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THE LARGER FUNGI 
becoming brownish. Flesh thin, attenuated outwards, slightly tinted. Spores 
very oblique with pointed ends, yellow-brown, 9.3 to Id, sometimes to 15.5 x 6 to 
7 fi. SubcaeSpitose. Amongst litter under trees. South Australia — 'National 
Park, Mount' Lofty, Kuitpo, Second Valley Forest Reserve. March, June to 
August. 
The whole plant when dried is a rich Tawny (xv.) to Amber Brown (HI.). 
Characterised by the oehraceous tawnv to ochraeeous brown pileus, adnate gills 
sometimes with a decurrent tooth, long fragile eoncolorous stem and large spores. 
139. Cortlnarius (Phlegmacium) sublargus Clel. (L., sublargus, here near to 
the species C. largus). — Pileus 3 to 6in. (7.5 to 15 cm.), slightly convex to nearly 
plane or with the centre depressed, slightly sticky, subtibrillose, near Ochraeeous 
Tawny (xv.), Clay Colour (xxix), Verona Brown (xxix.) in the centre, Warm 
Sepia and Bister (xxix.), Sudan Brown (HI.) or Amber Brown (in.). Gills 
slightly sinuate or adnato adnexed, moderately close, up to 4in. (1.3 cm.) deep, 
near Ochraeeous Tawny, Yellow Oc-hre (xv.) deepening to Argus Brown (in.;. 
Buckthorn Brown (xv.), Clay Colour, edges becoming Cinnamon Brown (xv.). 
Stem up to 2j to 34in. (5.6 to 8.7 cm.), stout (up to 1 ] in., 3.1 cm. thick), 
fibrillose, solid, bulbous with a conical root, more or less ochraeeous tawny or 
yellowish. Flesh up to Jin. (2.1 cm.) thick, attenuated outwards, pallid to 
yellowish or brownish. Brownish cob-web veil. Spores oblique, yellow brown, 
9 x 4.5 to 5.5 occasionally in large specimens 11 to 15 x 5.5 to 6.5 g. South 
Australia — Mount Lofty, Eaglo-on-the-Hill , Mylor, Second Valley Forest Reserve, 
Bang-ham (S.E.). May, June. 
140. Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) radicatus Clel. (L., rcalwatus, rooting). — 
Pileus up to 3}in. (8.7 cm.), irregularly convex, usually somewhat gibbous, 
expanding with an irregular surface, sometimes depressed in the centre, viscid 
when moist, slightly tibrillose-striate near the edge, edge interned when young, 
whitish becoming tinted with yellowish cinnamon, when old more yellowish cinna- 
mon and becoming scorched-brown. Gills adnate to almost admit o-decuvrent, up 
to (in. (6 mm.) deep, rather close, not ventricose, at first white, becoming cinnamon. 
Stem 4 to sometimes 1 tin. (1.2 to 3.7 cm.) above the ground, bulbous towards 
the base, passing into a deeply buried conical root 2in. (5 cm.) long, stem stout, 
} to nearly lin. (1.2 to 2.3 cm.) thick, solid, whitish, when old sometimes with a 
suspicion of lilac. Flesh white with sometimes a suspicion of a lilac tint, 
attenuated outwards. Veil whitish with an indefinite arachnoid ring. No smell. 
Spores obliquely elliptical, yellow brown, 9 to 13 x 5.5 to 7 /*. Half-buried in 
sand often in recently burnt country. South Australia — vVillunga Hill, Upper 
Willow Creek (Waitpinga), Mount Compass, Mount Lofty, Kinehina. May to 
August. 
Characterised by the shortness of the stem above ground, the deep conical 
root, the whitish pileus, and the gills at first white becoming cinnamon. 
SFBGENFS: 2. MYXAMICIUM Fr. 
(Gr., wyxa, mucus.) 
“General veil glutinous. Stem viscid. Pileus slightly fleshy.”- — Rea. 
In Sfyaximicimn both the pileus and stem are viscid. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
Plants red. 
Pileus and stem dragon’s blood-red becoming- 
rufous. Gills tawny olive. Spores 9.5 x 6.5 g .. 141. Cortinarius (Myxu- 
micium) ruber. 
I ’hints yellow-brown. 
Pileus ochraceous-tawny. Gills pallid cinnamon 
becoming tawny olive. Stem stout, spores 13 
to 1.5 i 7,5 fi 142. C. (hi/.) si /-bar- 
vinaceus. 
Pileus yellow ochre. Gills Sudan brown. Stem 
somewhat bulbous. Spores 8.5 x 4 g 143. C. (M.) ochnlpeus. 
Pileus mustard yellow round the edge. Gills 
buckthorn brown. Stem sub-bulbous, yellowish. 
Spores 7.5 x 4 g 144. C. (M.) sinapicolnr. 
