OP SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
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117. Claudopus variabilis (Pers.) W. G. Sm. var. sphaerosporus Pat. (L., 
varialilis, variable. Gr., sphaira, a ball; spor'a, seed). — Pileus up to Jin. (1.2 cm.), 
convex to nearly plane, sometimes irregular, more or less flabelliform, matt or 
somewhat villous to floccose, edge slightly incurved, whitish, sometimes with tinges 
of yellow-brown. Gills moderately close, many short, adnate or slightly decurrent, 
radiating from a slightly fluffy lateral attachment, whitish with a faint salmon 
tint or pale cream, becoming pale brownish (near Sayal Brown, x x i x . ) . home- 
times with a nearly lateral, very short and hardly existent, whitish stem. Spores 
microscopically pale-tinted to pallid brownish, elliptical, oblique, (5.8 to 8 x 4.2 
to 5.2 ,u. On logs, fallen sticks, inside a burnt hollow stump, etc. South Austra- 
lia — Mount Lofty, in one case attached round a stone; Mount Compass; Port 
Lincoln. Xew South Wales. Victoria. May, June. 
C. SPORES GREEN. CHLOROSPORAE. 
No green-spored agarics have yet been recorded for Australia. 
(a) Pileus distinct from and easily separable from the fleshy stem. 
*With a ring on the stem but no volva. 
CHLOROPHYLLUM Mass. 
(Gr., chloros , pale green; pliyllon, a leaf.) 
Like Lepiota and PsalKota with a ring and no volva, but with the spores 
blue-green. 
No Australian species recorded. 
**Without a ring or volva. 
GLAUCOSPORA Rea. 
( Chlorospora Mass.) 
(Gr., plauhos, pale green, bluish-green; spora, a seed.) 
‘‘Pileus fleshy, regular; margin at first incurved. Gills free from the stem. 
Spores bluish-green, elliptical, wall continuous. Growing on the ground.’’ — Rea. 
No Australian species recorded. 
D. SPORES BROWN. OCHROSPOBAE. 
(«) Pileus distinct from and easily separable from the fleshy stem. 
*Witli a volva at the base of the stem but no ring. 
LOCELLINIA Gill ( ACETABULARIA Berk.). 
(L., locellus, a casket.) 
“Pileus fleshy, regular. Stem central, thin. Volva membranaceous, sheathing. 
Gills free or adnate. Spores oehraceous or somewhat fuscous, oval or oblong, 
smooth, continuous. Cvstidia ventricose, pointed. Growing on the ground.’’ — Rea. 
No South Australian species recorded. 
**Without a ring or a volva. 
PLUTEOLUS Er. 
(L., pluteolu. s, a little pent house.) 
“Pileus fleshy, very thin, viscid; margin at first straight, adpressed to the 
stem. Stem central, subcartilaginous. Gills free, rounded behind. Spores ochra- 
ceous, ferruginous or oehraceous brown ; elliptical, smooth. Cvstidia obpyrifonn 
or ventricose. Usually growing on wood.’’ — Ren. 
