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— 60. Mycenastrum pheotrichum. Berk. in Hook. Lond. 
Journ. of Bot., Vol. 11. p. 418.—Drumm. n. 166. 
On the ground. 
In an early stage of growth the whole internal mass to the 
very base is formed of little sinuous cavities, which do not 
exhibit the least trace, as far as I can find, of the threads 
which are so peculiar in a later stage of growth. The Euro- 
pean species appears to be figured by Sterbeeck, tab. 28, D. 
* Lycoperdon gemmatum, Fr. Drumm. n. 172, 250. 
* Tulostoma fimbriatum, Fr.—-Drumm. n. 179. 
* Scleroderma geaster, Fr.—Drumm. n. 168. 
* S. vulgare, Fr.—Drumm. 169. 
* Polysaceum Pisocarpium, Fr.—Drumin. n. 170. 
* P. crassipes, Dec. 
Var. australe.— Drumm. n. 171 (in part). : 
This agrees in every respect with European specimens, 
except that the spores are paler, with a slight tinge of yellow. 
It is equally variable in form, the stem being sometimes 
nearly obsolete. It is possible that it may be a distinct 
species, but the only difference visible in the dried specimens 
is that just mentioned, and that may depend on extraneous 
circumstances. 
* P. turgidum, Fr.—Drumm. n. 171 (in part). 
On the ground with the last. 
Distinguished by the stem being divided at the base and 
the brown spores. 
—é6l. Mitremyces luridus, n. sp.; pusillus subsessilis ; peri- 
dio externo subsessili, ore nigro. (Tab. I. f. 5).—Drumm. 
n. 182, 
On sandy soil. 
Outer peridium globose 1-3rd of an inch in diameter, of a 
dingy yellow brown, scabrous, with small black scattered 
&ranules, supported by a short, black, anastomosing mass of 
tendon-like bodies, which collect the grains of sand amongst 
which it grows, Aperture with about 4 or 5 teeth, which 
“re not coloured as in the other species. Inner peridium 
