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124. Pholiota. graminum del. (L.. fframinum, of grasses). — Vilens 4 to 
'jin. ; 1.2 to 1..S cm. ) , convex or nearly hemispherical to nearly plane, not striate, 
sometimes suhumbonate, hygroplmnous, reddish-brown becoming pallid, when young 
sometimes with a white edging from the veil. Gills adnate or with a deeurrent 
tooth, close, falling short of the edge, ferruginous, at first paler, stem 14 to 
ljin. (3.7 to 4.3 cm.), striate, slightly swollen below, hollow, pallid brownish, 
whitish from mycelial threads at the base. Ring subsuperior, membranaceous, 
evident or rather evanescent. Amongst or attached to grass with whitish 
mycelium, sometimes subcaespitose. Spores oblique, brown. 6.5 to 8 x 4 to 5 n. 
South Australia — Kinchin a, Adelaide. July, September. 
The habitat (amongst grass), the reddish-brown pileus becoming pale, the 
usually evident ring, and the whitish mycelium round the base are the chief 
characteristics of the species. 
125. Pholiota rufo-fulva del. (1,., nifun, reddish-yellow; fulvua, deep yellow, 
tawny). — Pileus up to ljin. (5.7 cm.), at first eonico-eonvex, then convex or 
irregularly convexo-plane. minutely fibrillose becoming subfloceose to velvety, 
usually not striate, edge a little turned in when young, darker than Pecan Brown 
(xxvm.) to Russet (xv.) } Liver Brown (xiv.), when old becoming Tawny (xv.), 
when moist very dark maroon-brown. Gills adnate, close or a little distant, deep 
(up to jin., 8 mm.), somewhat ventrieose, with short ones at the periphery, of 
the colour of the pileus becoming more cinnamon, Argus Brown (III.) or near 
Chestnut Brown (n.). Stem uji to ljin. (3.4 cm.), moderately slender, fibrillose, 
solid, when moist Kaiser Brown to Carol) (xiv.), or near liliaceous Fawn (XL.), 
drying pallid with tints of the pileus, sometimes with white mycelium at the base. 
Veil white, definite when young, rupturing to leave a decided whitish or pallid 
superior ring, f lesh brownish. Single or subcaespitose, often on sandy soil, the 
type at the base of Euealypts. Spores yellow-brown, obliquely elliptical, 7.5 to 
10.3 x 4 to 5.5 /x, hypliae of subliymenial "layer large. South Australia — Burnside, 
Mount Lofty, National Park, Happy Valley, Kinchimi, Encounter Bay, Mount 
Remarkable. April to September. 
Plant's of this species are characterised by the dark maroon-brown cap 
becoming russet to tawny when dry, tile gills at first like the cap becoming 
brownish cinnamon, the brown stem and whitish ring. 
126. Pholiota imperfecta (Tel. (L., imperfeet'iix, imperfect, in reference to the 
ring). — Pileus 4 to Jin. (1.2 to 1.8 cm.), convex, then nearly plane, usually 
siilnnnbonate, sometimes with the edge substriate, hygroplmnous, waxy dull 
yellowish-brown drying to pallid brownish (near Sayal Brown, xxix.) from the 
centre. Gills adnate, moderately close, many short, reddish-brown to ferruginous 
cinnamon. Stem Tin. (2.5 cm.), slender, solid or hollow, fibrillose, pallid to 
reddish-brown. Ring superior to rather distant, imperfect, whitish. Spores 
oblique, rather narrow, with one end acute, 7.5 to 9.5 x 4.5 to 5 ix. On the 
ground, often on bare ground, near trees, etc. South Australia — Second Valley 
Forest Reserve, Beaumont Common, MaeLtiren Vale. May, June. 
II. Growing on wood, frequently caespitose. 
127. Pholiota squarrosipes del. (L., xqmvrromH, scaly; pen, a foot). — Densely 
caespitose or sometimes solitary on the ground near Eucalyptus stumps. Pilei 
| to 3 in. (1.8 to 7.5 cm.) in diameter, deeply to irregularly convex, depressed in 
places, sometimes subumbouatc or broadly umbonate, viscid when moist, nearly 
smooth, sometimes fibrillose, shining when dry, Raw Sienna (in.), Ochraeeous 
Tawny or Tawny (XV.) in the centre, Empire Yellow (iv.) or near Antimony Yellow 
(XV.) round the edge, where injured with reddish marks. Gills at first closed 
with the veil, adnate or with a deeurrent tooth, moderately close, rather narrow, 
near Saceardo’s Umber (xxix.). Yellow Ochre becoming Buckthorn Brown (XV.), 
in some lights Honey Yellow to Isabella Color (xxx.). Stems li to 3 j in. (3.7 
to 8 cm.), slender to moderately stout (5 to 12 mm. thick), slightly attenuated 
downwards, shaggy with fibrillose scales from the veil to just below the gills, 
then slightly fibrillose, solid, near Deep Colonial Buff (xxx.) or Antimony 
Yellow (xv. ). Ring present only when young. Flesh of pilei whitish, of steins 
pale yellowish. White mycelium in the ground around. No taste, smell slight. 
Spore mass near Saccardo’s Umber (xxix.), spores elliptical, oblique, micros- 
copically pale fuscous brown, 6.5 to 8 x 4 to 4.5 /x. South Australia — Encounter 
Bay. Upper Tunkalillu Creek. May, June. 
