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DiDTMiTJM, Schrader. 



Peridium scaly, mealy or tomentose, bursting irregularly. 

 D.farinaceum, Fr., on decaying fruit, Brisbane (Bailey). 



Stemonitis, OleditscJi. 



Peridium very delicate, single and deciduous, filled witb a 

 beautiful network of threads, connected with the stem and 

 penetrating more or less the whole mass. 



S.fusca, Both., a common kind on damp timber, grows in minute 

 tufts of cylindrical peridia, supported on dark bristle-like 

 stems, these are often persistent after the network has fallen 

 away, Brisbane Scrubs (Bailey), S. Tasmania (Woods). 



Physaetjm, Pers. 

 Peridium bladdery, mostly stipitate and subglobose. 

 P. nutans, P., peridium white, stem red. Crocodile Creek, Journ. 

 Linn. Soc, XIII., p. 172. 



Aecyeia, Hill. 

 Peridium fugacious except a small portionatthe base, cylindrical 

 net-like fungus. 

 A. nutans, Pr., pale-yellow, nodding net fungus on wood, Brisbane 



Scrubs (Bailey). 

 A. cinerea, Pr., grey net fungus on wood, Brisbane Scrubs (Bailey) 

 A. jpunicea, Pers., dull purple net fungus, on wood, Brisbane 

 Scrubs (Bailey). 



Tribe Nldtjlaeiacei. 

 Peridium of various form and bursting at the apex horizontally 

 containing separate sporangia, in which the spores are formed. 



Cyathtjs, Per soon. 



Fungi like diminutive birds-nests. Peridium of thin closely 

 connected membranes, at length bursting at the apex, and the 



