108 BOTANICAL NOTES, 



Endnr/(nie is now placed in the Protoviycetacece. The 

 spherical asci do not develop sporesi till after a period of 

 rest, possibly after liberation due to rotting. 



Endogone australis is larger, denser, and the asci are 

 much larger and apjDarently chitinous, giving the appear- 

 ance of egg masses. The sporea have not been seen, it 

 also appears to' be always subterranean. Found occasion- 

 ally in gullies. 



Elaphuinyces citrinua, Vitt. — Globose, subterranean, 

 about 2 cm. diameter, revered with a yellow or greenish 

 myceiium incoi'porating soil. Cortex dark surface, thick 

 white. Gleba fleshy. Asci globose, 8-spored. Spores 

 globose, greenish-black, surface minutely reticulated, 14.5 

 /.(. diameter. 



Close to but distinct from E. leveUhi, Tul. 



Wedge Bay, in sandy heaths. 



Bahnmea ijlatyspora, Berl-. — Subterranean, irregular- 

 ly globose, 1-1.5 mm. diameter. Cuticle brown, closely 

 tubercular. Substance fleshy, brown, marbled. Asci sub- 

 globose, 8-si>oii'ed. Spores elliptical, hyaline, very obtuse, 

 23 X 14 fi., smooth. 



Under Abutilon in garden. 



Pohjporu'i Hclerothihm, n.n. — Sclei-otium oblong or sub- 

 globose, 2-3 cm. diameter, pure white, densely pitfiy or 

 corky, formed of closely interwoven hyphse. Sporophore 

 erect dimidiate about 2 cm. high, formed of few or many 

 very irregular branches or pilei bcine on a short stalk. 

 Upper surface black smooth or longitudinally striate. 

 Under surfaco white, pores very irregular, about 0.2 mm., 

 diameter dissepiments rather obtuse- 



Differs from P. myllitce, C. et M., in small size, black 

 sporophore a,nd very different sclerotium structure. Found 

 occasionally in gravelly earth at a considerable altitude on 

 Mt. Field. 



Cyphella c/Iohosa, '?..<. — Spherical, rather convoluted, 

 erect or pendulous, 4-10 mm. diameter, on a slender stalk 

 2-4 mm. long; mouth small, very constricted. White, 

 thin, externally delicately tomentose with very short bull- 

 ate hairs. Spores hyaline, broadly oblong, 6 x 4 /i. 



On soft bark of Olearia argnphylla. 



Slopes of Mt. Wellington. 



Phyllacliora callistfmoni, n.s. — Stroma black, shining, 

 mostly orbicular and about 1 mm. diameter, usually many 

 on discoloured spots, on both surfaces. Perithecia numer- 

 ous completely immersed. Asci cylindric 8 spored. Spores 

 oblo-ng, obtuse smooth, hyaline 18-20 x 7 ^. 



