Gleba olivaceous, in slimy masses, scattered over the entire re- 

 ceptacle. 



Spores very minute, hyaline, ellipsoid, with distinct contents, 3 to 

 .31/2 mic. long. 



Over thirty specimens were found on a buffalo grass lawn in 

 front of my hou?e near Melbourne. They first appeared on the 27111 of 

 March, 1910, and an occasional one afterwards up to the 3ist of 

 March. They are very fragile and soon collapse. When fresh, the 

 smell could hardly be described as disagreeable, since it reminds one 

 strongly of scorched linen, the burnt smell caused by a hot iron. The 

 height was commonly 2^ to 3 inches, and in the latter case the relative 

 lengths of the different parts were : volva, y inch ; stem, i V^ inch ; re- 

 ceptacle, i inch. Occasionally one or two "eggs" at different stages 

 of development were found attached to the mycelium of the volva. 



We are pleased to publish the above description and photograph of a species of Jansia, 

 ncxivrcl from Professor McAlpine. Our first impression was that it was absolutely distinct 

 from anything known, in having a truncate, perforate apex. Since this article has been in 

 type we have received specimens in alcohol of Jansia rugosa, through the kindness of Dr. Ch. 

 Bernard, Java, and on comparing them with the alcoholic specimen received from Professor 

 McAlpine, we find that Jansia rugosa does have a perforate apex though it is contracted and 

 has not been noted by me in my previous accounts of this species. There is, therefore, no 

 real difference between Jansia truncata and Jansia rugosa on which a species may be based, 

 hut the Australian plant is so much larger and more robust and its truncate apex is so much 

 more prominent that it is well entitled to a name as a form. 



Since like many phalloids it proves of wide distribution, it is probable that many of 

 the vague references of early phalloid literature should belong here; as for instance, Mutinus 

 proximus of Ceylon; perhaps Mutinus boninensis of Japan, Mutinus borneensis of Borneo, 

 and probably Mutinus minimus of China. The past work with the phalloids has been so 

 vaguely and inaccurately done that the identity of many of them is at best little more than 

 a guess. C. (',. L. 



Fio. 378. 



Kodak snapshot. Three French " mycologues " at Upsala. 

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