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spores. І am indebted to Dr. J. B. Cleland, Adelaide, for the loan 
of specimens of this species. The photograph given is taken from his 
specimens, 
3. Cyathus Hookeri Berkeley. (Plate 4, figs. 1, 3.) 
Berk. in Hook. Jour. Bot., p. 204, 1854. 
Peridia campanulate, up to 14 mm. high, 10 mm. wide at the mouth, 
narrowing abruptly into a short stipe 2-3 mm. long, 2 mm. thick; exterior 
bay-brown, minutely and densely tomentose, interior even, dark brown, 
dull; mouth strongly expanded or flaring, margin entire, crenately lobed. 
Peridiola lenticular, 22-5 mm. diam., cortex black; tunica dingy-white, 
thin. Spores elliptical, rounded at both ends, 8-11 x 6-8 mmm. 
Habitat.—Growing solitary or caespitose on decaying twigs, &c., on the 
ground. 
istribution. — Khasa, India; North Island, N.Z.: rare. Weraroa, 
Wellington, on rotting bugs of Pinus sp., G. H.C., 18/8/19. 
I am indebted to Mr. C. G. Lloyd for the determination of this species. 
In a recent letter he stated that he did not consider it to be sufficiently 
distinct from C. microsporus Tul. to be maintained as a distinct species. 
I am of the opinion, however, that the large campanulate peridium and 
larger spores are sufficient to maintain it as a valid species. 
4. Cyathus Olla Persoon. (Plate 3, figs. 4, 6.) 
Pers., Syn. Meth. PE p. 237, 1801. 
Cyathus vernicosus DC., Fl. Fr., vo . 270, 1805.  Nidularia geo Pers., 
Champ. Comest., p. 110, 1818. Ws yes ularis Schw., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., 
ie 4, p. 253, 1834. Cyathus campanulatus Cda., Anleit., lxxx, te 19-23, 
842. C. similis Cke., Grev., vol. 8, p. 58, 1879. Cyathia lentifera (L.) 
Wisin Bull. Torr. Cl., vol. 29, p. 264, 1902. 
Peridia at first urceolate, becoming campanulate, up to 15 mm. high, 
6-12 mm. wide at mouth, tapering strongly to the sessile truncate base ; 
exterior grey-fawn, bleaching pallid-yellow with age, clothed with fine 
appressed tomentum, interior smooth or somewhat concentrically zoned, 
dull lead-colour, shining; mouth strongly expanded or flaring, not or 
slightly recurved, margin entire, crenate. Peridiola lenticular, dark brown 
or lead-coloured, large, 2-3-5 mm. diam., smooth, or minutely rugulose 
en dry ; tunica thin, dingy-white, closely adnate, Spores obovate or 
elliptical, 8-15 x 6-10 mmm., apex rounded, base bluntly pointed. 
PLATE 4. 
Fig. 1.—Cyathus Hookeri Bet. Natural size 
Fic. 2. акои: Colensoi Berk. x 2 diam. Immature plants at the top. Photos taken 
ustralian specimens loaned by Dr. J. B. Cleland. 
Fic. 3.— Peridiola of Cyathus Hookeri Berk. x 10 diam. The depression in the surf 
of specimen on the right shows JY of attachment of the имне 
Fie. 4.—Peridiola “of Crucibulum vulgare Tul. 
Fic. 5.—Peridiola of event слон (Schw.) d Toni. x 10 diam. Note the 
extende 
Fic. 0 Суды Meroreus "Sch w.) de Toni. c size. Immature specimens on 
the right ; small form in the ce 
Fie. т Оон vulgare Tul. Natural size. Тһе epighragm is present on several 
ese specimens. 
(Fig. 2 photographed by the writer; all others by E. Bruce Levy.) 
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