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false sclerotium 1\ in. high and 2 in. wide. Loxton District, 

 19/10/14 (Mr. H. R. Parnell, Librarian, Public Library). 



(6) Pileus If 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 f in. high, \ in. thick in the middle, a little 

 thickened upwards and downwards. False sclerotium 

 irregular, \\ x 1J 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 \ 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 

 1^ in. high, 1^ in. broad, composed of sand bound together 

 by mycelium, easily disintegrated by scratching. 



(8) Pileus 5 in. across, with the centre depressed and the 

 rest of the surface nearly plane, the edge consisting of large 

 irregular tuberculate projections marked off by a slight 

 depression from the plane surface of the cap, colour dull 

 white from exposure. Pores rather small. Stem f in. high 

 and broad. False sclerotium irregular, 3 in. broad and 1^ 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, and 

 the courtesy of the Museum Director, Mr. Edgar R. Waite, 

 we are able to show photographs (pi. iv.) taken under Mr. 

 Waite's supervision of this remarkable specimen. A specimen 

 in the Museum of the Department of Agriculture, Melbourne, 

 closely resembles this one. The alveolar markings on the 

 cap are absent or ill -defined in both. 



(9) Pileus 3 in. across, slightly convex and wavy, centre 

 a little depressed, slightly irregularly rugose and shallowly 

 lacunose, smooth, pale brownish. Pores adnate, small, pallid 

 wood colour. Stem \ in. thick and broad, finely lacunose, 

 pale wood colour. False sclerotium 3 in. high, 4 in. broad, 

 irregular and rather knobby, composed of pallid brownish 

 sandy particles welded together, easily disintegrated by 

 attrition. Spores white, elongated, 12 to 15'5 x 5 /x. Lake 

 Alexandrina, South Australia. (Mr. J. A. Burrough.) 



