BY L. RODWAY, C.M.G. jjj 



Differs from H. albelliis in colour, thickness of periJium, 

 and glabrous, allantoic! spores, 



Mt. Wellington, 3,000 feet. 



Hymenogaster frilviis, Rod. Irregularly globose. 1-4 

 cm. diameter, pale gray, becomin?; black with age. Peridium 

 very thin, membranaceous. Gleba dense ochre, becoming 

 dark brown. Canals numerous, tortuous. Spores oblong, 

 brown, obtuse, 6-7 x S-SS^h- 



West Coast and about Hobart Collected in South Aus- 

 tralia by Dr. Cleland. 



Hymenogaster violaceus, Mass. et Rod. Globose \iolet 

 and white, with a viscid surface. Peridium thin, but dis- 

 tinct. Sterile base from ob.solete to piercing to the apex, and 

 broken into limbs. Gleba dense, the tortuous canals small, 

 pale, becoming dark brown. Spores broadly ellipsoid, obtuse, 

 brown, verruculose, 9 x 7m- 



Fairly common. 



Hyinenogaster nanus, Mass. et Rod. Irregularly glo- 

 bose. Often 2-3 cm. diameter. Outer layer of peridium of 

 a firm gelatinous consistency. 1-2 mm. thick, inner layer 

 membranous. Sterile base usually well developed. Gleba 

 fleshy, dark brown, cells wide. Spores dark brown, ellip- 

 soid, minutely verruculose, 15 x 1/j- 



Unfortunately the first specimens sent to Massce were 

 very small, hence the inapplicable name. 

 Cascades, Hobart. 



Hymenogaster' rodicayi, Mass. Irregularly globose, l-o 

 cm. diameter, colour gray-white. Peridium fleshy, about 

 1 mm. thick. Gleba compact, dull dark brown, sterile base 

 from obsolete to spreading in strands nearly to the surface. 

 Spores ellipsoid, longitudinally furrowed, usually both ends 

 acute. Ochraceous when young, then brown, 18-20 x 9^_ 



Fairly common in Tasmania. Collected in New South 

 Wales by Dr. Cleland. 



Hymenogaster albklns, Mass. et Rod. Irregularly glo- 

 bose, 1-2 cm., usually clothed with floccose mycelium; white. 

 Peridium membranous, very thin. Sterile base, slight or 

 none. Gleba at first pinkish- white, becoming ochre-brown 

 with age. Cells small, very tortuous. Spores ellipsoid, ob- 

 tuse, yellowish-brown, longitudinally carinate, 20-25 x 15m. 



Cascades, Hobart. Rare. 



