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a tomentose disc, turning reddish with age ; spores subglobose, 
10-13 p long. 
On branches and leaves. Queensland. Victoria. 
174. Agaricus (Pleurotus) semiliber. Berk, Br. Linn. 
Trans, ii., 54. Sacc. Syll. 1470. 
White; pilens half-adherent, silky, pallid, yellow ; stem lateral, 
short ; gills thin, rather broad, discoloured ; spores ovate, 7 p 
long. 
On wood. Queensland. 
Resembling Ag. semisupinus, but without the central disc in 
which the gills are inserted in that species. 
175. Agaricus (Pleurotus) sordulentus. Berk, ij- Br. Bung. 
Brisb. it., 54. Sacc. Syll. 1473. 
Pileus orbicular, somewhat reniform (4 c.m. broad), dirty white, 
at first rather hairy, then becoming smooth ; margin incurved ; 
stem obsolete or fixed by the vertex ; gills white, ventricose. 
On wood. Queensland. 
176. Agaricus (Pleurotus) scabriusculus. Berk. Linn. 
Journ. xiii., 157. Sacc. Syll. 1475. 
White, sessile. Pilens subdimidiate, narrow, or flabelliform 
(1^-3 c.m. broad), rather rough behind, without striai, margin 
lobed ; gills narrow, arising from a tomentose point. Spores 4p. 
On rotten wood. Victoria. 
177. Agaricus (Pleurotus) bursaefonuis. Berk. FI. Tasm. 
ii., 245. Sacc. Syll. 1487. 
Pileus affixed behind, pouch-like, whitish, tomentose, becoming 
smooth in front (2-4 c.m. broad) ; gills rather decurrent, striate. 
Spores subglobose, 6-7 p long. 
On rotting bark. Tasmania. 
178. Agaricus (Pleurotus) lividulus. B. <]• C. Exp. No. 33. 
Sacc. Syll. 1488. 
Resupinate ; pileus reniform or flaliellate, at length lobed ; turn- 
ing livid purple, clad with a powdery down, becoming smooth 
(j-l c.m. broad). Stem none, gills of the same colour as the 
pileus, turning white. 
On dead branches. Tantawanglo. 
179. Agaricus (Pleurotus) atrocceruleus. Fr. Uym. Eur. 
179. Sacc. Syll. 1492. Cooke Jlius. t. 2436. 
Pileus fleshy, upper stratum gelatinous, at first resupinate, then 
obovate, reniform (1-2 in. diam.), tomentose, dark blue; gills 
crowded, white, becoming yellowish. Spores 7^ X 3 p. 
On trunks. W. Australia. Victoria. 
180. Agaricus (Pleurotus) applicatus. Batsch. Elen. f. 
125. Sacc. Syll. 1504. Cooke Ulus. t. 244c. 
Dark cinereous ; pileus submembranaceous (3-7 in.m. broad), 
