Gasteromyceta), Hymenogastraceie, Gymuomyces. 601 



1. Hydnangium carneum Wallr. - Syll. VII p. 175 — var. purpureum 2213 

 T. Petcb, Gasteroin. zeyl. in Anii. R. Bot. Gard. Peradeniya, v. 7, 

 1919, P. I, p. 78. — Subglobosam v. e^llipsoideum, iufra album, 

 supra plus minus purpurascens v. pallide rubro-brunneum, saepe 

 verticaliter sulcatus ; gleba carnea ; sporis pallide flavidis, fere 

 hyalinis, sj)liaeroideis, 10-15 \i. diam., adpresse conoideo-spinosis, 

 1,5 (X longis. 



Hab. ad terram, Hackgala Ceylon, Asia. 



OCTAVIANIA Vitt. - Syll. VII p. 158, IX p. 280, Xl p. 169, XIV 

 p. 267, XVI p. 218. 



1. Octaviania luteo-carnea Bresadola, Ann. Mycol. 18., 1920, p. 54.— 2214 

 Subglobosa vel obovata, 7-10 mm. diam. ; peridio in sicco tessel- 

 lato, glabro, luteo-carueo, fuscescente, tenui, 0,5 mm. crasso; gleba 

 cellulosa, concolore, dissepimentis albis, polygonalibus basi sterili 

 conica, circiter 3 lum. alta, 2 mm. ad peridium crassa; sporis stra- 

 mineis, globosis laxe tuberculato-echinulatis, apiculatis, 6-7,5 [Jt 

 diam. vel 7 * 6 [x, apiculo 2-3 [jl; basidiis clavatis, 22-24 5:^ 6-7 (Ji ; 

 cystidiis non visis ; hyphis dissepimentorum tenuibus, 3-4,5 \i 

 crassis. 



Hah. ad ligna, S. Leopoldo Brasiliae (Rick). — Ab Octavianiis 

 notis habitatione in ligno, statura et sporis minoribus bene di- 

 stincta ; habitu et coloribus vero Uydnangio carneo Wallr. similis, 

 a quo basi sterili, sporis duplo minoribus, laxe et breviter echi- 

 nulatis, certe diversa. 



GYMNOMYCES Mass. et Rodw. — Syll. XVI p. 249. 



1. Gymnomyces Gardneri Zeller et Dodge, Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard., 6., 2215 

 1919, p. 54, fig. 2. — Fructificationes subglobosae vel irregulares, 

 plerumque wsuperne inferneque coniplanatae, 2,5 X 1,5 X lj5 cm. 

 diametro servatae, 1,4 X 0,8 X 0,8 cm. siccatae creu)eae vel flavo- 

 ocraceae servatae, griseo-olivaceo siccatae; peridium nulhim; stipes 

 non visus ; columella septa crassissima simulans, dendroidea, gle- 

 bam quasi in gregibus locellorum indistinctis dividens, hyphis ge- 

 latinosis hyalinis composita, brunueo-rubescente siccata; gleba cre- 

 mea vel griseo-olivacea siccata, ad basim sj)orifera ; locelli parvi, 

 circa 0,5 mm. diametro servati, globosi vel irregulares; septa hya- 

 lina, non scissilia, 60-80 [x crassitudine ; basidia hyalina, clavata, 

 duobus cum sterigmatibus, 26-20 «^ 9-10 [x; sterigmata tenua, 6-7 [ji 

 longa; sporae globosae vel oblongae, liyalinae, 6-9,6 * 10-13 [Ji, ver- 



