154 ADDITIONS TO THE FUNGUS FLORA OF TASMANIA, 



Peziza hadia, Pers. Sessile, concave, then flat, most- 

 ly 2-4cm. diameter, disk dark brown, external surface 

 paler, often tinged with purple, minutely granular. Asci 

 cylindric, 8 spored. Spores elliptic, hyaline, smooth, or 

 minutely verrucose, 16 x 9 ^. Paraphyses slender. 



Very like Curreyella trachycarpa, but with very dif- 

 ferent spores. 

 Mt. Nelson. 



Sepultaria austro-gcaster, n.s. Oblong, at first sub- 

 terranean and closed, about 1cm. diameter, at maturity 

 bursting above just on surface of soil into few lobes as in 

 outer peridium of Geaster. Fleshy, dull brown, rather 

 darker internally ; externally clothed with numerous 

 hyphse permeating sandy soil. Asci linear, 8 spored. 

 , Spores broadly elliptic, very obtusp, hyaline, smooth, 24 

 x 10 /i. Paraphvses clavate with a thickened end not col- 

 cured, septate, the cells in many instances swollen and 

 moniliform. 



On Sandy hill, Bellerive, Aug. -Sept. 



Sepultaria aurantia, n.s The habit of the last only 

 rather smaller. Margin fimbriate, disk bright orange- 

 yellow to ochre. Spores elliptic, rather acute at both 

 ends, hyaline, smooth, 22 x 8,u. Paraphyses filiform, sep- 

 tate, hyaline. 



On Sanely hill, Bellerive, Aug. -Sept. 



Geopyxis palliclus, n.s. Cupshaped, 5-8mm. dia- 

 meter, on a slender stem 10mm., all parts white, turn, 

 fleshy, externally smooth or slightly mealy, margin brown- 

 ish with short irregular fimbriations. Hymenium smooth, 

 asci linear, spores uniseriate, oblong, 22-24 x li» y».i 

 hyaline, minutely verruculose. Paraphyses filiform. 



On ground, Mt. Nelosn. 



Cyathicula multicuspidata, n.s. Cupshaped, sessile, 

 white, delicate, about 1mm. broad, smooth, but the mar- 

 gin armed with compound lobes. Asci cylindric, 8 spored, 

 uniseriate. Spores hyaline, smooth, continuous, narrow 

 oblong, 15-20 x 4 ju., but immature. 



On decaying rhachis of Dichonia. 



Peziza brunneo-atra, Desm. Dark chestnut-brown, 

 about 1cm., sessile, broadly attached, discoid at maturity. 

 Asci cylindric. Spores uniseriate, elliptic, hyaline, granu- 

 lar rough, 27 x 12/*. Paraphyses filiform with brown 

 clavulate tips. Hamaria macrospora, Fekl. 



On ground, Bellerive. 



