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THE LARGER FUNGI 
147. Cortinarius (Myxamicium) microarcheri Clel. (Gr., mWros, small; archeri, 
in reference to its resemblance to C. Archeri ). — Pileus 1 to 2-Jin. (1.8 to 6.2 cm.), 
convex to nearly plane, edge sometimes striate, glutinous, deep violet or violet- 
brown drying from the centre to earthy brown or light brown (Amber Brown, 
xi..). Gills slightly sinuate to adnexed, moderately close, pallid violet to violet 
brown (Buffy Brown, XL, with violaceous tints), then earthy brown (Snuff Brown, 
XXIX.). Stem 1} to 2iu. (3.1 to 5 cm.), rather slender, base a little thickened, 
fibrillose, slightly hollow or solid, palliil or pale violet. Flesh violet-tinted or 
whitish in the pileus. Spores oblique, smooth, approaching subspherical, 5.5 to 
8.4, x 4.5 to 5 y. South Australia — Mount Lofty, Kagie-on-the-Hill. June. 
148. Cortinarius (Myxamicium) albidus Clel. (L., albidus, whitish). — Pilous 
14 to 2 Jin. (3.7 to 6.2 cm.), convex becoming plane, subumbonate, glutinous, 
smooth, edge subfibrillose when old, white with occasional tints of Light Buff 
(xv.), when old near Light Buff. Gills sinuately adnexed, ventricose, 9 mm. deep, 
moderately close, Light Ochraeeous Buff (xv.) t'o near Ochraceous Buff (XV.). 
Stem 2 Jin. (6.2 cm.), moderately stout (Ain., 1.2 cm., thick), equal or slightly 
bulbous below, sticky, fibrillose, white with a very faint tint of violet. Flesh thin, 
attenuated outwards, white with a very faint tint of violet. Veil brownish. Smell 
of curry powder when dry. Spores oblique, yellow brown, 9.5 to 13, usually 11 
x 6 y. South Australia — National Park. June. 
SUBGENUS: 3. INOLOMA Fr. 
(Gr., is, inios, a fibre; lorma, a fringe.) 
“Pileus equally fleshy, dry, at first floecose, fibrillose, velvety, pubescent, or 
silky, then becoming somewhat smooth. Veil simple." — Rea. 
The pileus and stem are neither viscid nor liygrophanous, the flesh is rather 
thick, the stem is stout with an enlarged base and tapering upwards, and the 
universal veil may lie present or lacking. In some the universal veil persists On 
the stem as an adnate sheath or annulus. Kauffman points out that this subgenus 
grades into Dermovybe, a stout clavate stem and scaly pileus indicating at one 
end an Inoloma, and small size with thin flesh and a more slender and equal 
stem a Vermocybe. 
149. Cortinarius (Inoloma) areolato-imhricatus Clel. (L., areola, a small open 
space; iflnbrioatus, overlapping). — Pileus 3 to 6in. (7.5 to 15 cm.) or more, rather 
deeply convex, slightly irregular, centre occasionally depressed, sometimes 
somewhat deformed from mutual pressure, dry, tending to break up into 
pallid rather fibrillose scales, rather areoiate in the centre and becoming imbricate 
towards the periphery, Ochraceous Buff (xv.) to Cinnamon Buff (xxix.), the 
scales paler near Pinkish Buff (xxrx.) to pallid. Gills adnate to adnexed, almost 
sinuate in some large specimens, rather close, up to 1 cm. deep, slightly attenuated 
botli ways, Ochraceous Buff (xv.) to Cinnamon Buff (xxix.) and Ochraceous 
Tawny (xv.). Stem 2ii to 2Ain. (5.6 to 6.2 cm.), thick (t to lAin., 1.8 to 
3.7 cm.), nearly equal or slightly swollen in the middle, attenuated at: the base, 
fibrillose, paler than Warm Buff (xv.), browner below. Flesh firm, up to lin, 
(2.5 cm.) thick in the centre, attenuated outwards, white. Veil cob-wcbby, 
whitish. Spores oblique, one end more pointed, yellowish-brown, 9 x 4.5 y.. 
Densely caespitose in a large imperfect ring. South Australia — Willunga Hill. 
May. 
There is doubt as to whether this species is correctly placed in the subgenus 
Inoloma, in which the stem should be attenuated upwards not towards the base. 
SUBGENUS: 4. DERMOCYBE Fr. 
(Gr., derma, skin; Tcybe, the head.) 
“Pileus thinly and equally fleshy, dry, not liygrophanous, at first silky with 
subinnate villose down, then smooth. Veil simple." — Rea. 
The pileus and stem are neither viscid nor liygrophanous and the flesh is thin. 
The plants are small to medium-sized with rather slender stems and lack distinct 
scales on the pileus. 
