ENUMERATION OF FUNGI. 491 
This very curious fungus resembles in miniature Polysac- 
cum subarrhizum, as figured by Scopoli. The genus is, as 
far as may be judged from Corda's figure and description, 
allied to Ciliciocarpus, but differs essentially in the presence 
of a distinct membranous common peridium, and the charac- 
ter of the peridiola and spores. "The contents of the peri- 
dium, at first sight, resemble very much the dung of some 
minute insect, and the fungus might be passed by in conse- 
quence. "The structure, however, is very distinct under the 
microscope. | 
Tas. XXI, fig. 3, a. Scoleciocarpus tener nat. size; b. ditto, 
divided vertically ; c. peridiola magnified; d. spores with 
simple or branched peduncles. 
PHELLORINIA, N. G. 
Peridium lentum, persistens, suberoso-corticatum, apice 
‘irregulariter dehiscens, includens massam conglomeratam 
sporarum globosarum immixtis floccis paucis hyalinis. 
Stipes validus, cavus, intus materie cartilagine vestitus. 
Spore flave. Nomen dedi e geddos suber, et pwos pellis. 
27. Phellorinia inquinans, n. s. Zeyher, n. 98. (TAB. XXI, 
fig. 4). 
On the ground. Uitenhage. February. 
Stem conical, 2 inches high, more than an inch thick 
above, irregular, hollow within, and having the cavity lined 
with a red brown cartilaginous coat, a few fragments of 
which hang loose from the sides in the cavity, very hard and 
corky. Peridium depresso-globose, about two inches broad, 
hard and woody below, like the stem, above tough and flac- 
cid, bursting irregularly, clothed with a thick, interrupted 
coat of a consistence between spongy and corky, attached in 
fragments, somewhat after the manner of the bark of Ulmus 
suberosa. A portion of this coat extends down the upper 
portion of the stem. The peridium, which in parts exhibits a 
cartilaginous appearance, like that of the lining of the stem, 
