158 
Hypochnus ee Massee (sp. nov.). ringse spel say to 
effusum, membranaceum, subsecedens, subtus mbitu fibril- 
losum, Hymenivm chlorinum, densissime granu eaat "Basidia 
clavata, eee truncata, 11-13 x 5p, 4-sterigmata. Spore globose, 
hyalin 
0 n wood and bark, Rodway, 449. 
Forming broadly effused yellowish-green granulose or pul- 
verulent patches, sid resembling the soredial condition of some 
Lecidea 
fiveendoa tasmanicum, Vassee (sp. nov.). Peridium obovatum, 
membranaceum, sordide ochraceum, verrucis pyramidatis demum 
deciduis ornatum, basi fibrillis longis repentibus radicante ; basis 
sterilis distincta. Gileba dilute brunnea ; keen hyphe sub- 
hyalin 
4p diam. 
On the ground, Rodway, 566. 
Varying from a 6 em. high, superficially resembling Lycoperdon 
piriforme, Fries, but di stin nguished by the minutely warted spores, 
and the almost Joes capillitium as seen when the spores 
have been blown away. 
Secotium tcl Massee (sp. nov.). Peridiuwm, 2-3 em. latum, 
globoso-depressum, tomentosum m, ochraceo-albidum, inferne pro- 
funde torsion, pore globose, verruculose, subhyaline, 
plerumque stipitate, 7-8 » diam. Stipes brevissimus, primitus 
infra furfuraceus, cavus. 
Subterranean, Rodway, 571 with fig. 
Underground, a ey exposed when washed out or dug up 
by small marsupia 
ro hots. tea sian Massee et Rodway (sp. nov.). Peridium 
dia 
globoso-difforme, 1-2 ¢ am., floccosum, sordide albidum 
demum ‘iiteliiane Gleb a brunnea, firma, cellulis tortuosis 
majusculis e basi ipsa sterili vix — icuis. Spore ellipsoidex, 
i Daghessme r 
y 
Allied to Hy aster Rodwa te Massee ; ; differing in the 
larger cavities of the gleba and obsolete sterile base. 
Hysterangium affine, Massee et Rodway in Kew Bull. (1898), 
p. 127, var. irregulare. , Mass ee (var. nov.). Differt praecipue peridio 
vix  Tegulariter subgloboso tenuiore, gleba fuscescente, sporis 
min 
Underground, Rodway Y, 657, 
ASCOMYCETES, 
plicata, nor et es y (sp. nov.). Apothecia sessilia 
Snivengs attenuata, primum concava, dein explanata, margine 
plicata vel recom crenulata, extus es, ulosa ; discus 
lee runneus. Asci eylindraceo-clava octospori, 150 x 10 p, 
iodo haud tincti, hyaline, Tiron glabree, 1-seriate, 
10 H. Paraphyses graciles, sat nume erose, apice leviter 
te, brunnex. 
