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long, 2 lines thick) ; gills thin, distant, attenuated behind, decur- 
rent, interstices veined, white ; spores 5 X 3 p,. 
On rotten wood. Queensland. 
161. Agaricus (Pleurotus) Guilfoylei. Berk. Linn. Journ. 
xiii., 158. Sacc. Syll. 1*109. 
Whitish. Pileus reniform (11 in. broad), somewhat orbicular, 
tomentose behind; margin turned in; stem obsolete; gills thin, 
edge very acute. 
On trunks. N.S. Wales. Queensland. 
b. Dimidiati. Pileus lateral, immarginate behind, not at first 
resupinate. 
162. Agaricus (Pleurotus) petaloid.es. Bull Champ, t. 226, 
227. Fr. Sym. Bur. 175. Cooke Ulus. t. 258 a. Sacc. 
Syll. 1412. 
Ascending ; pileus fleshy, spathulate, entire, disc villous, de- 
pressed (4 c.in. long, 24-3 c.m. broad) ; stem compressed, villous 
(24 c.m. long) ; gills decurrent, crowded, narrow, whitish ; spores 
7* x 34 /a. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
163. Agaricus (Pleurotus) puliuonarius. Fr. Ilym. Eur. 
176. Fr. Icon. t. 87,/. 2. Sacc. Syll. 1416. 
Horizontal. Pileus greyish to tan-colour, fleshy, soft, rather 
convex, obovate or reniform, smooth (5-15 c.m. broad) ; stem 
lateral, straight, very short, villous ; gills plano-decurrent, simple, 
whitish, becoming livid. 
On trunks. Victoria. N.S. Wales. 
164. Agaricus (Pleurotus) eucalyptoruni. Fr. PI. Preiss. 
131. Sacc. Syll. 1 423. 
Pileus fleshy, sessile, dimidiate, reniform, convex, then plane, 
clad with a rough wool, bay-brown ; gills simple, white. 
On Eucalyptus bark. W. Australia. 
165. Agaricus (Pleurotus) mitis. Pers. Syn. 481. Cooke 
Ulus. t. 211. Sacc. Syll. 1424. 
Pileus rather fleshy, tough, reniform, even, smooth, dry, growing 
pale (24 c.m. broad) ; stem lateral, compressed, dilated upwards, 
clad with little white scales, nearly obsolete when mature ; gills 
determinate, crowded, distinct, white. 
On dead wood. Queensland. 
166. Agaricus (Pleurotus) limpidus. Fr. Icon. t. 88,/. 3. 
Cooke Illus. t. 2766. Sacc. Syll. 1427. 
Pileus rather fleshy, obovate or kidney-shaped (2 c.m. broad), 
even, smooth, white, hygrophanous, attenuated behind into a rudi- 
mentary stem ; gills linear, crowded, decurrent at the base, white. 
On trunks. N.S. Wales. 
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