120 FUNGI FROM KERGUELEX ISLAND, 



It differs from G. kergiielensis, Berk., in the stem being nearly 

 1^ in. high, in the principal gills though distant being more 

 numerous than 12, and in thepileus being rather membranaceous. 



Naucoria glebarum, Berk. 



(Plate xiii., fig. 2.) 



Gregarious. On damp ground among moss. Spores orange- 

 yellow, elliptical to roughly ovate, 13-15 x 7|-8J ^. 



Geog. Dist. — Falkland Is., Kerguelen I. 



COPRINUS TOMENTOSUS, Fr. 



On damp ground among grass (Royal Sound. 27-xii.-97 to 

 20-i.-98). Gregarious. Pileus about | in. high. Gills free, about 

 ■|- in. broad. Stem up to 2^ in. long. Spores black, elliptical. 

 13-15 X 81-91 /i. 



Geog. Z)ts<.— Europe, Asia (Ceylon), Australia, Kerguelen I. 



Lachnea kerguelbnsis, Berk. 



(Plate XIII., figs. 3-4.) 



Gregarious, fleshy, sessile, at first cup-shaped, becoming 

 expanded and graduall}-- tapering towards base, y^ inch across 

 when dry, but about \ inch when fresh. Disc deep brick-red or 

 clear light carmine, becoming lake when dry, blackening towards 

 margin. Externally orange-yellow, densely clothed with short, 

 brownish, flaccid hairs, which are yellowish to yellowish-brown by 

 transmitted light; septate, acute at apex, narrowing towards base, 

 up to 350 fi long and 24 fi broad. A.sci cylindrical, rounded or 

 flattened at apex, often bulging slightly at spore and contracted 

 between. Spores elliptical to ellipsoid, smooth, obliquely uni- 

 seriate or partially straight, continuous, hyaline, 1-3-guttulate. 

 20-20 J^ X 16-11 fi. Greenish-yellow when treated with Potassium- 

 iodide-iodine. Paraphyses filiform, septate, apex clavate and 7 n 

 broad, rest about 3 fi broad, slightly longer than asci, contents 

 coloured similarly to that of spores by Potassium-iodide-iodine. 



