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THE LARGER FUNGI 
Pilous fiu., edge striate, convex t'o nearly 
plane, antique brown to cinnamon brown. 
(fills adnnte to adnexed, tawny. Spores 7 
to 9.5 x 4.8 to 5 fi 129. Ph. tnai’ffiiiala, 
(■rowing amongst musses. 
Pilous i to 1 in., liygrophanous, Sudan brown 
drying tawny olive. Gills adnate to subdeeurrent, 
watery brown. Bing subdistant, whitisli. Stem 
pallid. Spores 7.5 to 9.5 x 5.5 to 7 p . . . . 130. Ph, mtbp-umila. 
1. Growing on tlie ground, not adnate to mosses, rarely eaespitose. 
12(1. Pholiota praecox (Pers.) Fr. (L„ pracoox, early). — Pileus 1 to Him 
(2.5 to 3.7 cm), at first nearly hemispherical, then convex, sometimes a little 
irregular, sticky when moist, smooth, edge at first interned, then with appeal- 
dieulate remains of the veil, when young near Tawny Olive (xxrx.), when adult 
Cream Colour (xvi.), Cream Butt' (xxx.) to near Naples Yellow (xvi.), when 
old near Warm Buff (XV.). Gills sinuately adnexed, moderately close, narrow, 
edges finely serrate, at first whitish, then pallid greyish brown, then Drab (xi.vi.) 
to tSaccardo's Umber (xxix.), finally browner than Butty Brown (xi,.) or Warm 
Sepia (xxix.) or Brussell’s Brown (in.). Stem If to 1 f in. (3.1 to 4.5 cm.), 
sometimes excentric or deformed, equal or slightly attenuated downwards, striate, 
.slightly hollow, whitish. Spore mass near Argus Brown (in.), spores obliquely 
elliptical, fuscous brown or olive brown, 9 to 15 x 7 to 9 g. Smell a little strong. 
South Australia — Lawn at the University. February, April. 
121. Pholiota subtogularis Clel. ( Suhtoguhiri here close to the species Pli. 
twgularix Bull., Fr.), — Pileus (tin. (1.5 cm.), convex, sometimes slightly umbonate, 
edge striate, viscid when moist, when dry between Ochraceous Buff and Antimony 
'fellow (xv.)_ Gills adnate, moderately close, pallid yellowish brown becoming 
rusty cinnamon. Stem 1| to 1 fin. (3 to 4 cm.), slender, slightly flexuous, fib- 
rillose up to the superior slightly yellowish brown ring, slightly hollow, pale 
brownish. Flesh thin, brownish. Spores elliptical, one end more pointed, yellow 
brown, 8 to 8.5 x 5.5 y. On the ground. South Australia — Amongst pine needles 
in Pinun radial a, Don. forest, Mount Burr (S.E.). 
The species is characterised by its ground habit, the yellow brown, viscid, striate 
pileus, (lie superior slightly coloured ring and the fibriliose stem. 
122. Pholiota serrulata Clel, (L., serndatus, toothed like a little saw). — Pileus 
} to If in. (1.8 to 4.5 cm.), conico-eonvex to convex, sometimes dimpled, some- 
times umbonate, markedly liygrophanous, edge striate when moist, surface mealy- 
looking when dry, when young near Vandyke Brown (xxvui.), when adult aiid 
moist" near \ erona Brown (xxix.), near Argus Brown (III.) or between Tawny 
and Ochraceous Tawny (xv.), when dry Pinkish Buff, Pale Pinkish Buff, 
Ochraceous Buff or Light Ochraceous Buff (xv.). Gills adnate or with a tendency 
lo decurrence, rather close, narrow (3 mm.), edges finely serrate, more tawny 
than Hazel (xiv.) to more tawny than Auburn (u.), near Kaiser Brown (xiv.), 
Ochraceous Tawnv (xv.) or near Argus Brown (in.). Stem f to 1-Jin. (1.8 to 
3.7 cm.), slender (up to 3.5 mm. thick), nearly equal, solid, whitish fibriliose 
below the superior subdistant flimsy whitisli ring, tinted like the gills beneath 
the whitish fibrils, whitish at the base. Flesh of the pileus thin and whitish, 
of the stem coucolorous. Spores elliptical, with one side flattened, yellowish- 
brown, (i.5 to 9.5 x 4 to (j y. On the ground, usually in sandy loam. South 
Australia — In stringy bark (Eumlyptiid obliqva L’Herit.) forest, National Park; 
Mount Lofty, Mvlor, Encounter Bay, Port Lincoln. April, May. 
123. Pholiota recedens Cke. et Mass. (1,., rucrdcHs, retiring). — Pileus J to 
iin. (1.2 to 2.1 cm.), convex and slightly conical or hemispherical, when young 
with line pale yellowish-brown furfuraceous scales from tiro veil, slightly hygro- 
phanous, when moist very dark brown (mineral brown) and tile edge slightly 
striate, paler brown when dry. Gills adnexed or adnate, moderately distant, 
pallid brown, then pale yellowish-cinnamon to hazel. Stem If to 2iu. (3.1 to 
5 cm.), striate, hollow, brownish. Ring marked, reflexed, striate above, moderately 
distant, vellowisli-buff. Flesh brownish. Spores oblique, with pointed ends, 9 to 
13.8 x 6 to 7 y. On the ground. South Australia — Mount Lofty. New South 
Woles. May, June, August. 
