BY L. RODWA\. 101 



Shortly after this, attention was drawn to the fine Cor- 

 ■dyceps commonly found in Tasmania. In this species, C. 

 gunnii, Berk., the club is stout, and of varied length, 

 sometimes attaining sis or eight inches ; the fertile por- 

 tion is somewhat thickened, dark coloured, and ends 

 obtusely. 



In 1858 Gray described a distinct species found by Mr. 

 Hawkes near Launceston. It is nearly as large as some 

 forms of C. gunnii, but the club is much bent, often 

 branched, and the apex abruptl}^ blunt. 



Recently the late Entomologist of New South Wales, 

 Mr. Oliff, in a pamphlet under the auspices of the local 

 Department of Agriculture, drew attention to the forms 

 found in Australia, at the same time describing many 

 forms as new species. I doubt if mycologists will accept 

 them all. C selkirki and C. coxii are too close to C. lar- 

 varum, and C. trictense owes its existence to an unfor- 

 tunate oversight. It is founded on a lithograj^h thjit the 

 author, in good faith, understood had never been pub- 

 lished ; unfortunately, however, it is a f ac-simile of the 

 plate accompanying Berkeley's description of C. taylori 

 (Sphgeria taylori Berk.) in Hooker's London Joiirnal of 

 Botany, N.S., Vol. II., 1843. One of these new species, C. 

 scottianus, though close to C. eutomorrhiza Dick, is prob- 

 ably distinct, and is of interest lo us, as it has been once 

 found in Tasmania. 



Some years ago Mr. H. Stuart-Dove, of Table Cape, 

 sent me a most interesting specimen, that differs markedly 

 from any described species. In habit it approaches C. tay- 

 lori. Berk., in so far that the clubs ai'e numerous, and arise 

 from a cordlike extension of the mycelium, but it differs, 

 not only in size and lesser immersion of the perithecia, but 

 in the sporiferous portion, forming an oblong enlargement 

 near the apex of the club, but leaving a narrow, irregular, 

 barren end. The following description sufficiently ex- 

 plains details : — 



Cordyceps dovei, n.s. Sporocarp formed of an irregular 

 thick cord-like stipes arising around the head of the host, 

 clubs very numerous, 5 — 7 o3.m. long, the base aud apex 



