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undivided ; spores hyaline, broadly elliptical, 5 x 3 5 yu. Entire 

 fungus dingy-white or pale-brown, 4-5 cm. high. 



On the ground, probably springing from buried twigs. Bay 

 of Islands, Northern Island, New Zealand. 



57. Craterellus, Fries. 



Terrestrial. Plant altogether more or less funnel-shaped, hy- 

 menium covering the outside of the funnel, glabrous, smooth 

 or rugulose. 



Craterellus, Fries, Epicr., p. 531. 



Resembling superficially some species of Cantharellus ; the 

 latter, however, are distinguished by the presence of narrow, 

 thick, irregularly forked gills running down the outside of the 

 pileus. 



Craterellus insignis, Cooke, Grev., xix, p. 2 ; Sacc, Syll. ix, 

 no. 880. 



Erect, more or less tufted, sometimes grown together, 3-4 cm . 

 long, about 2"5 cm. broad ; pileus fan - shaped, tan - colour, 

 irregularly striate, margin lobed and wavy, flesh thin ; hy- 

 menium waxy, rugulose, darker than the pileus ; stem slender, 

 expanding upwards into the pileus, tan-colour ; spores elliptical, 

 tinged brown, 2-5-3 x Vb jx. 



On dead trunks. New Zealand. 



Resembling in general appearance some of the central-stemmed 

 species of Stereum, but differing in the soft fleshy consistency. 



58. Cyphella, Fries. 



Minute ; cup-shaped, mouth not contracted, often narrowed into 

 a stem-like base ; hymenium internal ; outside velvety or 

 downy. 



Ctjphella, Fries, Syst. Myc, ii, p. 201. 



Minute, often clustered ; resembling in habit a small Peziza. 



CypMla densa, Berk., Fl. N.Z., ii, p. 184 ; Hdbk. N.Z. Flora, 

 p. 614 ; Sacc, Syll. vi, no. 7837. 



Gregarious, obliquely fumiel-shaped, fawn-coloured, pendu- 

 lous, attached by a short narrow stem-like base, very minutely 

 pilose, flexible ; hymenium lining the inside of the funnel, 

 smooth, even ; spores broadly elliptical, hyaUne, 7 x 5 ft. 



On living bark of Corynocarpus. Cape Kidnappers, Northern 

 Island, New Zealand. 



The pilei are obliquely funnel-shaped or more exactly re- 

 semble the head of any ordinary clay pipe, suspended by a very 

 short stem. A very fine endemic species. 



