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1 in. thiek) ; ring obsolete; volva adnate ; gills broad, rounded, 
adnate ; spores subglobose, 8 p diam. 
On the ground. Tasmania. 
11. Agaricus (Amanitopsis) vaginatus. Bull. Fr. Hym. 
Fur. 27. Cooke Illus. t. 12. 
Pileus thin, campannlate, then nearly plane, grey, brown, etc., 
margin membranaceous, deeply sulcate (6-8 c.m. broad) ; stem 
fistulose, attenuated, fragile (10-14 c.m. long, 1 c.m. thick), floccu- 
loso-squamose ; yolva sheathing, loose ; gills free, white, them 
pallid. Spores 10 p. long. 
In woods and under trees. Edible. N.S. Wales. Queens- 
land. Victoria. 
12. Agaricus (Axnanitopsis) illudens. Che. <$- Mass. Grev. 
xvi. , p. 30, pi. 175, fiq. A. 
Pileus convex (1 in. diam.), ochraceous yellow, clad with scattered, 
broad, unequal warts, which soon fall away ; margin even ; stem 
slender, fistulose, equal (2 in. long, 2-3 lines thick) ; ring obsolete,, 
volva sheathing ; gills free, attenuated behind, white, edge serru- 
late ; spores oval, 8 X 6 p. 
On the ground. Victoria. (Fig. 2.) 
13. Agaricus (Amanitopsis) farinaceus. Cke. <} Mass. 
Grev. xviii., 1, pi. 175, fig. B. 
White, wholly mealy. Pileus fleshy, convex, then flattened 
(2^-3 in.), whitish, sprinkled with erect prominent warts, chiefly 
at the disc, margin thin, veil adnate, fimbriate; stem equal 
(3-4 x ^ in.) without ring, stuffed, white ; volva bulbous, with the 
free margin crispate ; gills free, rather broad, crowded, white, then 
yellowish. Spores globose, 10 p. 
On the ground. Queensland. 
14. Agaricus (Amanitopsis) curtus. Cke. <j- Mass. Grev.. 
xvii. , 72, pi. 176, fig. A. 
Pileus convex, then flattened, ochraceous white, even, smooth 
(2-2i in. diam.), veil appendiculate at the margin ; stem short 
(1 in. or less long), solid, bulbous, brick red, smooth ; volva broad, 
circumscissile, marginate, fibrillosely rooting at the base; gills-, 
free, remote, rather distant, narrow, white; spores elliptical, 
19-22 x 10 p. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
15. Agaricus (Amanitopsis) pulchellus. Cke. <)' Moss. 
Grev. xviii., 1, pi. 176, fig. B. 
Pileus convex, then expanded (1-2 in.), vermilion, clad with 
irregular deciduous whitish warts ; margin saffron-yellow, faintly 
striate; stem soon hollow, white (2-2| in. x £in.) ; volva adnate, 
marginate, base ovate, bulbous ; ring obsolete; gills free, ventri- 
cose, crowded, white, at length tinged with yellow ; spores sub- 
globose, 7-8 p. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
