268 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Fungi, by M. J. Berkeley. 
A very curious genus, confined to temperate regions, remarkable for its operculum and peculiar habit. (Name 
from xparnp, a goblet.) 
1. Craterium minutum (Fr. Syst. Myc. iii. p. 151). 
Has. On grass, Archer. 
Gen. XLVIII. STEMONITIS, Gled. 
Peridium simplex, tenuissimum, membranaceum, fugax. Capillitium determinatum, stipiti intranti 
adnatum. Flocei reticulati. 
The genus Stemonitis is a columellate Physarum. Its species are mostly widely diffused, and some flourish both 
in hot and temperate regions. One Tasmanian form is remarkable for its rough spores. (Name from orynpoy, a 
thread or stem.) 
1. Stemonitis fusca (Roth, Germ. i. p. 448). 
Has. On dead wood, Gunn. 
2. Stemonitis oblonga (Fr. Syst. Myc. iii. p. 159). 
Hae. On decayed wood, Archer. 
9. Stemonitis echinuluta (Berk.); peridio globoso columbino-chalybeo, stipite valido aterrimo 
sursum attenuato semipenetrante, capillitio pallido globoso, sporis magnis eleganter echinulatis. 
Has. On moss, Archer. 
Peridium globose, very thin, showing dove-like prismatic hues, thicker and persistent below. Sien longer than 
the peridium, very dark, stout, attenuated upwards, passing halfway into the cavity of the peridium.  Capillitium 
compact, growing from the columella. Spores zsp inch across, beautifully echinulate.—Allied to S. arcyrioides, 
but remarkable for its stout stem and large spores. 
Gen. XLIX. TRICHIA, Hall. 
Peridium simplex. Columella nulla. Capillitium elasticum, floceis vascularibus. 
The spiral threads distinguish this from all Myzogastres. The species are for the most part widely diffused, 
but, besides common forms, Tasmania has two very distinct species. (Name from 6pi£, a hair.) 
l. Trichia rubiformis (Pers. Syn. p. 176). 
Has. On dead wood, Archer. 
2. Trichia metallica (Berk.); peridio lentiformi fulvo metallicis coloribus ornato subtus umbi- 
licato, stipite brevi cylindrico carneo, floccis rectis radiantibus sporisque incarnato-fulvis. 
Has. On dead wood, Archer. 
Peridium \entiform, tawny, adorned with various metallic tints, frequently disposed in little specks like granu- 
lations, flattened or umbilicate beneath. Stem short, cylindrical, flesh-coloured. Flocci slender, radiating. Spores 
33s inch across, reddish-ochre, like the flocci, inclining to tawny.—The most beautiful of all the Zrichie, though 
small, and singularly distinct. Its nearest ally is Trichia falaz. 
3. Trichia chrysosperma (DC. Fl. Fr. ii. 250). 
Han. On dead wood: Sassafras Valley, Archer, J. D. H. 
The stem is sometimes far more distinct than usual. 
4. Trichia varia (Pers. Syn. p. 181). 
Has. On dead wood and moss, Archer. 
