OF SOOTH AUSTRALIA. 
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KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
On trunks (often of living trees), etc. 
Stem definite but short. 
Pileus pale brown to liver brown becoming 
shiny. Stem curved with a mealy white 
bloom 103. Crrpi.ikil.us 
suhluiustellaris. 
Laterally contracted, stem absent. 
Pilous yellowish brown, fibre-villose to scaly. 
Spores 7 to 10 x 5 to 6 p 194. C. eumlyptorum. 
Pileus dingy whitish drying brown. Spores 
globose, 6 to 7.5 ft 195. C. globigems. 
At base of stumps or on the ground. 
Pileus 1] to 21in., furfurnoeo-scnly, ochraceous 
tawny to yellow ochre. Gills deeply decurrent, 
sometimes anastomosing, buckthorn brown to 
snuff brown. Stem J to Jin., nearly central to 
almost lateral, pallid. Spores 8 to 9.5 x 4.S to 
5.5 p 196. C. prosUntus. 
193. Crepidotus subhaustellaris del. (L., sub, here near to the species 
C. hcmstcUaris Fr.). — Pileus at first a little pubescent knob on a pubescent base. 
When adult, pileus Jin. (1.2 cm.) up to occasionally lin. (2.5 cm) broad, f to 
I in. (9 to 18 mm.) from before backwards, convex or irregularly convex, or 
almost flabelliform. often wavy and upturned, surface dull and matt becoming 
shiny, the edge turned in when young, near Light Pinkish Cinnamon (xxix.) to 
near Wood Brown (XL.), drying to Pale Alutaecons Buff (xv.), near Liver 
Brown (xiv.) towards the attachment. Gills adnate, close, many short', near 
Cinnamon Brown (XT-). Stem exeentric or nearly lateral, short or very short, 
1/16 to Jin. (1.5 to 3 mm.), curved, swollen below the gills, with a mealy white 
bloom, brownish beneath, and a fluffy base. Spore mass near Mummy Brown 
(xv.), spores microscopically pale dingy brown to dull vinous brown, elliptical, 
oblique, one side a little flattened and one end more pointed, 6.5 to 7.5 x 4 to 
5 p. On trunks of living Eucalvpts (E. c<ip$telhita Sm., etc.), on old bagging 
and on a dead Xauthorrhoca scape. South Australia — Mount Lofty, National 
Park, Kuitpo. March to June, August to October. 
194. Crepidotus eucalyptorum Clel. ( Euculyplorum , of Eucalypts). — Pileus 
l to 2j-in. (1.2 to 3.1 cm.) laterally, J to 1 Ain. (6 nun. to 3.7 era.) from before 
backwards, convex, sometimes flabelliform, sometimes a little gibbous, surface 
matt to fibro-villous, sometimes becoming fibrillosely scaly, edge a little turned 
ill, watery brown to yellowish brown, near Old Gold (xVl.), the villous projections 
Buff Yellow (iv.) to browner or a little paler than Saceardo’s Umber (xxix.), 
(trying paler or sometimes to a dark biscuit brown. Gills moderately close to 
rather distant, pallid brownish, pallid dingy yellowish, pale yellowish brown or 
earthy brown — paler than Saccanlo's Umber (xxix.), a little browner than 
Avellnncous (xi„). Flabelliform, laterally attached bv a constricted base, no 
definite stem. Flesh thick at the centre (up to fin., 10 mm,), white or pellucid 
soapy-looking. Spore mass near Raw Umber (in.), spores microscopically dull 
pale brown, oblique, 7.2 to 11 x 5.2 to 7.5 p, occasionally 13 x 9 p. On trunks 
of living Eucalypts (Eucalyptus odornta Behr et Schl., E. leuooxybon F.v.M., etc.). 
South Australia — Botanic Gardens, National Park, Mount Lofty. May, June. 
July, August. Victoria. New South Wales. 
195. Crepidotus globigerus Berk. (L., globus, a globe or ball; gero, to bear, 
in reference to the spores). — Pileus 1] to 21in. (3 to 6.2 cm.) horizontally, to 
ljin. (3.7 cm.) antero-postcriorly, flabelliform, sometimes nearly plane, sub- 
villous or nearly smooth, finally villous, edge turned in when young, dingy whitish 
or Cinnamon Brown (xv.) becoming pallid brown or sometimes yellowish -brown. 
Gills laterally attached by a fluffy base which is 2 or 3 mm. long, moderately 
close, greyish white at first, when dry yellowish brown. Flesh white, not pellucid. 
Spores globose, dull brown, 6 t'o 7.5 p. On fallen trunks, etc. South Australia — 
Mylar, National Park. New South Wales. May to August. 
