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m.m. thick). Gills rather broad, not crowded, adnate, with a 
decurrent tooth, at first coloured like the pileus, then dusted with 
the ferruginous spores, which are elliptic, 7 xl/». Flesh and sub- 
stance of the gills permanently roseate. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
250. Agaricus (Flammula) xanthophyllus. Cke. <$• Mass. 
=Ag. crociphyllus, Clce. & Mass. Grev. xvi., 1. 
Ochraceous yellow. Pileus fleshy, compact, convex, innately 
squamulose and fibrillose (2-3 in. broad), hard when dry, 
margin incurved; stem lateral, short (1 in. long, 1 in. thick), 
curved, thick, striate, nearly of the same colour, solid ; gills rather 
distant, very broad (A in.) with a decurrent tooth, bright yellow. 
Spores elliptic, 10 x 6 p. 
On wood. Victoria. 
251. Agaricus (Flammula) hyperion. Cke. $ Mass. 
Grev. xvi., 72. 
Pileus plano-convex, then flattened (3 in. broad), fleshy, 
golden tawny, then darker, even, smooth ; margin incurved, flesh 
yellowish, stem attenuated downwards, nearly the same colour, 
sulcately striate, fibrillose, rather scaly (2 in. long, i-J in. thick) ; 
gills rather distant, ochraceous yellow, arcuate, decurrent. Spores 
16-18 x 6-8 p. 
On stumps (?). Victoria. (Fig. 24), 
252. Agaricus (Flammula) avellanus. Cke. tf Mass. 
Grev. xvii., 3. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, dry, smooth, nut brown (2 in. broad) ; stem 
attenuated upwards, striate, paler (2-2£ in. long, in. thick) ; 
gills adnate, broad, scarcely crowded, dusky-ferruginous. Spores 
elliptic, 10 X 6 p. 
On sandy ground. Victoria. Queensland. 
253. Agaricus (Flammula) Baileyi. B. <$- Br. Linn. 
Trans, ii., 54. Sacc. Syll. 8344. 
Orange. Pilous campanulate, then hemispherical, at length 
expanded, woolly, adult, sprinkled with reddish yellow, mealy 
particles (4-12 m.m. broad), margin inflexed ; stem short, curved, 
equal, at first floccose, ochraceous, at length dark brown (10-15 
m.m. long); gills distant, adnate with a tooth, same colour as the 
pileus, branched. 
On rotten wood. Queensland. 
254. Agaricus (Flammula) prasinus. Cke. 8$ Mass. 
Grev. xvii ., 3. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, dry, silky, leek-green 
(1-2| in. diam.) ; stem equal, straight, stuffed, smooth, even, 
lemon yellow (1^-2^ in. long, in. thick) ; gills adnate, ventri- 
cose, yellow, becoming brownish. Spores 10-12 X 6 p. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
