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219.— Endogone fulva (B. & Br.) Pat. 



In Fungi of Ceylon, Nos. 1181 and 1182, Berkeley and 

 Broome described two new species of Paurocotylis as P. fulva 

 and P.fragilis respectively. Their descriptions are as follows: — 



" Paurocotylis fulva B, & Br. Depresso-subglobosa, extus 

 lateritiofulva, intus flava ; sporis magnis obovatis (No. 963). 

 On the ground, Peradeniya, Jan., 1869. About half an inch 

 across, attacked by a short, rooting, spongy mass ; spores 

 • 003 long. 



" Paurocotylis fragilis B. & Br. Pallide griseo-flava, fragilis 

 sima ; sporis globosis (No. 964). On the ground, Peradeniya. 

 About a quarter of an inch across ; so fragile that it crumbles 

 into atoms ; spores '002 in diameter." 



In Bull. Soc. Myc. France, XIX., p. 339, Patouillard recorded 

 the results of his examination of Paurocotylis pila Berk, and 

 Paurocotylis fulva B. & Br. He found that these two species 

 were generically distinct. Of the latter, he stated : " Cette 

 espece n'est en rien comparable h, la precedente. Ses recep- 

 tacles globuleux, fauves, de la grosseur d'un pois, tendre, 

 depourvus de cavite centrale, farcis de sporanges jaunes, 

 ovoides ou presque ronds, ayant de 75 ^ 90 ^x de diam., portes 

 sur ses filaments larges et rameux et h, contenu granuleux, la 

 rattachent indiscutablement au genre Endogone." 



The specimens of Paurocotylis fulva in Herb. Peradeniya 

 (Thwaites 963) are sections of an example which was at least 

 15 mm. broad and 9 mm. high. A specimen recently collected 

 is irregularly depressed-ellipsoidal, 4 cm. long, 3 cm. broad, 

 and 2 cm. high. It was found on the surface of the ground by 

 the side of a rotting log. When fresh it is white, with a few 

 yellow-brown patches, becoming yellow-brown, and here and 

 there red-brown, when dry. It has no sterile base, or internal 

 cavities, the section showing a uniform, somewhat granular 

 mass, pale brown in colour. The exterior is minutely tomen- 

 tose, but there is no definite cortex, the outer layer being a 

 browned zone of hyphse and sporangia, rather more compact 

 than the interior, to a depth of about 0*5 mm., soft and 

 tender when fresh. The whole of the interior consists of a 

 mass of hyphse and sporangia or asci. The hyphee are stout, 

 8-20 (ji diameter, branching at a wide angle, hyaline becoming 



