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**Stem, at least when dry, everywhere pruinosely velvety. 
No South Australian species recorded. 
**Stem smooth. 
No South Australian species recorded. 
c ■ Stem abrupt, often furnished with a floceose tubercle at the base. Gills 
adnate or subdecurrent. 
*8tem very smooth and shining upwards, base simple. 
254. Marasmius cinnamoneus Clel. (L., einnumoncus, cinnamon-coloured). — 
Pilous up to Jin. (1.2 cm.), usually less, irregularly convex, then nearly plane, 
surface dull and slightly villose or minutely frosted, subrugose, substitute some- 
times at the edge, when young with the edge a little inturned, Light Pinkish 
Cinnamon to Pinkish Buff (xxix.), Light Vinncoous Cinnamon (XXIX.) or Light 
Oc-hvaceous Salmon (xv.), darker in the centre. Gills adnate, then seceding, 
moderately close to somewhat distant, slightly veutricose, edges sometimes slightly 
serrate, creamy white. Stem up to Jin. (1.2 cm.), sometimes to lin. (2.5 cm.), 
slender, slightly velutinate or smooth, near Hessian Brown or Vandyke Brown 
(xxvrit.) or lighter, paler above, darker sometimes nearly black below, abruptly 
entering the martix. No smell. Spores subspherical to pear-shaped, with an 
oblique apieulus, hyaline, 7.5 to 6 p, 7.5 to 9 x 4 p. On thick bark at the bases 
of living Eucalypts. South Australia — National Park, Mount Lofty, Willunga 
Bill, Inman Valley. April, May, July. 
The distinguishing features are the pinkish buff to cinnamon pileus, the 
creamy white and adnate gills and dark reddish brown short subvelutinate stem. 
**Stem velvety or pruinate, base subtuberoulose. 
255. Marasmius villosipes Clel. (L., villoms, villous, shaggy; pes, a foot). — 
Pileus J- to 1+in. (1.2 to 2.7 cm.), irregularly convex, sometimes dimpled and 
upturned, sometimes irregularly rugose, edge lacerated, dark brown when moist, 
when dry the colour of dead grass. Gills adnate, moderately close to rather 
distant’, pallid pinkish buff (near Avellaneous, XL.). Stem ij to ljin. (3.1 to 
3.7 cm.), slender, tough, very villous, dark brown (darker than Buffv Brown, XL.). 
Spores (apparently) pear-shaped, 5.5 x 3.5 /*• Under Pirns metiiata Bon. (P. 
itmgnis Douglas) and in grass. South Australia— Caroline State Forest. Mount 
Gambier; Lowan State Forest, Kalangadoo. May. 
__256. Marasmius foetidus (Sow.) Fr. (L., foeticlw, stinking).— Pileus up to 
sin. (2.1 cm.), irregular, convex then nearly plane, plicate, near Burnt limber 
(xxvii.) when moist, drying to near Walnut Brown (xxvil.). Gills thick, adnate 
to slightly defiurrent, pruinose, near Light Cinnamon Drab (XLVi.). Stem Jin. 
( 1 — cm.), sometimes attenuated downwards, sometimes flattened, velvety, 
blackish. Spores 9 x 5.5 p. Smell distinctly foetid. South Australia — On the 
hark several feet up the trunk of living EumU/ptux olliqua L ’Herat, Mount 
Lofty Summit. April, July. 
__257. Marasmius australiensis Clel. (L., amtraliensis, here Australian).— Pileus 
gill. (15 mm.), convex and dimpled or slightly irregularly upturned or plane, 
slightly irregularly rugose, innately fihrillose, near Sayal Brown (xxix.). Gills 
adnate, moderately close, many short, sides slightly venose, glaucous brown. 
Stem up to i in. (Ls nun.), slightly attenuated downwards, densely villous or 
short hairy, greyish brown. Spores 7..> x 3.5 p. No evstidia seen. On wood. 
South Australia — National Park. July. 
258. Marasmius ramealis, (Ball.) Fr. (L„ ramus, a branch).— Pilous J to’ Jin. 
(4 to 7 mm.), eon \ ox, umbilic.ated, finally sometimes upturned and the edges 
lacerated, edge inturned when young, surface dull, light pinkish cinnamon to 
near the colour of dead grass. Gills adnate, moderately distant, manv short, a 
little paler than the pileus. Stem i to {in, (4 to 7 mm.), slender, slightly 
attenuated downwards, pruinose to granular, abruptly entering the matrix, con- 
colorous. Gregarious on fallen twigs and bark and dead grass stems, often 
partly burned m the sandy soil. South Australia — Encounter Bay. May. 
Our plants differ from the description given by Ben in being smaller,’ and in 
being uniformly of one colour) near that of dead grass. The spores in the 
British plant are given as 8 to 10 x 3.4 p, minutely punctate 
