AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 
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3 c.m.). Gills rather narrow, free, leaving a channel round the 
stem. Spores small, hyaline, 5 X 2| p. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
6- Agaricus (Amanita) murinns. Che. <$■ Mass. Grev. xvm 
1, pi. 174. 
Pileus campanulate, then expanded, obtusely umbonate, shining, 
mouse coloured, nearly naked, margin slightly striate (1^-2 in.); 
stem thin, straight (3 x| in.), whitish, a little fibrillose below’ 
ring pendulous. Volva bulbous, lax, gills free, rather crowded, 
'vhite, or slightly tinted with rose. Spores 7x5 u. 
On sandy soil. Queensland. Victoria. 
b. Volva definitely cut round, base marginate, persistent. 
7- Agaricus (Amanita) muscarius. Linn. Cooke Illus. t. 
117. Fr. JJym. Fur. 20. 
Pileus convex, then expanded, orange scarlet, clothed with 
scattered warts, the remains of the volva, margin striate, flesh 
■beneath the viscid cuticle yellowish (6-14 c.m. broad) ; stem stuffed, 
bulbous at the base (8-12 c.m. Jong, 1^-2 c.m. thick) ; volva 
-adnate, concentrically scaly ; ring lax, de flexed ; gills reaching the 
stem and forming decurrent lines upon it. Spores 10x8 p. 
Woods, especially fir and birch. Victoria. 
8. Agaricus (Amanita) ananiceps. Berk. Hook. Journ. vm., 
572. Sacc. Idyll. No. 36. 
Pileus broad, convex, smooth, shining (3-4 in.), breaking into 
areola; at the centre, each bearing a conical wart, margin even, but 
the volva appendiculato; stem elongated, with a marginate bulb, 
and thickened near the gills ; gills veutrieose, attenuated behind, 
Neil soon obliterated. (Spores globose, muriculate, 8 p. diam. 
On the ground. Queensland. Tasmania. 
c. Volva entirely friable. 
9. Agaricus (Amanita) spissus. Fr. Hym. Fur. 23. Cooke 
Illus. t. b9. 
Pileus convex, then plane, amber with a greyish tinge, rough 
with minute adnate mealy warts (10-12 c.m. broad) ; margin 
smooth, flesh firm, white, unchangeable; stem stuffed, firm, atten- 
uated upwards, squamulose (6-8 c.m. long, 1^-2 c.m. thick) ; 
ring entire ; gills adnexed, with decurrent lines on the stem. 
•Spores 8x6/r. 
In woods. Lake Bonney. 
Sub-Genus 2. AMANITOPSIS, lloze. Stem volvate, but with- 
out a ring. 
TO. Agaricus (Amanitopsis) grossus. Berk. FI. Tasm. n., 
242. Idacc. dyll. 23. 
White ; pileus thick, fleshy, piano-hemispherical, warted, some- 
limes areolate (10 c.m. broad); stem bulbous, fibrillose (3 in. long, 
