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167. Agaricus (Pleurotus) chaetophyllus. Sacc. Hedw., 
1889, p. 125, tab. ii., /. 6. 
Dimidiate, obovate-spatliniate, thin, very shortly stipitate; margin 
acute, then nearly straight, densely but shortly white-tomentose ; 
stem rather thick, rugulose; gills narrow, much crowded, often 
entire, white, then clay-colour, reaching the stem, everywhere 
rough with fusoid, subochraceous, continuous, seta? (cystidia?); 
spores elliptieal-reniform, hyaline, 5 x 3 p even. 
On branches. Middle Australia. 
Pileus with stem 15-20 m.m. long, 12-14 ro.m. broad ; stem 3 
m.m. thick. 
168. Agaricus (Pleurotus) imberbis. Kalch. Grev. vm., 
152, t. 142,/. 6. Sacc. St/ll. 1429. 
Dimidiate, sessile, reniform (2-4 lines broad), membranaceous, 
horizontal, convex, then plane, smooth ; gills scarcely crowded, 
branched, whitish, rugulose when dry and tan -coloured ; spores 
shortly ovate, 7x5 p. 
On wood. N. 8. Wales. 
169. Agaricus (Pleurotus) caryophyllus. Berk. Linn. 
Journ, xm., 157. Sacc. St/ll. 1442. 
Pale, fulvous ; pileus attenuated behind, flabelliform, much 
lobed, thin, smooth; margin very thin (6 c.m. broad), hyaline, 
narrowly indexed ; gills narrow, even. 
On wood. N. 8. Wales? Victoria. 
170. Agaricus (Pleurotus) affixus. Berk, in Herb. Sacc. 
Syll. 1444. 
Gregarious ; pileus (3 m.m. broad), at length attached by the 
side, cup-shaped, plicately striate ; stem short, thin, redexed ; gills 
ascending, arcuate, adnate. 
On Eucalyptus amygdalina. Tasmania. 
171. Agaricus (Pleurotus) Thozetii. Berk. Linn. Journ. 
xviii., 383. Sacc. Syll. 1415. 
Pileus dabellate, lobate, arising from a rooting stem, whitish 
ochre ; gills rather broad, of the same colour. 
On dead leaves. Queensland. 
172. Agaricus (Pleurotus) flabellatus. Berk. Br. Linn. 
Journ. xi., 528. Sacc. Syll. 1449. 
Pileus flabelliform, thin, white or becoming reddish, tomentose, 
then smooth, attenuated behind (2-5 c.m. long) ; stem very short, 
tomentose ( 4-1 c.m. long) ; gills narrow, decurrent. 
On dead wood. Queensland. 
Adhering to wood by a spongy base, found also in Ceylon, 
Central America, and South Africa. 
173. Agaricus (Pleurotus) semisupinus. Berk, fy Br. Linn- 
Journ. xi., 529. Sacc. Syll. 1469. = Agaricus nidulus. B. !f 6’- 
Pileus at drst peziza?form, villous, at length half-dattencd and 
turned up, white (4 m.m. broad) ; gills ventricose, springing from 
