288 DR. F. WELWITSCH AND MR. F. CURREY'S FUNGI ANGOLENSES. 



Podaxon loandensis, Welw. & Curr. Stipite duro, lignoso, semipedali (vel fere 8 poll 



alto), fibroso, torto, intus ex aurantiaco flavo, subtiliter fibrilloso, siccitate fusco 

 basi bulboso; peridio obovato, elliptico, l|-2^ poll, longo, membranaceo, albido 



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ruguloso, apice obtusiusculo ; capillitio primum albido, quasi molliter caseoso sub 

 carnosulo, dein iloccoso flavo, demum ex tabacino nigrescente ; sporis transparescen 

 tibus, junioribus nitido-flavis, maturescentibus fuseis, globosis, ellipticis vel subtur 

 binatis, 0-0004-0-0006 unciae lonsis. 



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Podaxon loandensis, Welw. Apont. Flor. Angol. p. 535 (Lisbon 1858) . 



Hab. Frequentissime in pascuis breviherbidis arenosis juxta oceani littus Angolense, prope Penedo a°ri 



Loandensis. Paulo post primas pluvias adparet ct ad Mail finem usque nova semper individua pro- 

 gignuntur. No. 115. 



Tab. 20. figs. 5, 6, 7, plants, of the natural size. 



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P. mossamedensis, Welw. & Curr. 5-9 unc. altus, stipite aequo vel apiceni versus 



attenuato, hie illic rubro tincto, firmo, lignoso, ad basin bulboso ; peridio conico 

 vel oblongo, 2-4 unc. longo, l£-2J unc. lato, siccitate flavescente aut nigro-fusco 

 et longitudinaliter rugoso; sporis nigro-fuscis, numerosissimis, globosis vel sub- 

 turbinatis, et tnnc pediculo minutissimo aliquando ornatis, 0-0004 unc. circiter dia- 

 metro ; capillitio fnsco, sporis aliquanto pallidiore, simplici (i. e. 



lincato) 



non spir 



Tab. 17. fig. 23, spores, x highly. 



ombo 



No. 149. 



showing the capillitium. 



(nat. size) with the peridium removed, 



There is a plant numbered 149 a, as to which we have some doubt, but which is pro- 

 bably a small form of this species. The habitat is:-" In pratis et pascuis arenosis 

 mantimis prope Loandam, Dec. 1853, Feb. 1858." 



P. elatus, Welw. & Curr. 6-13 unc. altus, stipite lignoso, durissimo, \-\ unc. lato 



enier 



aequo, basi curvato, e mycelio arachnoideo cartilagineo subaurantiaco 

 peridio elongato-ovato, 3-8 unc. longo, apice rotundato vel acuminato, vegeto albido, 

 siccitate fusco ; sporis (junioribus) flavis, dein fuseis, ellipticis, ssepissime uno ex- 

 tremo truncatis, 0-0004 unc. longis ; capillitio flavo vel subolivaceo, membrana lineis 

 spirahbus confertis obscure signata et fracturam spiralem exhibente. 



Hab. Sparsissime in silvis arenosis mixtis (*. e. e Protect, Eugenia, Strychni, Acacia, Camlpinue etc. spe- 



ciebus conflatis) inter Lopollo et Monino, Januario 1860. No. 148. 

 Iab. 19 figs 4 & o, plants, of the natural size; fig. 6, a fragment of a thread of the capillitium spirally 



ruptured. 



The spiral markings are not visible in all the threads of the capillitium ; probablj 



they vary according to 



Ob 



O «« " 3 



Iacopkrdon- tomkntosum, Welw. & Curr. Feridio globose vel subturbinato, coraeo, 



ttagili, mgro-pm-purco, tomento dense rufo separabili ex omni parte amieto ; capU- 



