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57. S. coarctatum, n. sp. ; minutum. olidum ; pileo obovato 
umbilicato, margine acuto coarctato; velo marginali lacerato 
appendiculato ; stipite gracili ; hymenio stipite percurso ; 
sporis ochraceis minutis demum cinereis. (Tab. II. f. 3)— 
Drumm. n. 181. 
On the ground. 
Pileus 4-4 of an inch broad, 4 an inch high, obovate, um- 
bilicate, much constricted below, and pressed to the stem ; 
margin acute; veil marginal, appendiculate. Stem $ of an 
inch high, scarce a line thick, solid, passing completely 
through the mass of the hymenium, expanding above. Hy- 
menium pressed close to the stem, but unconnected with it 
except above, lined with a delicate silky stratum. Spores 
minute, obovate with a globose nucleus, and a very obscure 
peduncle, at first ochraceous, at length cinereous. : 
Tab. I. f. 3. Secotium coarctatum; nat. size.—a. Section 
slightly magnified. b. Spores highly magnified. t 
A third species apparently of this curious genus is found in 
the Swan River district, and is considered a great delicacy for 
the table. Of this I have seen no perfect specimen. If alittle 
fragment which occurred among other fungi belongs to it, 
the spores (as mentioned above) agree in form with those of 
S. Gueinzii ; and froma rough sketch sent by Mr. Drummond, 
it must differ very greatly from the other species; but in the 
uncertainty whether the fragment alluded: to really belongs 
to it, I do not venture to describe or name it. There is also 
a fragment of what appears to be a species of Hymenogaster, 
with oblong yellowish spores. It occurred amongst some 
duplicates, without any indication or notice whatever, and I 
am therefore obliged to wait for farther information. 
* Geaster striatus, D.— Drumm. n. 173. 
On the ground. A very large variety. 
* G. minimus, Schwein.— Drumm. n. 175. de ris 
— 58. G. Drummondii. n. sp.; peridio exteriori simplici rigido 
explanato multipartito intus brunneo; laciniis qualibus; in- 
teriori sessili, disco plano, ore conico plicato. (Tab I. f. 4). - 
On the ground. : aliioah id zi 
