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Hawkesbury River, February, spores smooth, 4 /* (this size seems unduly 

 small), identified by Lloyd (No. 139). 



BOVISTELLA. 



372. Bovistella aspera. Clel. and Cheel, loc. cit., p. 117. Spores 3-2 

 to 6-5 fji, pedicels 8-5 to 19 /*. New South Wales : Near Barellan, August ; 

 Junee, October; Blayney, December; Milson Island, Hawkesbury River, Octo- 

 ber. Victoria: Ararat, May (E. J. Semmens, Nos. 97, 98. 100). South 

 Australia: Beltana, August, capillitium coloured; Monarto South, September. 



373. Bovistella australasiana. Clel. and Cheel, loc. cit., p. 118. Spores 

 smooth, 4-2 /*. New South Wales: Sydney, June, pedicels 17 /a, capillitium 

 3-5 fj.; Murwillumbah, April, pedicels, 7^ to 104 fx, (Lloyd 138). 



Lycoperdon. 



374. Lycoperdon pusillum, Batsch. Clel. and Cheel, Jour. Proc. Roy. 

 Soc. N.S. Wales, L., 1916, p. 120. Spores spherical to sometimes oval, 3-5 to 

 5 IX, usually smooth ; capillitium pale brownish. New Sovith Wales : Hawkes- 

 bury River, February; Narrabeen, March; Blue Mountains, May, spores finely 

 tuberculately warty; Berrima, July; Murwillumbah, April; Narrabri, June; 

 Eulah Creek, near Narrabri, November; Baan Baa, January, distinct stumps 

 of pedicels, very rarely pedicels 14 jjl long; Coolamon, May. Victoria: Ararat 

 May (E. J. Semmens, No. 96). South Australia: Mount Lofty, April. 



375. Lycoperdon pratcnsc, Pers. Clel. and Cheel, loc. cit., p. 121. Spores 

 3-2 to 5 /a; capillitium white, sometimes septate, 32 to 5 ^a. Victoria: Ararat, 

 May, occasional pedicels 15 /a long (E. J. Semmens, No. 95). South Aus- 

 traHa: Beaumont Common, near Adelaide, June, up to 1-^- inch high, the upper 

 part laterally expanded, contracting into the stout cellular base from which a 

 few white mycelial threads radiate, covered with slightly biscuit-coloured mealy 

 v.^arts, strong smell ; Eagle on Hill, June ; Mount Lofty, April ; Kuitpo Forest, 

 May. 



376. Lycoperdon pyriforme, Schaeff. Clel. and Cheel, loc. cit., p. 122. 

 Queensland : Bunya Mountains, October, spores smooth, 35 /*, capillitium brown, 

 3-5 to 4 fi. 



377 (iii., 232). Lycoperdon gemmatnm, Batsch. New South Wales: 

 Alalanganee, August, spores slightly rough, 38 /x; Lisarow, June. 



378. Lycoperdon subincarnatum. Peck. Clel. and Cheel, loc. cit., p. 121. 

 New South Wales : National Park, on wood, July ; Lisarow, June. 



Calvatia. 



379 (iii., 233). Calvatia lilacina (Berk.). Spores warty or only slightly 

 rough, 3-6 to 65 /a. New South Wales: Sydney, April, spores warty, 5 to 7 ^; 

 Port Macquarie, January, capillitium 5 fx thick (Lloyd, 488 — "unusual in the 

 surface breaking up areolately into plates"). South Australia: Eagle on Hill. 

 April; Victor Harbour, November (J. K. Samuel) and January (breaking up 

 areolately into plates) ; Flinders Range, Quorn, August. 



380. Calvatia craniiformis, Schw. Syn., C. Gardneri, Berk. Clel. and 

 Cheel, loc. cit., p. 123. Lloyd, as a result of an examination of a number of 

 Australian specimens, has come to the conclusion that C. Gardneri is conspecific 

 with C. craniiformis. Spores smooth, 34 to 5 /*; capillitium brownish, 35 /x. 

 New South Wales : Sydney, April (under Lantana, Lloyd, 484) and June 

 (Lloyd, 151) ; near Wauchope, February, elongated pear-shaped in form. 



