AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 
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245. Agaricus (Hebeloma) arenicolor. Cke. <]• Mass. Grev. 
xvii., 7. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, then plane, smooth, rather viscid, dingy 
ochre or sand colour (1^-2 in. broad). Stem cylindrical, subfibril- 
lose, smooth, same colour as the pileus, fistulose, terminating at 
the base in a conical root (3 in. long, j in. thick), gills adnate, 
rounded behind, scarcely crowded, ventricose, pallid, then ochra- 
ceous. Spores ellipsoid, dingy umber, 20 X 10-12 p. 
On the ground. Victoria. (Pig. 22). 
Pusilli. Pileus scarcely an inch broad. 
246. Agaricus (Hebeloma) petiginosus. Fries Hym. Fur. 
243. Cooke Ulus. t. 5086. Sacc. Syll. v., 3319. 
Pileus rather fleshy, conical or convex, then expanded, dry, 
disc swollen, brown, circumference silky grey (1-2 c.m. broad), stem 
stuffed, tough, slender, powdery, brick-red (2-6 c.m. long, 2 m.m. 
broad), gills free, ventricose, yellow, then olive bay. Spores 
8-10 x 6/i. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
Sub-Genus 26. FLAMMULA, Fries. 
Veil fibrillose, or wanting. Stem fleshy, fibrous, not mealy 
above. Pileus fleshy, margin at first involved (or folded in). 
Gills decurrent or adnate, without a sinus, commonly quite entire, 
of one colour. 
I. Gymnom:. 
247. Agaricus (Flammula) vinosus. Bull. Champ, t. 54. 
Fr. Hym. Fur. 244. Cooke Jllus. t. 437. Sacc. Syll. v., 3323. 
Pileus fleshy, expanded, at length depressed, dry, ferruginous 
fawn colour (3-4 c.m. broad). Stem solid, firm, slightly thickened 
at the base (2-3 c.m. long), delicately Jlocculose, gills decurrent, 
crowded, simple, narrow, ferruginous ; spores 5 p long. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
248. Agaricus (Flammula) veluticeps. Cke. Mass. 
Grev. xix., 89. 
Pileus convex, then flattened, depressed in the centre, densely 
and shortly velvety, bay-brown (3-4 c.m. broad), margin involute. 
Stem expanded upwards into the pileus, stuffed, rather short 
(3 c.m. long), smooth, of the same colour as the pileus (5 m.m. 
thick). Gills rather distant, attenuated behind, and deeply decur- 
rent, orange brown, then umber. Spores orange brown, minutely 
apiculate at the base (12 X 5 p). 
Amongst grass on the hillsides. Victoria. 
249. Agaricus (Flammula) ruber. Cke. <y Mass. Grev. 
xix., 46. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, at length depressed, apparently dry, 
smooth, even, shining (2| c.m. broad), red, with a tinge of purple ; 
stem equal, hollow, smooth, paler than the pileus (4 c.m. long, 4 
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