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266. Agaricus (Flammula) purpureo-nitens. Cke. fy Mass. 
Grev. xv., 94. Sacc. Syll. v., 3393. 
Pileus convex, fleshy, smooth, shining, purple brown, margin 
even (1 in. broad) ; stem equal, ascending, fibrillose, solid, paler 
(2 in. long, 2-3 lines thick), flesh pallid; gills adnexed, rather 
distant, broad, ferruginous ; spores ovate, cinnamon, 8 X 5 /a. 
On wood. Victoria. Queensland. W. Australia. 
Sub-Genus 27. NAUCORIA. Fr. Syst. Myc. i., 260. 
Veil none, or fugacious, squamulose. Stem cartilaginous, fistu- 
lose or spongy. Pileus more or less fleshy, convexo-plane, or 
conical, margin at first inflexed ; gills free or adnate, not decur- 
rent. 
a. Gtmnoti. Pileus smooth. Veil none. Spores ferruginous, 
but not becoming dingy. 
267. Agaricus (Naucoria) anguineus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 
255. Fries Icon. t. 122, y', 1. Cooke Ulus. t. 455. Sacc. 
Syll. v., 3412. 
Pileus slightly fleshy, campanulate, then convex, gibbous, 
smooth, yellowish, tan-coloured, with a silky zone around the 
margin (2 in. broad) ; stem rather hollow, brown, and thickly 
covered with white fibrillce (2-3 in. long by 2-3 lines thick) ; gills 
nearly free, crowded, linear, pale-yellow, then ferruginous. 
On ground. Queensland. 
268. Agaricus (Naucoria) russus. Cke. <$• Mass. Grev. xv., 
94. Sacc. Syll. v., 3 127. 
Pileus convex, then flattened, thin, even, smooth, brick-red, 
margin even (scarcely 1 in. broad) ; stem equal, nearly of the same 
colour, whitish tomentose below, fistulose (2 in. long, 2 lines 
thick), flesh pallid; gills free, ventricose, rather distant, ferru- 
ginous ; spores elliptic, 8 x 4 p. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
269. Agaricus (Naucoria) cerodes. Fr. Hym. Eur. 257. 
Cooke lllus. t. 4895. Sacc, Syll. v., 3435. 
Pileus rather fleshy, convex, then plane, obtuse, orbicular, even 
(1-2| c.m. broad), smooth, hygrophanous ; stem hollow, equal 
(2-5 m.m. thick), naked, yellow, ferruginous at the base; gills 
plane, broad, ochraceous cinnamon ; spores 12 x 6 p. 
On burnt soil. Victoria. 
270. Agaricus (Naucoria) meliuoides. Fr. Hym. Eur. 
257. Cooke Ulus. t. 457a. Sacc. Syll. v., 3437. 
Pileus somewhat fleshy, convexo-plane, obtusely umbonate, even, 
smooth, dusky ochraceous when dry (10-25 m.m. broad); stem 
hollow, slightly thickened, pruinose above and yellow, base white 
(21-5 c.m. long, 2 m.m. thick) ; gills adnate, triangular, toothed, 
honey-coloured. Spores 10-12x4-5 p. 
Amongst grass. Victoria. Queensland. 
