192 DECADES OF FUNGI. 
“ This singular Fungus was found in the government de- 
mesne by Lieut. Lynd, Barrack Master at Sydney, growing 
early in April on rotten wood, not fifteen yards from the sea- 
side.” 
Tas. V. A. Aseroe rubra.—Fig. |. Plant, nat. size; f. 2. 
vertical section of the volva, ditto; f. 3. transverse section of 
the same, ditto; f. 4. a vertical section of a portion of the 
disc and of the ray, showing the small aperture leading into 
the large cavity, mag.; f. 5. vertical section of the cells of the 
stipes enlarging upwards, mag.; f. 6. transverse section of 
the stipes, nat. size. ; f. 7. transverse section of a portion of 
the disc and ray, showing the parietes of the large cells of the 
former, with wavy lines, mag. 
9. Aseroe viridis, Berk. et Hook. fil.; volvá globosá sublobatá; 
stipite transversim rugoso, à receptaculo omnino disereto ; 
radiis subtus levibus, sulco divisis ; stipite receptaculoque vi- 
ridibus. (Tas. V, B.) Clay banks on hills near Kai Patika, Bay 
of Islands, New Zealand. J. D. Hooker, Esq. M.D. 
Volva globose, $ of an inch broad, thick, dirty white, 
slightly and obtusely lobed. Stem 1 inch high of a metallic 
green as well as the receptacle, attenuated below, gradually 
increasing upwards, 1 of an inch thick at the top, wrinkled 
transversely, especially above, separated from the fructifying 
rays by a distinct groove. Receptacle horizontal, divided 
into 7-8 rays almost to the point of its connection with the 
stem. Rays much attenuated, forked, almost plain and 
smooth beneath, with a strong groove leading downwards 
from the point of division till it reaches the base, and then 
curving round on either side to the bifurcation of the neigh- 
bouring ray, convex above, their extremities extremely atte- 
nuated and cirrhose; at the base of each is seated a distinct 
wart-like rugulose body which supports the fructifying mass; 
and in the centre, an orbicular body with a small perfora- 
tion leading into the cavity of the stem; each fructifying 
mass has a minute pore above. : 
This appears to be quite distinct from Aseroe rubra ; dif- 
fering from that species in colour, in the transversely wrinkled 
