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Ileodtctton, Tulasne. 

 Pileus forming a globose network with soft corrugated branches. 

 /. gracile, Berk., Net-ball fungus, Brisbane Eiver (Bailey). 



Tribe Tricitooastres. 

 Usually globose dry fungi, Hymenium enclosed in a single or 

 double peridium (coat), drying up into a dusty mass of microscopic 

 threads and spores. Puff-balls. 



Geastee, MicJieli. 

 Peridium double, persistent, the outer splitting from the base 

 to the apex into segments, which spread out like a star ; clie 

 nucleus bursting by a pore at the apex. 

 G. minimios, Schw., small earth star, Eockampton (Bowman), 



Parramatta, (Mosely). 

 G, saccatus, Pr., Clarence Eiver, (Dr. Beckley), Mount Growrie 



(Bailey). 

 G. striatus, DC, var. minor Mount Gowrie (Bailey). 

 G. laginceformis, Yitt., Brisbane Eiver (Bailey). 



BoYiSTA, Dillenius. 

 Large puff-balls. Peridium double, persistent forming a bark- 

 like paper, which shells off from the nucleus — capillitium. The 

 nucleus composed of a mass of brown filaments, and pedicelled 

 spores. 

 B. lilacina, Mont, et Bert., dark puff-ball, top often flat. Enoggera 



and Cunningham's Grap, Queensland (Bailey). 

 B. Muelleri, Berk., Herbert's Creek (Bowman). 



Ltcopeedon, lournefort. 

 Peridium often broken into scales or warts. Nucleus soft 

 and dense, compact at the base. 



L. pusillum, Pries, Barron Eiver (Bailey). 



L. gemmatum, Pries, a soft brownish puff-ball, found in scrubs. 

 Logan Eiver (Bailey). 



