120 AUSTRALIAN FUNGI, 



pale olivaceous by transmitted light, globose, averaging 200/x 

 diam., with small round apical pore about 20 fi diam. Sporules 

 hyaline, elliptical to sausage-shaped, at length 1 -septate, not con- 

 stricted at septum, 7-8 x 2J/Lt, expelled in dilute pink tendrils. 



Armadale, near Melbourne, Vic; on Viola odorata; March, 

 1903. 



The size of the spores at once distinguishes this from A. violce, 

 Sacc. ik Speg., in which they are more than twice the size, IS- 

 IS x 3i-4,x. 



66. Barl^a persoonii (Crouan), Sacc. 

 Syn. BarlcEa violascens (Cooke), Mass. 



Ascophore 6-7 mm. across, gregarious, sessile, fleshy, hemi- 

 spherical, then expanding, glabrous; margin incurved, entire; 

 •disc purplish, externally dark purplish; excipulum parenchyma- 

 tous, cells rather large, tinged with violet. Asci cylindrical, 

 ■elongated, base attenuated, apex at first rounded, ultimately 

 truncate, 8-spored, Spores uui-seriate, globose, smooth, 1-guttu- 

 late, at first hyaline, ultimately violet, 9-lOyLi diam. Paraphyses 

 filiform, about 2/x thick, often slightly recurved at apex. 



Boppy Mount, Cobar District, N.S.W.; on clayey soil among 

 moss; May, 1903 (R. T. Baker). 



This is the first record of the species for Australia. It is 

 described as of a dingy violet colour by Massee, and in Cooke's 

 ' Mycographia ' (fig. 83), it is shown of a very decided violet, but 

 these specimens were more purplish. However, the colour has 

 changed a little since the specimens were gathered. The collector 

 notes that the colour, when fresh, was violet, but under certain 

 angles of light it appeared somewhat purplish. Whether purple 

 or violet, however, the colour was not dingy. 



This species has been variously named, but if we trace the 

 different names according to their chronological order, it will be 

 found that the one used above is according to the recognised 

 .system of naming. 



1. Ascobolus persoonii, Crouan, Flor. Finist. 56 (1867). 



2. Aleura violascetis, Gillet, Champ. 49 (1879). 



