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gleba. Gleba dense, gi-eenish or bluish, jielatinous. C tnals 

 small, net crowded, tortuous. Spores ellipsoid to fusi''orm, 

 obtuse to sub-acute, smooth, slightly tinted, 11-13 x 5-6 M- 

 Common in Tasmania. 



Hifsteyavginm hnrhiiiifnium, Rod. Globose, 1-2 cm- 

 diameter, pale brown; peridium leathery, easily separating, 

 1 mm. thick. Gleba gelatinous, pale brownish-green, canals 

 numerous, convoluted, walls thin. Spores obiong, smooth, 

 obtuse, 5x3," 



Differs from H. affiue by paler gleba, and the smaller 

 obtuse spores. 



Collected near Launceston. 



HystcriDiyiion piimilnni, Rod. Globose, pale ochre, 

 ca9spitose, 2-3 mm. diameter. Peridium thin, dark, horny. 

 Gleba gelatinous cchre. Canals relatively large, not crowded, 

 little convoluted. Spore.< smooth, hyaline, fusiform, 12 x 

 4m. 



Differs from small specimens of H. affiiie in small size, 

 caespitose habit, pale gleba, and broader canals. 



In heathy soil. Tasman's Peninsula. 



Hysteraufjiion viscidi'in, Mdss. ct Rod. An irregularly 

 globose tuber, mostly 2-3 cm. diameter, viscid, che.-,tnut- 

 brown; peridium rather thick, tough, readily separating Irom 

 the gleba. Gleba at first pale, but dotted by the minute 

 brown canals, becoming dark brown with age. Spores broadly 

 oblong, very obtuse, dark brown minutely pajiillate, 12 14 x 

 8-IOm 



In gullies near Hobart. 



Also collected in South Australia by Dr. C.eland. 



Hi/stcranf/iKm fi(.sis})onn)), Muks. ct Rod. Irregularly 

 globose, mostly 2 cm. broad, white to cream coloured, becom- 

 ing darker with age, surface very rugose. Peridium very 

 thin, papery, white. Gleba soft dense, but not as gelatinous 

 as that of most members of the genus, white, drying pale 

 yellow, canals small, very convoluted. Spores ellipsoid to 

 fusiform, mostly acute at one or both ends, hyaline, .shilling, 

 smooth, 20-22 x Sp. 



Fairly common throughout Tasmania. 



HiiHternvriinm vlathroklo^, Vittadiui. Very irregular in 

 shape, about 2 cm. in diameter; peridium thin, floccose con- 

 tinuous with the surrounding mycelium. Gleba gray-hyaline, 



