AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 
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Sub-Genus 3. LEPIOTA, Fr. Universal veil concrete with the 
pileus, gills free, often remote. Volva absent. Stem generally 
distinct from the hymenophore. 
* Epidermis dry. 
a. Prochri. Iiing movable. 
16. Agaricus (Lepiota) procerus. Scop. Fr. Hym. Eur. 
29. Cooke Ulus. t. 21. 
Pileus fleshy, soft, at first ovate, then expanded and umbonate, 
(6-14 c.m. broad) ; cuticle thick, torn up into broad evanescent 
scales; stem hollow, tall, bulbous, variegated with adpressed scales 
(16-20 c.m. long, 1 c.m. thick) ; ring movable; gills very remote. 
Spores 12-14 x 8-9 p. 
Pastures. Esculent. Victoria. N.S. Wales. Queensland. 
Tasmania. 
17. Agaricus (Lepiota) rachodes. Vitt. Fr. Hym. Eur. 
29. Cooke Illus. t. 22. 
Pileus fleshy, soft, at first globose, then expanded and depressed 
(8-10 c.m. broad) ; cuticle thin, broken into persistent scales, stem 
hollow, attenuated, smooth, immaculate, bulb at first abrupt (10 
c.m. or more long, scarcely 1 c.m. thick) ; ring lacerated, movable; 
gills remote. Spores 10 x 6 p. 
In shady pastures. Esculent. Victoria. 
18. Agaricus (Lepiota) excoriatus. Schff. Fr. Hym. Eur. 
30. Cooke Illus. t. 23. 
Pileus fleshy, soft, obscurely umbonate, pale fawn colour (5-6 
c.m. broad) ; cuticle thin, breaking up into scales, stem hollow, 
short, cylindrical, scarcely bulbous (3-5 c.m. long), smooth, white, 
ring movable ; gills rather remote. Spores 12 X 8 p. 
In pastures. Esculent. Victoria. N.S. Wales. Queensland. 
W. Australia. 
19. Agaricus (Lepiota) mastoideus. Fries. Hym. Eur. 30, 
Cooke Illus. t. 24. 
Pileus rather fleshy, soft, ovate, then expanded, and acutely 
umbonate ; cuticle thin, breaking up into scattered papillae (1| in. 
across), stem hollow, equally attenuated from the bulb, weak, 
smooth (3 in. high), ring entire, movable, gills very remote, 
pallid. Spores 7-8 x a p. 
On the ground. Victoria. Queensland. Barossa Range. 
Cudgegong River. 
20. Agaricus (Lepiota) dolichaulus. Berk. 4' Br. Linn. 
Trans, xxvn ., pi. 150. tirev. xvm., pi. 177. 
Pileus fleshy, expanded, umbonate, centre smooth, otherwise 
punctatedly sqtiamulose (10-20 c.m. broad), margin torn and 
appendiculate, flesh white, unchangeable; stem elongated, straight, 
nearly equal, except at the base, where it is bulbous (16-20 c.m. 
long, 1 c.m. thick) ; apex penetrating, flocculosely punctate, 
