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llah. On a fern petiole, Wluikarewarewa, near Rotorua, T^ew 



Zealand, 



A^ery close to P. vermifera^ Bourdot, in the peculiar spores, 



but differing especially in the smaller size of the spores and 



cystidia. The walls of the cystidia are acted on by potassium 



hydrate solutions in the same way as those of P. glehvlo.^a, Bres., 



to which the present species is also allied. 



Corticium confluens^ Fr. Epier. p. 564, se^isv Bres. 



Victoria, State Nursery, Creswick, near Ballarat, 

 Dl^strih, Europe. 



C. luteo-aurantiacum, Wakefield, sp. nov. 



Fungus efi'usus, tenuis, ceraceus. Hymenium sulphurinum vel 

 ochraceo-aurantiacum, laeve ; subicnlum ambitusque albida. 

 Basidia clavata, 4-stcrig'matica, 30-40 x 6-7 /i. Adsunt quoque 

 cystidiola numerosa, subulata, apice acuta, granulis aurantiacis 

 iucrustata, alia obducta, alia usque ad 36 />t emergentia, 45-50 ^ 

 4-5 /jt, Sporae oblongae, hyalinae, 5 x 2-5-3 /x, uniguttulatae. 

 Ilyphae basales liyalinao, granulis lutois leviter incrustatae, valde- 

 raniosac, septatae, 3-5 /x diamctro, 



Ilah. On wood, Mamaku, near Ilotorua, New Zealand. 



A beautiful and conspicuous species with its bright yellow 

 colour varying to tawny orange. In the possession of slender 

 crystidioles, it is allied to (7, ocnraceo-fav'um, Bourd. & Galz. ; but 

 it differs in the more brilliant colouring and softer (less horny) 

 cc»nsistency when dry. The colouring matter is soluble in alka- 

 lies, forming a bright yellow solution. 



Asterostroraa persimile, Walefield, sp. nov. 



Fungus late effusus, tenuis, fragilissimus, niargino indeter- 

 minato; subicnlum spongioso-molle, fulvum. Ilymenium avel- 

 laneum, pulverulentum. Setae stellatae brunneae, 30-140 ,a 

 latae, 3-5 radiatae, radiis 15-75/x longis, basi 2-7-5 /x crassis. 

 Gloeocystidia fusiformia vel ventricosa, apice acuta, 00 100 x 

 9-12 u. Basidia clavata, 4 sterigniatica, 25 32 x 7^. Sporae 

 subglobosae, stellato-tuberculosae, hyalinae, 7*5-10 x 6-8 ju- 

 Ilyphae hynUuae, tenuiter tunicatae,^septatac, 2-2-5 /jc dianietro. 



Hal). On wood, Rotorua, New Zealand. 



Exactly resembling in appearance A. cervicolor, to which 

 species this plant was at first referred. It is also close to A. 

 cervicolor in the general type of structure; but differs in the 

 spores, which are angular, with lar^e conical warts lilvc those- 

 oilnocyhe asterospora, instead of being globose with small 

 spines. The stellate hyphae are also somewhat coarser. It might 

 perhaps be regarded as a variety (geographical?) of A. cervicolor. 



Asterostromella rhodospora, Wakefield^ sp. nov. 



Fungus irregulariter effusus, crassus, siibdurus, ochroleucus,, 

 marguie determinato, concolore vel fulvo. Hymenium ob sporis 

 leviter salmoni-tinctum, pulverulentum. Contextus ex hyphis. 



eocy 



hv 



minea, non vel vix oraergentm, 30-90^ 6 °8 u. Basidia clavata. 



