J 56 TAS.MANIAX nYMEXOGASTRACE.B. 



5ioft. almost waxy. Canals fi'ee, little tortuou?;, narrow, pale 

 brown. Spores ellipsoid, acute at both ends, smooth, pale 

 brown, 10 x 5 ,"• 



Knocklofty, Hobart. Rare. 



Hysterangium neglectum, Mass. et Rod. An irregular 

 tuber, 2-3 cm. diameter, ochre coloured; peridium thick, fleshy, 

 not viscid, not x*eadily separating from the gleba. Gleba 

 dark, rich brown, sub-gelatinous, canals minute tortvous. 

 Spoi'es ellipsoid, light yellow-brown, rather obtuse, smooth, 

 12-8.". 



Very near //. viscidum, only different colour, not viscid, 

 more gelatinous gleba, and distinct spores. 



Found in many parts of Tasmania, 



Hysteravgiinn inflatnm, Rod. Globose, reddish-brown, 

 smooth, about 1 cm. diameter; peridium fleshy, about 1 mm. 

 thick, readily peeling from gleba. Gleba blue-black, very 

 gelatinous, canals not crowded, but very tortuous. Spores 

 almost fusiform, very pale, smooth, 12 x 4m . enclosed in a 

 dilated exospore, much inflated above, i-educing towards the 

 base. 



With a darker gleba than in H. affinc it has distinct spore 

 structure. 



Rare. Mt. Wellington. 



Hysteranyiam atratiim, Rod. Subglobose, 1.5-2 cm. 

 diameter, pale purple, smooth, viscid, becoming dark brown 

 when old; peridium thin, gelatinous, readily peeling. Gleba 

 clay-coloured, changing to dark brown, cannls small, but 

 numerous. Spores very dark brown, minutely rough, nearly 

 spherical, mostly 1 1.5-1 Ia* 



Near //. viscidum. It differs besides general features by 

 the rounder and even darker sporeh. 



Mt. Nelson. 



Hystcravyinm obtusv.m. Rod. Irregularly subglobose, 

 pale pink-violet, becoming ochraccous when dry, mo.stly 2 cm.; 

 peridium thick, deep violet. Gleba pale slatey olive. Spores 

 ellipsoid, very obtuse, smooth, hyaline, 9 x 4" 



Differing from H. affine by the thick violet peridiuni and 

 smaller and more obtuse spores. 



Mt. Nelson, 



