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false sclerotium 24 in. high and 2 in. wide. Loxton District, 
19/10/14 (Mr. H. R. Parnell, Librarian, Public Library). 
(6) Pileus 1$ in. across, with indistinct alveolar mark- 
ings, and in the centre several irregular pits, pallid white 
from weathering. Pores adnate, medium size, pallid 
brownish. Stem } in. high, 1 in. thick in the middle, a little 
thickened upwards and downwards. False  sclerotium 
irregular, 14x1} in., a piece of Mesembrianthemum 
embedded in it. Locality not noted. (Mr. Jas. R. Beck, 
““Kircaldy,’’ Wyandra.) 
(7) This is the freshest specimen we have seen. Cap 
2 in. across, convex, edge rather inturned, smooth, rather 
polished, showing small alveolar depressions, sometimes 
indicated merely by raised darker lines, irregularly tinted 
with chestnut to yellow-brown. Pores adnate, medium sized, 
pallid-biscuit tinted. Stem } in. high and 4 in. thick, the 
colour of the pores, rather sand incrusted, apparently slightly 
irregularly pitted as if from the presence of aborted pores; 
flesh of the stem firmish, villous to touch. False sclerotium 
1j in. high, 11 in. broad, composed of sand bound together 
by mycelium, easily disintegrated by scratching. 
(8) Pileus 5 in. across, with the centre depressed and the 
irregular tuberculate projections mar o gg 
depression from the plane surface of the cap, colour du 
white from exposure s rather small. Stem ł in. hig 
and broad. False sclerotium irregular, 3 in. broad and 14 in. 
high. (Presented by Mr. H. E. Ellis, Kensington Park, 
Adelaide.) : 
, By the kind permission of the Board of the Public 
Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia, an 
the courtesy of the Museum Director, Mr. Edgar R. Waite, 
we are able to show photographs (pl. iv.) taken under Mr. 
_(9) Pileus 3 in. across, slightly convex and wavy, centre 
a little ap reg , slightly irregularly rugose and shallowly 
T ooth, ie T d 
Tod colo 3 in. thick and broad, finely len 
pale wood colour. False sclerotium 3 in. hi h 
irregular an knobby, composed of pallid browns 
d ra 
Sandy particles welded tozeth. ily disintegrated by 
ere FID ie gether, easily disinteg 
AUN. Spores white, elongated, 12 to 155 x5 p- Lake 
Alexandrina, South Australia. (Mr. J. A. Burrough.) 
