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188. Agaricus (Pleurotus) australis. Cke. $ Mass. Grev. 
xv., 93. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, smooth, umber (2-3 in.); stem somewhat 
lateral, short, thick, clad with a white tomentnm, solid (about an 
inch long and thick); gills broad, distant, decurrent; spores 
cylindrically-elliptic, straight or curved, 16-18x4 p. 
On roots of Leptospermum. S. Australia. (Fig. 10). 
189. Agaricus (Pleurotus) euphyllus. Berk. Handbk. 
t\.Z. Flora p. 755. 
Pileus 3 in. across, finely striate, and coarsely wrinkled longi- 
tudinally when dry, reniform, glabrous, pale chestnut; stem none 
or obsolete ; gills broad, interstices smooth. 
On wood. Queensland. .N. Zealand. 
Series 2. Hyporhodii. Fr. Epic. 138. 
Spores pink or salmon colour. 
Sab-Genus 12. METRARIA, Cooke ,1/ass. 
Universal veil at first continuous, distinct from the cuticle of the 
pileus, forming a volva at the base ; ring manifest ; spores pink. 
Analogous to Amanita. 
190. Agaricus (Metraria) iusignis. C. 8f M. Grev. xix., 
105. 
Pileus convex, then flattened and depressed in the centre (10 
c.m. diam.) ; margin cream colour, disc darker and rnfescent, 
smooth, viscid, shining when dry ; stem solid, then hollow (10 
long, 2| thick), equal, bulbous at the base, whitish, smooth, rather 
fibrous ; volva rather lax, ring dependent, membranaceous ; gills 
adnate, lanceolate, or attenuated in front, pink ; spores apiculate at 
the base, 10 x 6 p. 
In woods. Victoria. 
Sub-Genus 13. VOLVARIA. Fr. S. M. i., p. 277. 
Veil universal, forming a perfect volva, distinct from the cuticle 
of pileus; stem distinct from the bymenophore; ring absent; gills 
free, rounded behind, at first white, then pink, soft, liquescent. 
* Pileus dry , silky or fibrillose. 
191. Agaricus (Volvaria) bombycinus. Schceff. Icon. t. 98. 
Fr. Uym. Fur. 182. Cooke Ulus. t. 293. 
Pileus fleshy, soft, campanulate, then expanded, subumbonate, 
silky, fibrillose; self-coloured (3-7 in. diam.), whitish, then ochra- 
ceous ; stem solid, attenuated, smooth (3-6 in. long, ^ in. thick) ; 
volva very large, membranaceous ; gills free, flesh coloured. 
On decayed wood. Victoria. 
192. Agaricus (Volvaria) Taylori. Berk. Outl. p. 140. Fr. 
hym. Eui . 183. Cooke ltlus. t. 296. Sacc. Syll. v., 2719. 
Pileus thin, conical, obtuse, livid, striato-rimose from the apex 
< 4 * c.m. broad) ; stem pale, solid, smooth, nearly equal (6 c.m. 
