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THE LARGER Fl'NGl 
128. Pholiota eriogena Fr. (Gr., erion, wool; genos, descent, offspring — 
evidently in reference to the woolly base of the stem). — Pilous 1 jin. (3.1 cm.), 
deeply convex, smooth, hygroplianous, reddish-brown when moist, Cinnamon Buff 
(xxix.) when dry. Gills adnate, attenuated outwards, 8 mm. deep, Sayal Brown 
(xxix.) becoming rusty. Stem ljin. (3.7 cm.), rather slender, equal, flbrillose- 
striate, slightly excavated, pallid brownish with white mycelium at the base. Sing 
moderately superior, brownish. Spores obliquely elliptical, yellowish-brown, 8.5 x 
4.8 ,u. On wood. South Australia — Mount Burr Forest (S.E.). Western 
Australia. May. 
These South Australian plants we refer to this species described by Fries in 
“Plantae Preissianae in Australasia coll.” In Cooke’s “Handbook of Austra- 
lian Fungi,” the pileus is given as ferruginous, the stem as fistulose and girt 
at' the base with a densely woolly -mycelium, and the gills as cinnamon. There is 
obviously doubt as to whether this determination is correct. The white mycelium 
at the base is hardly “densely woolly” in the South Australian specimens. 
129. Pholiota marginata (Batscli) Fr. (L., margimatus, furnished with a 
border). — Pileus fin. (1.8 cm.), convex to nearly plane, edge slightly striate, 
hygroplianous, when moist Antique Brown (ill.) t'o near Cinnamon Brown (xv.), 
becoming pallid. Gills adnate to aduexed, moderately close, slightly ventrieose, 
many short ones, near Tawny Olive (xxix.) to Ochraceous Tawny (XV.). Stem 
1 j to Him (3.1 to 3.7 cm.), fibrillose, fluffy af the base, mealy above, slightly 
hollow, pallid streaked with brown above, pallid whitish below. Bing superior 
to median, marked, membranous, rather flimsy, pallid brownish. Spores oblique, 
yellowish-brown, 7 to 9.5 x 4.8 to 5 a- On the ground attached to buried chips, 
etc. South Australia — Mount Lofty. June, August. 
111. Growing amongst mosses. Hygroplianous. 
130. Pholiota subpumila del. (L., pumilus, dwarf; sub, in this sense, some- 
what like P. pumila Fr.). — Pileus f to Him (15 to 28 mm.), convex then 
becoming flattened or a little depressed, umbonate when young, sometimes a little 
wavy, hygroplianous, shining vvaxy-looking, near Sudan Brown (ill.), drying to 
Tawny Olive (xxix.). Gills adnate or slightly decurrent, rather triangular, 
rather close, watery brown. Stem H- to Bin. (3.7 to 7.5 cm.), equal or slightly 
attenuated upwards, fibrillose, white or with a slight' tinge of the colour of the 
pileus. King subdistant, whitish, sometimes not marked. Spore mass fuscous 
brown, spores microscopically oval, oblique, yellow-brown, 7.5 to 9.5 x 5.5 to 7 p. 
Growing amongst moss. South Australia — Greenhill Road, Eagle-on -the-Hill, 
Waterfall Gully, Coromandel Valley, near Clarendon. June. 
Closely related to PU. pumila Fr., hut larger, stem paler, gills browner and 
spores a little larger. 
**With an arachnoid or filamentous general veil. 
1. Veil forming an arachnoid, fugacious ring on the stem. 
CORTINARIUS Fr. 
(L., cortina, a veil.) 
“Pileus fleshy, regular. Veil arachnoid, distinct from the pellicle of the pileus, 
viscid or dry. Stem central. Gills adnate, sinuate, sinuato-aduate, or decurrent, 
pulverulent with the spores at maturity. Spores ochraceous, citron-yellow, golden, 
clay colour, cinnamon, ferruginous, tawny or fuscous; oval, elliptical, pip-shaped, 
oblong elliptical, almond-shaped or fusiform; smooth, verrucose, granular, 
nculeolate or echinulate, continuous. Cystidia rarely on the surface of the gills 
or on the edge. Growing on the ground, solitary, caespitose or suheaespitose. ” — 
Rea. 
The genus is characterised by the cinnamon or rustv-brown spores and the 
spider-web-like or arachnoid veil or cortina, distinct from the pellicle of the 
pileus. The fleshy stem is continuous with the pileus and the species grow on 
the ground, mostly under trees. The gills become powdery with the spores at 
maturity. The genus is a very natural one, and once their characteristic habit 
is recognised there is usually little difficulty in recognising members in the field. 
The pileus is sometimes brightly coloured in purple, violet, green, or yellow-brown, 
ami the gills may show similar bright tints and vary in colour as they mature. 
