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* CoNOPILEI. 
327. Agaricus (Psathyra) conopileus. Fr. Hym. Eur. p- 
304. Cooke Ulus. t. 575. 
Pileus submembranaceous, campanulate, even, smooth, growing 
pale; stem tall, attenuated upwards, smooth, silvery-shining; 
gills slightly adnexed, crowded, brownish purple. 
On the ground. Gembrook Range. 
328. Agaricus (Psathyra) Sonderianus. Berk. Linn. Journ. 
xiii., 159. Sacc. Syll. v., 4814. 
Pileus acutely convex, above pale and dirty yellowish (2| c.m. 
broad) ; margin entire; stem white, silky (6 c.m. long, 4“m.m. 
thick), with a white filamentose mycelium ; gills pale. 
On the ground. S. Australia. 
** Obtusati. 
329. Agaricus (Psathyra) obtusatus. Fr. Hym. Exit. p. 
306. Cooke Ulus. t. 593. Sacc. Syll. v., 4320. 
Pileus submembranaceous, conical, campanulate, then expanded 
(2 c.m. broad), obtuse, smooth, wrinkled , hygrophanous , rather 
shining; stem somewhat rigid, equal, even, nearly naked, pallid, 
incurved at the base (5 c.m. long, 2-5 m.m. thick) ; gills adnate, 
subveDtricose, pallid, then umber ; spores 7-9 x 4-6 p. 
On oak trunks and on the ground. Victoria. 
# # # Fibrillosi. 
330. Agaricus (Psathyra) fatuus. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 308. 
Cooke Illus. t. 595. Sacc. Syll. v., 4344. 
Pileus somewhat membranaceous, ovate-campanulate, then ex- 
panded, rugose, at first fibrillose , then smooth ; stem slender, 
becoming smooth, white, striate and mealy at the apex ; gills 
adnate, crowded, linear, whitish, then brown ; spores 12-13 x 
6-7 p. 
In gardens, etc. (Fig. 32). 
331. Agaricus (Psathyra) gossypinus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 309. 
Cooke Illus. t. 612a. Sacc. Syll. v., 4349. 
Pileus submembranaceous, campanulate, then expanded, tomen- 
tose, becoming smooth (8 c.m. broad) ; margin striate ; stem tomen- 
tose, whitish (5 c.m. long) ; gills adnexed, ventricose, white, 
then brownish-black ; spores 10-12 x 6 p. 
On the ground. Queensland. 
Series 5. Coprinarii. Fr. Epicr. p. 234. Spores black. 
Sub-Genus 39. PANiEOLUS. Fr. Epicr. 234. 
Veil interwoven, sometimes wanting; stem polished, rather 
firm ; pileus somewhat fleshy, viscid when moist, shining when 
dry, never striated, the margin exceeding the variegated gills; gills 
clouded ; spores black, oval, smooth. 
* Pileus viscid, shining when dry. 
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