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59. Agaricus (Tricholoma) humilis. Fr. Hym. Fur. 75. 
Cooke Jllus. t. 39, 263 a. 
Pileus fleshy, soft, umbonate, then convexo -plane or depressed, 
even, smooth, hygrophanons (4-5 c.m. broad) ; margin thin, ex- 
tending beyond the gills ; stem stuffed, short, equal, fragile, pallid, 
villoso-pulverulent (3-4 c.m. long) ; gills rounded (with a decur- 
rent tooth), crowded, ventricose, whitish; spores 5x4 p.. 
On the ground, amongst grass. Victoria. 
60. Agaricus (Tricholoma) persicinus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 76. 
Fr. Icon. t. 42, f. 2. 
Pileus fleshy, convex then flattened (1-3 in. diam.), obtuse, 
smooth, even, moist, hygrophanons, thin at the naked margin ; 
stem stuffed, cartilaginous, fibrous within, equal, even, smooth; 
gills adnexed with a decurrent tooth, crowded, arcuate, thin, white. 
In grassy places. Victoria. 
** Gills becoming violet, grey, or smoky. 
61. Agaricus (Tricholoma) putidus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 77. 
Cooke Jllus. t. 172. 
Pileus somewhat fleshy, hemispherical (3-4 c.m. broad), umbo- 
nate, even, soft, hygropbanous, olive grey, hoary when dry; stem 
hollow, fragile, sub-compressed, pruinose (1| in. high, 3 lines 
thick) ; gills adnexed, ventricose, crowded, cinereous; odour 
mealy, rancid ; spores 8 x 6 p. 
In fir woods. Victoria. 
Sub-Genus. 7. CL1T0CYBE. Fr.S.M.i.,p. 78. 
Veil usually obsolete. Stem soon hollow. Gills adnate, at- 
tenuated behind, or decurrent. 
* Pileus fleshy, often becoming pallid ivhen dry, but not huqro- 
phanous. 
a. Discifokmes. I 3 ileus convex , then plane or depressed, regular , 
obtuse ; gills at first adnate or regularly adnate-decurrent. 
Pileus cinereous or fuscous. 
62. Agaricus (Clitocybe) curtipes. Fr. Hym. Eur. 81. 
Sacc. Syll. 517. Fr. Icon. t. 18, f. 5. 
Pileus rather fleshy, convex, then plane, obtuse, oblique, 
becoming smooth, brown, then pale, livid (2-3 c.m. broad). Stem 
solid, short, rigid, unequal, brown, thickened upwards, rather 
pruinose, becoming whitish (2^-3 c.m. long). Gills adnate, much 
crowded, white. 
In grassy places. Tasmania. 
Pileus white, becoming shining. 
63. Agaricus (Clitocybe) cerussatus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 86. 
Cooke lllu's. t. 121. 
White. Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, obtuse, even, 
moist, soon smooth (7 c.m. broad) ; stem spongy, solid, tough, 
