.158 Gasteroraycete?e, Lyeoperdacftae, Podaxon. 



bus gracrlibus ; sporis late ellipsoideis, apiculatis, verrucosis, flavo- 



brunneis, 8 =: 5. 



Hab. ad terram Novae Zelandise. — Stipite psridioque albis roox 



distincturn. 

 4. Secotlum erythrocephalum Tul. — Syl). VII, p. 54. — Massee in 



Grev. XIX, p. 96. — Basidia cjlindracco-clavata, 4-spora, ste- 



rigmatibus gracilibus elongatis; sporis ellipsoideo-oblongis, levibus, 



apicalatis, pallldfe fiavo-brunneis, 10-11 -^^. 



PROTOGLOSSUM Massee Grev. XIX, p. 97 vEtym. pmtos primus ct 

 glo^sa lingua). — Subterraneum , peridium verticale. elongato-cy- 

 lindraceum, subinde basi brevissimo attenuato^stlpitatum, conti- 

 nuura, indehiscen> crassiusculuni, gleba in loculos miautos, an- 

 gulato-sinuosos dlvisa, septis crassis firmis persistentibus. Basidia 

 davata bispora, sterigmatibus crassiusculis divergentibus,' sporre 

 subgiobosae coioratfe. — .A. Cauloglo^so differt quia subterraneum, 

 subsessile, basidiis bisporis etc. 



1. Profpgiossatji luteum Massee I. c. — IVridio cvliudraceo, .5 cm. 948 

 alt., 2 cm. lat., subterraoeo, Vertice emergenti, aurantiaco, parte 

 hjpdgaea ffavicanti, levi, glabra, iooulis 1 mm. diarn. ; sporis glo- 

 bosis. aurantio-bruanei.s, 14 p. diara., areolato-costatis, 

 Hab ad terram Clarendon, Victo"na AustraHas 



GYMNOGLOSSUM Massee in Grev. XIX, p. 97. (Etym. ^ymnos nudu^ 



et glossa lingua). -— Penidium niillum. Gleba nuda, sabcylindrica, 



sursum altenuata, copiose et irregulariter locellata-. Basidia 4~spora. 



Sporf? coloratse. — Differt a Pro^ioglosso, CluBnoderma et Caulo- 



gfosso absentia peridii. 

 1. Gymnogkjssum stipitatum Massee 1. c. — Gleba obtuse conica,> palv949 



lide- brunnea, stipite solido paVlide brunneo, intus albo prsGdita; 



lacunis extirais sterilibus; sporis ellipsoideis, utrinque acutis. levi* 



bus, olivaceis. 10 - 6. 



Hab. ad terram, Moonan Break, New South Wales Austrat.aB 



(Carter). —  Gleba 5 cm. alta-, 2 cm. cr.; stipes 1.5 cvn. long., 3-4 



mm. cr. 



PODAXON (Desv.) Fr. — Svll. VIII, p. 58, IX. p. 267. 



1. Podaxon mossamedeiwls W. et C. — Syll. VII, pag. 59. — var. c,r,Q 

 Emini P. Henn. F. Afr. II, p. 38. — Peridio subconico v. oblongo, 

 siccitate flavo-fuscescenti, rugoso, apice obtuso ; stipite lignoso, 



