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ending in cinnamon or rusty-brown from the powdery spores. In the subgenera 
Phlegmacium and My.mmicium, the pilous is viscid, thus resembling Hebeloma, but 
in the latter the spores are paler and less vivid in tints and the veil is not 
eob-webby but fibrillose or absent. The subgenera Inoloma and Dermocybe 
resemble Inncybc and Astrosporina in the pilous being innately silky or scaly dry, 
but the latter have paler spores, lack a cob-web veil though they possess a scanty 
fibrillose cortina concrete with the epidermis of the cap, often have cystidia and 
in the case of the last-named have angular spores. The stem is sometimes bulbous 
and the bulb may have a definite margin, constituting for some authors the sub- 
genus Bulbnpodium, with viscid pileus, separated from Phlegmacium. 
The species are very numerous in parts of the world, Rea in his “British 
Basidiomycetae ' ’ describing 239, and Kauffman in “The Agaricaceae of 
Michigan” 154. About 26 have been so far recognised in this State but probably 
another 20 have been collected but not yet differentiated. The plants are common 
in our late autumn and winter and often grow in dense caespitose masses. Some 
are very large, five to seven or more inches in diameter, and others are cjuite 
small but make a readily recognisable object by being densely massed together. 
Such viscid violet' species as C. Archeri and C. subaPdheri and the green 
C. subvenetns are frequently found. 
SUBGENUS: 1. PHLEGMACIUM Fr. 
(Gr., phlegma, phlegm.) 
‘ ‘ Veil viscid on the pileus, arachnoid, dry on the stem. ’ ’ — Rea. 
In Phleg-macwm the pileus is viscid but the stem is dry. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
Shades of blue or violet' present. 
Lavender tints (sometimes absent) on stem only, 
base usually bulbous but not definitely marginate. 
Large, up to 3in. Pileus whitish or pallid 
with pinkisli-buff tints. Gills becoming buff 
or ochraceous-tawny. Spores 7.5 to 12 x 4.5 
to 6.5 131. C. (Ph.) lavendulen- 
„ • sis. 
Greenish-blue tint's more or less evident on the 
pileus and stem. 
Yellowish or yellowish-brown tints predom- 
inating in the pileus. Spores subspherical, 
8x6, 6.5 x 5.2, 7 to 9 y 132. C. (PI i.) rotuncli- 
sporus. 
Faint violet tint in gills when young. Stem 
whitish in Australian plants (tinted with 
violaceous in British). 
Very large, tip to 9in. Pileus becoming dark 
scorched brown. Gills pallid brownish-white, 
tinted with violet, finally dark-brown. Spores 
10.4 to 12 x 5 m 133. C. (Ph.) largus. 
Stem oehraeeous tawny with lilac above, flesh 
slightly lilac. 
Pileus 24 to 34in., clay colour to yellow ochre. 
Gills tawny olive. Spores 11 x 5.5 to 
7.5 y . . 134. C. 
Gills vinaeeous drab. 
Pileus about 2in., cinnamon buff to Sayal 
brown. Stem bulbous, pallid with brownish 
tints. Spores 9 to 11 x 4.5 to 5 y . . . . 135. C. 
Plants brown or yellow-brown, no blue. 
Medium sized, 14 to 3in. Pileus dark brown. 
Gills near raw sienna. Stem yellowish and 
brownish tinted. Spores 8.5 to 10.4 x 5.5 
to 7 y 136. C. 
(Ph.) lilacivo- 
fulvus. 
(Ph.) vinaceo- 
Icmellatus. 
(Ph.) castaneo- 
fulvus. 
