88 ON SOME FUNGI OF NEW S0T7TH WALES AND QUEENSLAND, 



large and beautiful genus, found on dung, rotten wood, &c., &c., 



at first sight one might mistake these plants for the apotheeia of 



Lichens, 



P. confusa, Fr., on damp earth Brisbane Eiver (Bailey). 



P. (Oupularis) vinosa-hrunnea, B. et Br., 7i. sp., on burnt earth, 



Brisbane Eiver (Bailey). 

 P. {Geopyxis) cinereo-nigra^ B, Br., Eedlands Bay, Queensland 



(A. J. Boyd). 

 P. {Lachnea) scutellata, Linn., on Pine bark (Bailey). 

 P. coprogera, B. Br., on dung Brisbane Eiver (Bailey), n. s. 

 P. {Humaria) scatigena, Berk., on cow-dung, Ithaca Creek (Bailey) 



Cenangium, Fries. 



Form of Peziza, but firm, tough and coriaceus. Eeceptacle or 

 cup closed, opening late. Hymenium smooth persistent. 



G. licJienoideum, B. et Br., it forms dense masses of ashy-gray 

 cups, which are stipitate half in first line, broad resembling 

 a lichen in appearance, Eanges of Trinity Bay (Bailey). 



Phillipsia, Berk. 



This is nearly allied to Peziza, but Messrs. Berkeley and Broome 

 have found it to differ so far as to have founded a new genus 

 upon it, the characters of which are not as yet published. 



P. subpurpurea, B, et Br., n. s., on rotten timber in scrub near 

 Enoggera dam (Bailey), a very beautiful fungus of a rich 

 purple color. 



Helotium, Fries. 



This genus differs from Peziza in its disc being open from the 

 first, not closed in early growth as in that genus. 



H. terrestre, B. et Br., n. s., on damp earth, Taylor's Eange near 

 Brisbane (Bailey). 



