April 1, 1SG4] THE TECHNOLOGIST. 



THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. 301 



evidence of a single dried specimen, but there is good reason to believe 

 that in this instance one arid the same species of Cyttaria is found in- 

 habiting two different species of beech. Whether this specimen collected 

 in 1846 by Dr. Milligan, was the same as that above referred to as 

 having been found by him in 1847 I cannot determine, not having been 

 in communication with Dr. Milligan lately, nor am I certain that he is 

 still in England, but I entertain no doubt that my specimen and the one 

 alluded to in the above extract are identical. If such is not the case, 

 it is still probable that a second species, not yet described, occurs in 

 Tasmania. 



Hooker's Beech Morel (Cyttaria Hooked, Berk.) — Small ; be- 

 tween obovate and top-shaped ; ob- „ 

 tusely papillate ; pallid tawny ; cups 

 few. Found on the living branches 

 of the deciduous beech (Fagus antarc- 

 iica) at Hermite Island, Cape Horn. 



The common receptacle in this 

 species does not exceed an inch in 

 height, with a diameter of from half 

 to three quarters of an inch, attenuated 

 at the base and obtusely papilloeform 

 at the apex, universally smooth. The 

 cups are few in number, at first filled 

 with a gummy matter, and at length 

 empty. The asci are somewhat linear, intermixed with linear, some- 

 times forked paraphyses. The sporidia are unknown. 



This is the smallest species yet discovered, and presents many points 

 of difference from any of the others, of which its size, turbinate form, 

 and paucity of cups are the most prominent and important. We have 

 no other information of this fungus than that contained in the brief 

 description in Dr. Hooker's Flora antarctica. It is presumed that it 

 does not differ from its congeners in its edible qualities, but whether 

 employed at all as an article of food has not apparently been ascertained. 



Chilian Beech Morel (Cyttaria disciformis, Lev.) — Receptacle 

 orbicular, convex, yellow, supported on a very short stem ; cups 

 minute and scattered. Found in Chili. 



This is the smallest species of the genus which has yet been dis- 

 covered, scarcely exceeding a quarter of an inch in diameter. It is 

 flattened like a button, with a convex upper surface, on which are 

 scattered a few point-like cells, at some distance from each other. These 

 cells have at present only been found to contain long filaments, with a 

 layer of compressed cellules terminating in globular swellings, each of 

 which contains an opaque and irregular body. On the application of 

 tincture of iodine, M. Leveille states that the filaments as well as the 

 cellules became coloured of a yellowish brown, whilst the rest of the 

 tissue, consisting of little polygonal cells, preserved its white colour. 



