Melbourne
15/4/75
At last, rev. and venerable friend, I have succeeded after almost endless writings to obtain from one of the localities of the Horse-hair fungus fruiting specimens through the persevering circumspectness of Mrs Mary Hogdkinson, residing on the Richmond River in New South Wales. It seems to be a true Agaricus or belongs perhaps to one of the genera by modern writers separated. This fungus is now known from East Gipps-land,1 where it grows on the Branches of Aster argophyllus (Taylor), near Sydney (Ramsay), Richmond River (Mrs Hodgkinson), Rockingham's Bay2 (Lieut. Armit). I have not dissected it, as there are only the few pilei, all now transmitted, which I did not like to break up, they being so small. If therefore this species should be new and not belong to Agaricus in the sense of recent writers, then — pray — do not mention the name, under which I would propose to render it known with our united authority.3
I shall be glad to have your opinion on this remarkable plant
With deep regards
always your
Ferd. von Mueller
Agaricus
Aster argophyllus
Please cite as “FVM-75-04-15,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 18 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/75-04-15