386 BEV. M. J. BEEKELEY ON AUSTBALIAN FUNGI. 



271. Hymenochj:te rubiginosa, Lev. lllawarra (Jo hnson). 



272. Auricularia pusio, Berk. Pileopostice adnato antice retiexo albo 

 tomentosorugoso, margine lobato ; hymenio purpurascente. 



On trunks of trees (Thozet, no. 869). A small but distinct species. 



273. Corticium anthochroum, Fr. On Casuarina equisetifolia. 

 Rockhampton (Thozet, no. 910). 



274. C. viscosum (Pers.), var. deglubens. On very rotten wood 

 (Thozet, no. 867). Adnate, with the margin peeling from the matrix. 



275. C. arachnoideum, Berk. On rotten wood 6 feet below the surface. 

 Rockhampton (Thozet, no. 929). 



276. Clavaria l^etissima, Pers. Caespitosa aurantiaca, repetite dicho- 

 toma compressa, apicibus dilatatis, subdivisis, fuscis. 



South Queensland (Hartman, Lockyer, no. 477)- 



277- Hirneola rufa, Berk. Moreton Bay (J. AT Bailey, no. 1). 



278. H. Lesuerii, Mont. Moreton Bay (J. M. Bailey, no. 28). 



279. Batarrea phalloides, Pers. Between Murchison's River and 

 Shark Bay. 



280. Geaster hygrometricus, Pers. Rockhampton (Thozet, no. 907). 



281. G. lignicola, Berk. Peridio exteriore tomentoso-granulato pallido, 

 irregulariter rupto, interiore brunueo, ore fimbriato ; capillitio fusco. 



Rockhampton (Thozet, no. 908). Thozet describes the orifice, 

 " teeth of the stellate orifice chestnut, with a tinge of rose when fresh." 

 Nothing of this appears in the dried plant. Allied to G. mirabilis. 



282. Tulostoma mammosum, Fr. Rockhampton (Thozet, no. 848). 



283. Polysaccum pisocarpium, Nees. Moreton Bay (J. M. Bailey, 

 no. 30). 



284. P. tuberosum, Mich. Paramatta (Woolls). 



Inoderma, Berk., n. gen. 

 Peridium suberosum, fragile, fibris repentibus ramosis omnino percursum, 

 sporse breviter fusiformes apiculatse laeves hyalinae, floccis immixtae. 



This genus was formerly named Mesophellia ; but the occurrence of a 

 species with a very fragile peridium requires an alteration. The fibres 

 are composed partly of cells, partly of very delicate threads like those 

 of the capillitium. 



285. Inoderma arenarium, 2?er£. Peridium erassum, suberosum. In 

 sandy ground, subterraneous. Harrietteville, Australia Felix. Two 

 inches in diameter. 



286. I. ingratissimum, Berk. Olidum, peridio crustaceo fragilissimo. 

 Near the river Goulbourn. Subglobose, about 1 inch in diameter; 



