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c.m. long, If m.m. thick), ring descending ; gills narrow, attenuated! 
behind, approaching the stem. Spores oblong, 5 p, long. 
On the ground. N.S. Wales. 
42. Agaricus (Lepiota) lavendulae. Coolce ij- Mass. Grev. 
xvi., 72=Ag. columbicolor, Cooke § Mass. Grev. xvr., p. 30. 
Pileus rather fleshy, convex, obtusely umbonate, furfuraceous, 
greyish-blue, or dove-colour (f in. diarn.) ; stem cylindrical, equal, 
whitish, ochraceous below, thin, stuffed, then hollow, smooth (2 in. 
long, 2 lines thick). Spores elliptical, 10-12 X 5-6 p. 
On the ground. Victoria. (Fig. 3.) 
** Epidermis viscid. 
43. Agaricus (Lepiota) australius. Fr. PI. Preiss p. 131. 
Sacc. Syll. No. 258. 
Large; pileus slightly fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, obtuse,, 
smooth, viscid; stem long, clavate downwards; ring superior, fixed,, 
torn ; gills very remote from the stem, thin, crowded, dusky. 
On sandy soil. W. Australia. 
With the habit of A. procerus, but the pileus viscid. 
Species ignotis. 
44. Agaricus (Lepiota) megalotheles. Kalch. in Syn .. 
Qiteensl. FI. 
Nomen nuda. 
Sub-Genus 4. SCHULZERIA, Bres. 
Hymenophore distinct from the stem, without volva or ring. 
Equal to Lepiota without a ring. 
45. Agaricus (Scliulzeria) revocans. Clee. $ Mass. Grev. 
xvm., 2. 
Pileus somewhat fleshy, convex, flattened (2-2f in. diam,), soft, 
pallid, spotted chiefly about the disc with darker scales; margin 
thin, stem sub-bulbous, erect, wilhout ring, brownish below, whitish 
above, smooth, at length hollow (3 x ^ in.) ; gills free, lanceolate,, 
rather broad, white. Spores 6x4 p. 
In gardens. Queensland. (Fig. 4.) 
Sub-Genus 5. ARMILLARIA. Fr. S. M. i., p. 26. 
Veil partial, in infancy attaching the edge of pileus to the upper 
part of the stem, and often forming flocci on the pileus ; pileus 
generally fleshy ; stem confluent with the hymenophore, furnished 
with a ring ; below the ring the veil is concrete with the stem, often 
forming scales upon it ; gills broadly touching, or running down 
the stem. 
* Thicholomata. Gills sinuate, adnexed, stem fleshy, similar. 
46. Agaricus (Armillaria) robustus. Alb. & Seine, p. 147. 
Sacc. Syll. 265. Cooke Ulus. t. 33. 
Pileus fleshy, compact, convexo-plane, unequal, smooth (10 c.m. 
broad), brown ; stem solid, short, attenuated downwards, rooting, 
