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long, 6 m.m. thick); volva lobed, brown, small; gills uneven, 
broad in front, attenuated behind, rose-coloured ; spores 9x6 ji. 
On the ground. Tasmania. Victoria. 
193. Agaricus (Volvaria) xanthocephalus. Berk. Hook - 
Journ., 1845, 45. Sacc. Syll. v., 2731. 
Pileus convex, golden yellow, spotted with white from the 
remains of the volva (1-2 in. diam.) ; stem bulbous (1-2 in. high, 
2-3 lines thick) ; volva adnate, with the margin free, cream-colour ;. 
gills remote, attenuated, free, pallid gilvous. 
On the ground. W. Australia. 
** Pileus more or less viscid, smooth. 
194. Agaricns (Volvaria) speciosus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 183. 
Cooke Ulus. t. 29 T . Sacc. Syll. v., 2735. 
Pileus fleshy, soft, campanulate, then expanded, obtuse, smooth 
(8-14 c.m. broad), even, viscid, disc grey ; stem solid, attenuated, 
rather bulbous (10-20 c.m. long); volva loose, villous, as well as 
the stem ; gills free, rose coloured. Spores 12-18 X 8-10 y. 
On dunghills, roadsides, etc. Victoria. 
195. Agaricus (Volvaria) parvulus. W'einm. Boss. 238. 
Fr. Hym. Eur. 184. Cooke Ulus. t. 299. Sacc. Syll. v., 2740. 
Pileus rather fleshy, conic, then expanded, umbonate, dry (It c.m. 
broad) ; stem stuped, equal, silky (1-2| c.m. long) ; volva small, 
lobed ; gills free, rose-coloured. Spores 5-8 X 3-4 y. 
In pastures, after stormy weather. Queensland. (Fig. 11). 
Sub-Genus 14. ANNUL ARIA. Schulz. 
Stem with a ring, but destitute of a volva ; gills free ; hymeno- 
phore distinct from the stem. 
196. Agaricus (Annularia) insignis. Cke. <j- Mass. 
Grev xviii., 3. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, pallid, cuticle broken up into broad adnate, 
darker scales (3-5 in. diam.) ; margin incurved, flesh thick (§-£ 
in.), firm, white; stem short, thick (2 in. long, 1 in. and more 
thick), obclavate, whitish, annulate, zoned below the ring, with 
tawny scales, and often spotted with flesh colour; gills free, 
rounded behind, rather crowded, whitish, then salmon-colour. 
Spores snbglobose, even, 5 y diam. 
On the ground. Victoria. (Fig. 12). 
Sub-Genus 15. PLUTKUS. Fr. Hpicr. p. 140. 
Destitute of volva and ring ; hymenophore distinct from the 
stem ; gills rounded behind, free (never emarginate), at first 
cohering, white, then flesh-coloured. 
197. Agaricus (Pluteus) cervinus. Schceff. Icon. t. 10. 
Fr. Hym. l\ur. 185. Cooke Illus. t. 301. Sacc. Syll. v , 247. 
Pileus fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, nearly even, smooth 
(6-8 c.m. or more broad), then clad with evanescent fibril lose 
