AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 
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fibrillose above the ring (7 c.m. long, 2 c m. thick), white below ;. 
gills emarginate, reaching the stem. Spores 6 X 4 /x. 
In woods, etc. Victoria. 
var. subannulatus. Batsclu Consp.,fig. 75. 
Smaller than in the typical form, with a smaller ring. — Fr. 
Hym. Eur. p. 40. 
In woods, etc. Victoria. 
Agaricus (Armillaria) denigratus. Fries. — See Pholiota 
erebius. 
** ClitocybezE. GUIs attenuated behind, more or less decurrent , 
not sinuate, stem solid. 
47. Agaricus (Armillaria) melleus. Vahl. Fr. Hym . 
Eur. 44. Cooke Ilius. t. 32. 
Pileus fleshy, at length plane, honey colour, clothed with fibrous 
scales (5-10 c.m. broad), margin striate ; stem spongy, stuffed, 
elastic, fibrillose (10-12 c.m. long, 12 m.m. thick); ring floccose 
patent; gills adnate, ending in a decurrent tooth, somewhat dis- 
tant, pallid, then mealy with the profuse white spores, and spotted 
with reddish-brown. Spores 8x5 /j. 
On dead stumps. Edible. Victoria. Queensland. N.S. Wales. 
Exceedingly variable, sometimes single, usually densely ciespitose.. 
48. Agaricus (Armillaria) fulgens. Cke. Mass. Grev. 
xviii., 2. 
Pileus convex, then plane (2|-3 in. diam.), bright golden yellow, 
even, smooth, shining; stem erect, slender (4-5 in. long, ^ in., 
thick), hollow, even, lemon-yellow; ring spreading, gills adnate, 
rather crowded, lemon yellow, spores globose, with an apiculus, 
8-9 p. diara. 
On sandy soil. Queensland. 
Sub-Genus 6. TRTCHOLOMA, Fr. 
Veil obsolete, or attached in flocci or fibrils to the margin of 
the pileus. Stem fleshy. Gills sinuate behind. 
* Pileus either viscid, or clad with fibrils, scales, or down. 
a - Limacini. Cuticle of the pileus viscid when moist, innate 
fibrillose or squamose, but not lacerated. 
* Gills not discoloured. 
49. Agaricus (Tricholoma) resplendens. Fr. Ilyrn. Eur. 
49. Cooke lllus. t. 55. 
White, pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded (3 in. diam.), even, 
smooth, shining when dry, margin straight ; stem solid, stout,, 
smooth, or flocculose at the apex (^ in. thick) ; gills free, then 
uncinate, adnexed, somewhat crowded, unspotted. Spores pip- 
shaped, 7 X 4 p. 
In shady places. Queensland. 
