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stem elongated, pale rufous, rather thickened at the base (7 c.m. 
long, 2 m.m. thick), gills adnate, ventricose, attenuated behind, 
slightly connected and traversed by veins. 
On heaths. Victoria. 
Sub-Genua 20. ECCILTA. Fr. S. M. i„ p. 207. 
Stem cartilaginous, tubular (tube stuffed or hollow), expanded 
upwards into the rather membranaceous pileus, margin at first 
indexed. Gills attenuated behind, truly decurrent. 
212. Agaricus (Eccilia) rhodocylix. Lascli. in Fr. Hym. 
Fur. 213. Cooke Jllus. t. 343a. Sacc. Syll. v., 3030. 
Pileus membranaceous, rngulose, floccose (8-13 m.m. broad), 
umbilicale, then infundibuliform ; remotely striate when moist, 
tawny, flocculose when dry. grey ; stem stuffed, slender, incurved, 
even, smooth, cinereous (1-2| c.m. long, 1 m m. thick) ; gills 
strongly decurrent, distant, thick, whitish, then flesh-colour. 
Spores 10 /x diam. 
On rotten wood. Victoria. (Pig. 18). 
Sub-Genus 21, CLAUDOPUS. Smith. 
Pileus excentric, lateral or resupinate. Spores rubiginous. 
213. Agaricus (Claudopus) variabilis. Pers. Obs. it., t. 5, 
f. 12. Cooke Jllus. t. 344a. Sacc. Syll. v., 3037. 
Pileus submem branaceous, resupinate, then reflexed ( 1-21, c.m. 
broad), silky with white down ,* gills radiating, rather distant, 
white, then rusty-red, at length pale cinnamon. Spores 6-7 x 
21-4 p. 
On sticks, etc. Victoria. Queensland. (Fig. 19). 
Series 3. Dermini. Fr. Epicr. p. 160. Spores various shades 
of reddish-brown, brown, red or yellowish-brown. 
Sub-Genus 22. LOCELLIN1A Gill. (Acetabularia, B.) 
Universal veil distinct from the pileus; hymenophore distinct ; 
gills free, spores tawny or brown. 
214. Agaricus (Xocellinia) cycnopotamia. Berk. Linn. 
Journ. xvin.,389. Sacc. Syll. 3141. 
Pileus (2 c.m. broad), stem horny (3 c.m. long, 1 m.m. thick), 
volva of interwoven intricate fibres ; gills pale fawn colour, leaving 
a free space round the stem. Spores 8-10 p diam. 
On the ground. VV. Australia. 
Sub-Genus 23. PHOLIOTA. Fr. S. .)/. i., p. 240 (fig. 19). 
Spores sepia-brown, bright yellowish-brown, or light red ; stem 
confluent and homogeneous with the hymenophore, furnished with 
a persistent, friable, fugacious ring. 
a. Humigbni. Terrestrial, rarely ccespitose. 
* Eudermini. Spores ferruginous. 
