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5. Trichia verrucosa (Berk.) ; subcespitosa, peridio turbinato sordide ochraceo, stipite debili fili- 
formi decumbente sporis magnis verrucosis. 
Has. On charred wood, Archer. 
Somewhat crowded or scattered. Peridia dull-ochre, turbinate, seated on a filiform, weak, decumbent stem. 
Spores globose, verrucose, 47, inch across, yellow, as well as the capillitium.— This species, which at first sight 
resembles Trichia varia, is at once distinguished by its large verrucose spores. 
Gen. L. PERICHANA, Fr. 
Peridium simplex, sepe circumscissum. Flocci rari, sporis immixti. 
This genus resembles Trichia, but is at once distinguished by the absence of vascular hairs. (Name from 
mepu, around, and xawo, to gape.) 
1. Perichzena contorta (Fr. Syst. Myc. iii. p. 192). 
Haz. On dead wood, Archer. 
Paler than usual, and with no trace of capillitium. 
Gen. LI. LICEA, Schrad. 
Peridium tenue, irregulariter dehiscens. Spore laxe. Flocei nulli. 
Distinguished by the utter absence of flocci from all Myzogastres, except one or two of the more obscure Peri- 
chene. The only Tasmanian species is a strictly European form. (Origin of name unknown.) 
1. Licea fragiformis (Fr. Syst. Myc. iii. p. 196). 
Has. On dead wood: Penquite, Gunn. 
Gen. LIT. CYATHUS, Pers. 
Peridium primum obovatum vel fusiforme, obtusum, apice demum centrali dehiscens, et velo candido 
tympani instar clausum, € membranis tribus arcte invicem applicatis compositum. Sporangia plana, umbi- 
licata, funiculo parietibus addicta. Spore sporophoro innate. | 
Of this curious genus there is but one Tasmanian species, identical with one of the two New Zealand forms, 
and resembling the European C. vernicosus. (Name from cyathus, a cup.) 
1. Cyathus Colensoi (Berk. in Fl. N. Zeal. p. 192). 
Has. On cowdung, etc., Gunn, Archer. 
Gen. LIH. SPHJEROBOLUS, Tode. 
Peridium duplex, interius demum elastice inversum et sporangium solitarium globos 
Spore sporophoro adnate. 
Distinguished from Cyathus and its allied genera by the solitary sporangium which is shot out of the peridium, 
by the inversion of the inner coat, like a shell out of a mortar. The structure of the sporangia 18 essentially the 
same. (Name from capa, à ball, and BaMo, to cast.) 
l. Sphzerobolus stellatus (Tode, Meck. i. p. 43). 
Haz. On decayed wood, Archer. 
Gen. LIV. SPHJERONEMA, Fr. 
liberum. Spore demum exsudantes apicique perithecii adherentes. 
3 z 
um ejiciens. 
Perithecium liberatum vel omnino 
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