay, Kuitpo, MneDonnell Bay (S.E.), near Mount Burr (S.E.). May, 
June. 
Characterise!) by the dark dusky brown pileus and stem, whitish base to the 
stein, vinaeeous buff gills and rather large angular spores. 
113. Leptonia lampropus Fr. (Gr., lamprox, bright; pons, a foot). — Pileus 
under Jin. to lin. (1 to 2.5 cm.), convex, umbilieate, very finely fibrillose, edge 
slightly inturned, dark brown nearly black. Gills adnate to sinuately ndnexed, 
moderately close, greyish- flesh, near Light Pinkish Grey (lin.) or Vinaeeous 
Buff (xl.') becoming darker. Stem 1 to 2in. (2.5 to 5 cm.), slender, slightly 
attenuated upwards, hollow, cartilaginous, steel-blue-violaceous (near Purplish 
Gray, Liu., Pale Neutral Gray, uu.) with white mycelium at the base. Spores 
elliptical, angular, slightly tinted, 9 to 12.5 x .5.5 to 7.5 p. On the ground. 
Smith Australia — National' Park, Kuitpo, Encounter Bay, near Mount Burr (S.E.). 
May, June. 
114. Leptonia fusco-marginata Clel. (L., fimcux, dusky; nmrc/malus, edged). — 
Pileus 1 to 1 Jin. (2.5 to 3.7 cm.), slightly convex to nearly plane, umbilieate in 
the centre, sometimes slightly infundibuliform, somewhat fibrillose, striate-rugose, 
edge sometimes crenulate, near Blackish Brown (xlv.). Gills sinuately adnexed, 
narrow, moderately close, near Light Cinnamon Drab (XLVl.), edges dark. Stem 
IJin. (3.7 cm.), slender, polished, base a little swollen and with a trace of white, 
blackish brown with a violet or steel-blue. tint. Flesh very lliin. Spores angular, 
tinted, 9.5 x 7 p. On the ground. South Australia — Back Valley near Encounter 
Bay. May. 
Characterised by the nearly black cap. Ihe dark edge to the gills and the 
blackish stem with a violet tint. 
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