op SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
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expanded, more or less umbonate, finely fibrillose or fibrous seal)’, silky-shining, 
near Cinnamon Brown (xv.), paler than Buckthorn Brown to near Dresden Brown 
(xv.), or near Russet (xv.). Gills adnate to adnexed, moderately close, edges 
slightly serrate, Snuff Brown (xxix.) or near Avellaneous (xv.), becoming- 
browner. Stem lin. (2.5 cm.), equal, finely striate or fibrillose to mealy, solid, 
near Snuff Brown to pallid with brownish tints. Spores oblique, pallid brown. 
9 to 11, occasionally 13 x 5.2 to 5.5 g. Oystidia acuminate and swollen at the 
bases to yentricose, 85 x 11 g. South Australia — Kinchina. June to August'. 
II. No Oystidia. 
No South Australian species recorded. 
Spores ochraeeous or ferruginous, irregular, angular, ecliinulate or verrucose. 
ASTROSPORINA Schroet. 
(Gr., aster, a star; spora, seed.) 
•‘Pilous fleshy, regular. Veil marginal, fugacious. Stem fleshy, central. Gills 
adnate, sinuato-adnate or adnexed. Spores ocliraceous, ferruginous, olivaceous 
or fuscous; angular, nodose, verrucose, ecliinulate or irregular in shape. Cvstidia 
present or absent; fusiform, yentricose, cylindrical or elevate. Growing on the 
ground, rarely caespitose. ’ ’ — Rea. 
Species of this genus resemble lnocybe, in which they are included by most 
authors, save in the spores being angular or warty. They are rather small plants 
growing on the ground, gregarious or single. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
Oystidia present. 
Stem whitish or pallid. 
Pileus up to lyin., broadly conical, nearly 
smooth, pallid biscuit-coloured. Stem rather 
stout 161. Astrosporina 
emergens. 
Pileus up to Hn., convex to campailulate, 
cinnamon brown. Stem lin 162. A. exigua. 
Stem coloured. 
Pileus ljdn., convex, umbonate, fibrillose. 
Gills cinnamon brown. Stem striate . .. 163. A. asterospora. 
Oystidia absent. 
Stem whitish. 
Pileus lin., umbonate, fibrillose, earthy brown. 
Gills just free, earthy brown. Spores 
9 x 6 n 164. A. discissa. 
Stem pallid brownish. 
Pileus tin., convex, shaggy, dark earthy 
brown. Stem pallid brownish 165. A. imbrveata. 
I. Oystidia Present. 
*Stem whitish or pallid. 
161. Astrosporina emergens Clel. (L., emergens, emerging). — Pileus up to 
ll-in. (3 cm.), up to fin. (1.5 cm.) high, irregularly broadly conical, moderately 
fibrillose to nearly smooth, pallid biscuit-coloured. Gills' adnate to adnexed, 
close, pale brownish. Stem up to lin. (2.5 cm.), moderately stout, base a little 
bulbous, pure white, then with a slight brownish tint. No special smell. Spores 
angular, pallid brown, 7.5 x 4 g. Oystidia flask-shaped with rough apices, 25 to 
37 x 13 /a. Emerging covered witli soil. South Australia — Kinchina. June. 
162. Astrosporina exigua Clel. (L„ exignus, little). — Pileus up to iin. (1.2 cm.) 
convex to campcmilate, dull, slightly fibrillose, near Cinnamon Brown" (xv.)! 
Gills adnate, moderately close, watery cinnamon. Stem Ain. (1.2 cm.), sliehtlv 
fibrously streaked, whitish. Spores knobby, 8 to 8.5 x 5 g. A few flask-shaped 
cystidia with smooth apices. South Australia — On sandy soil, Hope Valley near 
Adelaide. September. 
