A(/aricus.\ 
vm. FUNGI. 
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Subgenus IV. Clitocybe. Pileus centrical. Veil 0. Gills more or less decurrent on 
the stem. Stem elastic, with a fibrous outer coat. 
Subgenus V. Omphalia. Pileus centrical. Veil 0. Gills adnate and decurrent. Stem 
cartilaginous. 
Subgenus VI. Pleurotus. Pileus excentric, unequal or lateral. Stem 0 or solid and 
firm. Gills acute behind, unequal. 
Series II. Dermini. Spores rusty-coloured, tawny or brownish ( not 
purple-brown nor pink). 
Snbgenus VII Pholtota. Veil dry, forming a ringiround the more or less scaly stem. 
Gills unequal, juiceless. 
Subgenus VIII. Hebeloha, Veil, when present, floccose, not interwoven. Stem fleshy. 
Gills sinuated. 
Subgenus IX. Flammula. Veil fugacious. Stem fleshy, firm, fibrillose. Gills adnate 
or decurrent. 
Subgenus 10. Galera. Veil floccose, fugacious. Stem slender, cartilaginous externally. 
Pileus campauulate ; margin straight. Gills adnate. 
Series III. Pratella. Spores purple-brown or pink-brown. 
Subgenus 11. Psalliota. Stem with a ring formed by the veil. 
Subgenus 12. Hypholoma. Veil forming a fugacious web, that adheres to the circum- 
ference of the pileus. 
1. A. (Amanita) phalloid.es, Fries; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 173. 
Pileus at first campanulate, viscid when moist, often green ; margin even, re- 
gular. Volva free above, bulbous. Gills rounded, ventricose. — Berk. Out- 
lines, 89. t. 3. f. 1. 
Northern Island: in woods, Colenso. (Europe.) 
2. A. (Lepiota) clypeolarius. Bull.; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 173. 
Sweet-scented. Pileus fleshy, umbonate, white pink red brown or yellow ; 
surface at first even, then scaly. Stem fistulose, the ring floccose and scaly. 
Gills free, approximate. — Berk. Outlines, 94. 
Northern Island : on the ground, Colenso. (Europe.) 
3. A. (Lepiota) exstructus, Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 173. Pileus cam- 
panulate, fleshy, 1 in. high and 2 across or more; surface broken up into 
warts, each of which is clothed at the top with an angular portion of smooth 
cuticle. Stem nearly equal, 3 in. high, not penetrating the substance of the 
pileus ; ring superior. Gills narrow, very distant. 
Northern Island : Bay of Islands, on the ground, J. D. U. — A beautiful species. 
4. A. (Trieholoma) brevipes, Bulliard ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 
173. Pileus fleshy, at first rigid, then soft smooth ; umbo evanescent. Stem 
solid, firm, rigid, very short, rather thickened below, brown. Gills crowded, 
ventricose, brownish, then dirty white. 
Northern Island : on the ground, Colenso. (Europe.) 
5. A. (Trieholoma) cartilagineus, Bulliard. Cartilaginous, elastic, 
brittle. Pileus fleshy, convex, gibbous, undulated, smooth ; cuticle cracked, 
finely dotted with black. Stem stout, equal, stuffed, striate, rather mealy. 
Gills adnate, slightly emarginate, crowded, pallid. — Berk. Outlines, 101. 
Middle Island : Beech forests, amongst moss, Haast. (Europe.) 
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