160 Hyinenogastraceae, Octaviania. 



alba, deiii griseu-brunnea; cellulis irregul?lritt!r rotundatis, albidis, 

 Scepe interruptis, centralibus majoribus; sporis globulosis, 12-15;/. 

 diam., echinulatis, brunneis. 



Ilab. in terra seniiimmersa rarius prope Fiorenville in Arduen- 

 nis (BoMMER et Rousseau). — Fungus odore distincto Theobromce 

 Cacaos donatus. 



4. Octaviania Archeri Berk. Fl. Tasm. p. 263. — Obovata, pusilla, 5; 

 basi sterili satis magna, fibrillis nullis; gleba compacta; sporis 

 globosis, echinatis, 21-22 y.. diam. 



Ilab. in terra sabulosa in Tasmania (Archer). — Ob glebam 

 centro secedentem cum Ilijdnangio congruit, cuni Oclaviania vero 

 ob basim sterilem. -■ 



5. Octaviania compacta Tul. Fungi Hypog. p. 79, t. XI, f. 3. — Mi- S 

 nor, polyrrhiza, nivea; peridio molliusculo, insolubili, tomentello- 

 gossypino; cellulis rotundatis oblongisve, minutissimis, mox obli- 

 teratis, oppletis; septis vix conspicuis; spori.s minutissimis, sphaj- 

 ricis, 5,5-6,5 y.. latis, rugulosis, tlavis dein ochraceis, subsessili- 

 bus; basidiis 4-8 sporis; cystidiis longioribus, acutis, guttulatis, 

 densis. ■ 



llab. gregarie vix liypoggea sub umbra in silvis Galliaa et Bri- 

 tanniae nec non et California America) borealis. — Fuugillus 1 

 cm. circ. latus, interdura difformis, gibbosus, saepe contluens; odor 

 debilis, color exsiccatione vix mutatus cc An hujus geueris?» 



6. Octaviania rosea Harkn. Ne\v Sp. of Calif. Fungi p. 9. — Gre- 5, 

 garia; peridio fibrilloso-rugoso, irregulariter lobato, basi sterili 

 distincta, roseo, intus obscuriori ; basidiis 1-2-sporis; sterigmati- 

 bus filiformibus, capitatis, sporis aequilongis; sporis globosis, palli- 

 dis, 14-17 [J: diam., echinatis, hyalinis. 



Hab. sub ramulis quercineis S. Francisco CaliforniiXi. — Pe- 

 ridium 1-3 cm. latum. Ab Ilijdnangio carneo Corda colore spi- 

 nulisque sporarum distincta. 



7. Octaviania? mollis De Not. in Comm. Soc. Critt. Ital. n. 1, p. 06. 5; 

 — Subrotunda, molliuscula, extus la^te carnoa, leviter reticulato- 

 rugosa, glabra, basi fulcro radiciformi tenui prajdita; gleba spon- 

 giosa, dilute carnea, albido-venulata; cellulis crebris. angustis, com- 

 prossis, rete pallescente distinctis; basidiis oblongo-subclavatis, bi- 

 sporis, sterigmatibus longiusculis e basi leniter incrassata subula- 

 tis, apice capitellatis; sporis spha^roideis, verruculoso-tuberculatis, 

 pallescentibus. 



llab. in humo Horti Botanici Geno\a Itali:€ (Bucco). — Fun- 



