CasteronjycotetTe, l.ycopcrdace;i=-, Secotiurn. 157 



siiMi, subcvliiidfaccum dcin oaiiipniiulifornie, oris luargine revolulo, 

 extus tomeiitf^ brevissimo, atro-auriinliacu coiispGrsuin. inlu'^ albi- 

 (luii), levft, ivquale; sporangiolis biconvexis, albidis 1 nirn. diarii. 

 sporis liyalinis, parvulis 4 = ii. 



Ila^i. aj cortices et ad ligiia, in N )va Zclandia ct Australiu. 

 — (?. vtt/i/ayt siinile; 0-7 mm. alt. 



Fkth. ,7. Lycopcrdaceo} iLhrcmb. 



GYROPHRARMIUM Mont. - Syll. VII, p. f)!. 



GyrophragnKini lexense (H ot C.) Mass. Grov. XIX, \\. OQ. Scco/ium 

 B. e< C. -— Syli. VII, p. ^3. — To5;tc Massee I. c, a Secn/to sm- 

 p.jranda .s[)(icies ob ^lebam .vpptis lamellali.': divisam elc. Hasidia 

 clavata tetraspora, steripmatibus exilissimis; sporip cinpr^^iO-bnin- 

 nea?. -1 p. diam. 



SECOTIUM K.;n/o — Syll. VII. p. 51, IX. p. LWj. 



1. Secotium Gunnii Berk. Herb., .Masseo Grev. XIX, p. 00. — Tenue. '.^i^ 

 i^tipiti^ pracili, subrcqunli, 1,5 cm. 3 inrn. cr , farcto, [jallidc brun- 

 neo in glebam })enetranti ; peiidio subgloboso, profundo nmbilii-ato. 

 pallide brunneo, levi, 1,5 cm. diam.; gleba brunnea, celliilis mi- 

 nutis snbpolygoniis ; basidiis clavntis tetrasporis; .^terigmatibus gra- 

 cilibus; spori.s oblicjue ellipsoideis utrinqiie acutis, levibus, pallide 

 rufo-brunneii, 7 ;; 4. 



Ifab. ad terram Sulplinr Springs Novrr Zelandise (Gukn). 



2. Secotium scabrosiim Cooke et Mass. (jrev. XX, p. :i5. — Poridio 940 

 hemispha"!i'ico depre.^j^o, .'•ubnlivaceo v grisfro. minnte scabrido; gle- 



ba iacunosa, septis laraclliformibus, sinuaiis, crispis, atro rufo-brun- 

 neis; sporis citriforniibus grosso verrucosis, pallide olivaceo-flavis 



iO-18 c: 10. 



Hal'. ad torrara, Domain. Melbourne Australi» (Mueller). — 

 Siipes brevissimus, obsoletus. 



3. Secotiuni feucoceobalum Mas-soe Grev. XIX, p. 95. — Minutum. -'47 

 stipite solido. ar-quali, albo, 1-2 cm. long. ;; mrn.crass, in glcbam 

 coluinellcft ad inslar penetranti el in lamcllas ^xpanso; peridio 

 hemisphaL^rico urabilicato, 1,5-2 cm. diam., albo. levi. glabro dc- 

 mum contracto-corrugato; gleba aurantio-brunnea, loculis sub.Tqua- 

 libus minutis angulosis; basidiis late clavatis tetrasporis, sterigma,li- 



