1919] 



ZELLER AND DODGE — ARCANGELIELLA, GYMNOMYCES, MACOWANITES 59 



Type: probably at Kew. Fragment in N. Y. Bot. Gard. 



Herb. 



"Peridium hemispherical, even above, dingy, of a dirty brown, 

 produced below into a short stem-like, smooth, white process, which 

 penetrates up to the apex of the peridium, and is surrounded above 

 by the large cells of the hymenium, which are below much elongated 

 and project beyond the peridium, their apertures open to the air and 

 decurrent. Odour strong, like that of Garlic; spores rather large, 

 globose; epispore thick, slightly tuberculate." 



— Kalchbrenner. 



Habitat: among Acacia thickets. East Somerset, South 

 Africa. 



In this work we have used as a standard for color descrip- 

 tions Ridgway, * Color Standards and Nomenclature,' Wash- 

 ington, D. C, 1912. In citing specimens we have given the 

 data received with the specimens. Wherever possible the 

 location of the specimens has been given. 



In conclusion we gratefully acknowledge all who have aided 

 in this work. We are indebted to the Missouri Botanical Gar- 

 den for the use of the library and the herbarium ; to Dr. E. A. 

 Burt and Dr. J. M. Greenman for helpful suggestions ; to Dr. 

 N. L. Gardner and Dr. W. A. Setchell for extensive collections 

 of Eymenogastrales from California ; to Mr. C. G. Lloyd for 

 the privileges of his herbarium ; to Dr. W. A. Murrill for help- 

 ful correspondence; and to Dr. Myron R. Sanford, Middle- 

 bury College, for helpful suggestions. 



