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base, 1 in. at the apex), whitish above the dusky zone. Gills affixed, 
very broad, rather distant, cinnamon. 
In woods. Victoria. 
Genus 6. PAXILLUS. Fr. Hym. Ear. p. 400. 
Hymenophore continuous with the stem, decurrent. Gills mem- 
branaceous, scissile, somewhat branched, and here and there anas- 
tomosing behind, distinct from the hymenophore, and easily parting 
from. it. Spores dirty whitish, or ferruginous. 
Tribe 1. Lepista. Pileus entire, central, spores dingy. 
367. Faxillus Muelleri. Berk. Linn. Journ. xm., 159. 
Sacc. Syll. 4008. 
Pileus convex, umbonate, dark brown ( 1| in. broad). Stem 
tawny, pruinate (1 in. long, | in. thick). GUIs decurrent, tawny 
(spores 10-12 x 5-6 p). 
In meadows. Victoria. Queensland. N.S. Wales. 
368. Faxillus eucalyptorum. Berk. Hook. Journ. 1845, 49. 
Sacc. Syll. 4010. 
Cmspitose. Pileus convex, thick, and fleshy, compact, tawny 
yellow (3-9 in. across), clad with a mealy pubescence, especially 
near the margin. Stem attenuated downwards, transversely scaly 
(2^ in. high, | in. thick above). Gills distant, decurrent, bright 
yellow ; spores large, oblong, colourless. 
Under Eucalyptus trees. W. Australia. 
Tribe 2. Tapinia. Pileus commonly excentric, or resupinate. 
Spores ferruginous. 
369. Paxillus (Tapinia) paradoxus. Kalch. Fung. Hung. 
1. 16, f. 1. Cooke Ulus. t. «84. Sacc. Syll. 3326. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, then plane, dry, tomentose, rufous- 
umber; stem solid, somewhat rooting, unequal, fibrillose, yellow or 
reddish; gills decurrent, distant, connected by veins, yellow, then 
golden yellow, becoming reddish when old. 
On the ground. Victoria. Queensland. (Pig. 38). 
370. Paxillus crassus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 404. Sacc. Syll. 
4020. Cooke Ulus. t. 877. 
Pileus fleshy, oblique, nearly plane, becoming even, and ferru- 
ginous (3-4 in. broad). Stem stuffed, excentric, very short, 
ascending (1 in. long, j in. thick). Gills decurrent, broad, rather 
distant, straight, cinnamon. Spores ferruginous, 15-18x7-8 p. 
On the ground. Queensland. 
371. Faxillus (Tapinia) panuoides. Fr. Hym. Eur. 404. 
Cooke Lius. t. 878. Sacc. Syll. 4021. 
Pileus fleshy, dimidiate, conchate, at length smooth (2-11 c.m. 
broad), dirty yellow, elongated behind, sessile or stipitate ; gills 
decuirent, crowded, branched, crisped, yellow. 
In cellars, on sawdust, etc. Victoria. 
