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Griicibulum simile, Mass. Usually many together, 

 6-10 mm. high, mouth expanding becoming revolute; 

 externally toanentose. Spores colourless, siibglobose, 

 4x3/^. 



Tremella vinosa, Mass. This plant was described 

 in the Kew Bulletin in October, 1899, from specimens 

 gathered in Tasmania, buti does not appear to ha.ve 

 been recorded locally. The following is Massee's de- 

 scription : — 



Gelatinous, soft, gyroso-plicate, glabrous, vinous, 

 1-2 cm. broad. Basidia globose, sterigmata 4. 

 Sporeg subglobose, hyaline, smooth 10^. 



Allied to T. corrugata, Sch. 



On dead wood. Distinguished from all other Tas- 

 nianian Ti'emellas by the dark vinous colour. 



P'uccinia obtegens, Tul., also known as Puccinia 

 suaveolens, Rostr. This is a rust fungus, which appears 

 to be parasitic only on the California Thistle. It has 

 Tecently appeared in Tasmania, and is showing much 

 activity. Plants attacked by it become sickly, and 

 do not flower. It may have, in the future, considerable 

 value as a means of controlling the weed. 



Amongst Ascomycetes the following ma}^ be re- 

 ^jorded : — 



Ghlorosplenium ceriiginosum, Tul. Like other 

 members of the genus it is of dark blue-green colour, 

 and extends this colour to the wood on which it grows. 

 The cups a.re thin, and often irregular in shape. It 

 differs from our commoner Chlor. omniverens, bv the 

 spores being shorter and narrower, being 12-14 x 

 3-4 M. 



Triclwpeziza sphcerula, Sacc. A minute yellow 

 peziza, hairy on the e'^ternal surface, growing on the 

 bark of She and Bulloak. 



Gihoria firma, Pers. In the description of the 

 genus, the sporophore is stated to be borne on a long 

 ■stem. Though the long-stemmed form is common in 

 Tasmania, it is sometimes met with a stem So short as 

 to approximate with the genus Helotium. 



Helofdum nigripes, Pers., is referred to in Cooke aa 

 xhe stem turning blackish, and the spores 5x1-5 m- 

 long. A very common form, which is usually considered 

 to be typical, has the whole external surface more or 

 less black, and the spores 11 x 3 ^t. 

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