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to Russet (xv.), darker than Hazel (xiv.), drying between Cinnamon and Cinna- 
mon Buff or darker than Qchraceous Tawny (xv.). Gills adnate to adnexed with 
a slight decurrent tooth, moderately close, slightly veutrieose, edges sometimes 
whitish, Oehraceous Tawny (xv.) to Cinnamon Brown (XV.), near Hazel (xiv.). 
Stem 1 to If in. (2.5 to 4.3 cm.), rather slender, fibrillose, solid or slightly hollow, 
whitish from remains of the veil, pallid brownish beneath. Veil whitish clothing 
the lower part of the stem and sometimes leaving a white edge round thei pileus. 
Flesh thin, slightly brownish. Spores rather narrow, oblique, yellowish brown, 
S to 10 x 3.5 to 5.2 p, Caespitose to gregarious, on rather bare sandy loam or 
amongst moss. South Australia — Mount Lofty, Stirling West, Belair. April 
June to August. 
This is a small gregarious to caespitose species with a somewhat hygroplianous 
chestnut brown to tawny or russet pileus, sometimes showing fibrillae or a bloom 
from remains of the whitish veil, with adnate to adnexed oehraceous tawny to 
cinnamon gills, and with a stem which is whitish from remains of the veil. The 
spores are rafter narrow. 
The following seems to be a larger form of this species. Tts description indi- 
cates the variability in many species of Agarics. — Pileus up to lfin. (4.3 cm.), 
convex, usually broadly gibbous with a slight depression round the umbo, rather 
moist-looking',' slightly hygroplianous, slightly silky-fibriilose, near Dresden Brown 
(xv.) becoming browner than Buff'v Citrine (xvi.), near Tawny Olive (xxix. ). 
Gills slightly sinuate, moderately close, fin. (6 mm.) deep, near Dresden Brown 
(xv.), browner than Sudan Brown (hi.). Stem 2in. (5 cm.), rather slender, 
equal, fibrillose, hollow, pallid with a slight tinge of Dresden brown to whitish. 
Veil whitish. Flesh very thin, attenuated outwards. Spores elliptical, oblique, 
yellow-brown, 7.5 to 11 x 5.5 p. Caespitose. South Australia — Mount Compass. 
May. 
When dry the pileus is near Fuscous (xlvi.), the gills near Brussels Brown 
(in.) and the stem pale brownish. 
156. Cortinarius (Telamonia) vinaceo-cinereus (Clel. (L., mmaceux , wine 
coloured; cinereus, gray). — Pileus lin. (2.5 cm.), at first globose, then irregularly 
convex, minutely fibrillose, slightly rugose, vinaceous drab brown with a paler rim, 
drying pallid brownish. Gills adnate, slightly veutrieose, moderately close, Purple 
Drab (xlV.) becoming Bay (n.). Stem up to lin. (2.5 cm.), slightly tiexuous, 
moderately slender, fibrillose, colour of the gills then pallid. Universal veil with 
outer fibres brownish and covering the pileus when young with fine fibres, inner 
fibres pallid. Spores dull-brown, nearly subspherieal with one end rounded, the 
other more acute, 9 x 7.5, 7.5 x 6 y. Single. Belair, July. 
SUBGENUS: 6. HYGROCYBE Fr. 
(Gr., liygros, moist; hybe, a head.) 
“Pileus thinly fleshy, rarely compact, moist, hygroplianous, smooth or covered 
only with white superficial fibrils. Stem not sheathed, . ortina rarely forming an 
arachnoid ring. ” — Rea. 
The flesh is quite thin. The absence of a universal veil separates the subgenus 
from Telamonia. In one section with thicker caps, the margin of the pileus is 
incurved; in the other the species are smaller and more slender with a straight 
submembranaeeous pileus as in Galcra. 
No South Australian species yet recorded. 
2. Veil concrete with the epidermis of the pileus. 
Spores oehraceous or ferruginous, elliptical, smooth. 
INOCYBE Fr. 
(Gr., is, a fibre; hybe, the head.) 
“Pileus fleshy, regular. Veil marginal, fugacious. Stem fleshy, central. Gills 
adnate, sinuato-adnate or adnexed. Spores oehraceous, ferruginous, olivaceous 
or fuscous; elliptical, elliptic-oblong, pip-shaped or subreniform ; smooth. 
Cystidia present or absent; ventricosc, elavate, fusiform or cylindrical. Growing 
on the ground. ’’ — Rea. 
