Colus Gardneri. T. PetcJi. 131 



Lysurus, Golus, and Pseudocolus, except Lysurus Gardneri, 

 lias a glebiferous layer composed of closely-packed processes 

 and plates, such as occurs in ClaiUriavia irpicina. I therefore 

 propose to establish a new genus Pharus for Lysurus Gardneri, 

 its distinguishing characters being the division of the stalk 

 into arms, and the structure of the glebiferous layer. . 



Pharus, gen. nov. Receptaculum stalked: stalk dividing 

 above into arms which normally unite at the apex: glebiferous 

 layer borne solely on the arms, and consisting of numerous 

 plicate processes and plates, perpendicular to the arm, closely 

 packed together, and presenting a granular outer surface, similar 

 to that of Clautriavia. 



Pharus Gardneri (Berk.) . Lysurus Gardneri Berk., in Hooker's 

 Lond. Jour. Bot. v. (1846) p. 535 and vi. (1847) p. 512. 

 Lysurus {Dcsmaturus) Gardneri Schlecht., in Linnaea, 31 (1861- 

 62), p. 180. Colus Gardneri (Berk.) Ed. Fischer, Vers. e. Syst. 

 Uebers. p. 77 (1886), and Sacc, Sylloge, vii. p. 21. Lysurus 

 Gardneri Berk., of Lloyd, vSynopsis of the known Phalloids. 

 Not Lysurus Gardneri Berk., of Cleland and Cheel, Notes on 

 Australian Fungi, No. 2, Jour. Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S.W.. xlix. 

 p. 204 ; h. p. 364. 



Hah. Ceylon only. 



Fig. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE V. 



1. Pharus Gardneri, natural size. Specimen with five arms, 



united at the apex. The gleba has been removed as 

 far as possible, but traces remain between the ends of 

 the processes and give the glebiferous layer a dark 

 appearance. 



2. Pharus Gardneri, upper part, natural size. Specimen 



with six arms, the junction of the arms produced into 

 an apical appendage. This abnormality has been met 

 with only once. 



3. Pharus Gardneri. An arm viewed from the inner side, 



after removal of the gleba. x 4. 



4. Pharus Gardneri. Cross section of an arm through the 



glebiferous region, x 4. The furrow is on the outer 

 side of the arm. 



5. Pharus Gardneri. Cross section of the egg, through the 



region of the arms, slightly enlarged. The separate 

 gleba masses surround the arms almost completely, 

 being interrupted only by the umbilical plates which 

 are united to the arms along the dorsal furrow. 



