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240. Agaricus (Hebeloma) fastibilis. Fr. Hym. Eur. 237. 
Cooke lllus. t. 406. Sacc. Syll. v., 3259. 
Pileus compact, convexo-planc, repand, obtuse, viscid, smooth 
(2§-8 c.m. broad), gilvous or tan colour, stem solid, firm, sub- 
bulbous (6-12 c.m. long, variable in thickness), white, fibroso- 
sqnamose; veil evident; gills emarginate, rather distant, whitish, 
growing pallid, then clay-coloured or cinnamon. Spores 10 X 
7-8 y. 
In woods. Victoria. 
241. Agaricus (Hebeloma) glutinosus. Lindg. Fries Hym. 
Eur. 238. Cooke lllus. t. 430. Sacc. Syll. v., 3260. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, becoming plane, obtuse, viscous with a 
tenacious gluten, clad with scattered white superficial squamulcs, 
yellowish white, disc-like (6-8 c.m. broad), stem stuffed, nearly 
bulbous, with whitish squamules, mealy at the apex, corticate 
(6 c.m. long, 1 c.m. thick), gills adnexed with a sinus, crowded, 
yellowish, becoming cinnamon clay colour. Spores 10-12 x 5-6 y. 
Amongst dead leaves. Victoria. 
242. Agaricus (Hebeloma) mesophaeus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 
240. Cooke lllus. t. 411. Sacc. Syll. v., 3268. 
Pileus rather fleshy, conical, convex, then plane, viscid, even (2£ 
c.m. broad), almost naked, gilvous, disc bay ; stem subfistulose, 
equal, slender, fibrillose, white, then ferruginous, pruinose above 
(5-8 c.m. long, 2-5 m.m. thick) ; gills emarginate, crowded, thin, 
clay-coloured or ferruginous. Spores 8-10 x 5 y. 
In woods, etc. Victoria. 
var. bolophaeus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 240. 
Pileus nmbonate, everywhere dark brown, veil weblike, resem- 
bling a ring, stem turning brown ; gills slightly sinuate. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
243. Agaricus (Hebeloma) olidus. Cke. fr Mass. Grev. xv., 
93. Sacc. Syll. v., 3275. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, viscid, rufous brown, sprinkled with pallid 
superficial scales (scarcely 1 in. broad), margin incurved, paler; 
stem nearly equal, fistulose, smooth (1 in. long, 4 m.m. thick) ; 
gills lanceolate, attenuated behind and nearly free, pallid clay 
colour. Spores 10 X 6 y. Odour foetid. 
On stony ground. Lake Bonney. 
244. Agaricus (Hebeloma) nudipes. Fr. Hym. Eur. 242. 
Cooke lllus. t. 418. Sacc. Syll. v., 3291. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, then plane, obtuse, even, nearly smooth 
(2 in. broad), slightly viscid, tan coloured then pale; margin thin ; 
stem solid (1^ in. long, 4-5 lines thick), equal, pelliculose, smooth , 
naked, white, fibrillose at the base ; gills emarginate, crowded, dry, 
clay-coloured. Spores 8-10 x 4-5 y. 
On the ground. Queensland. 
