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distinctly although very minutely warted spores. H. Klotzschii, 
ul., also presents affinities with the present species, but differs 
in the abt glabrous spores. 
Hymenogaster violaceus, Muss. et Rodw. (sp. nov.). Per idium 
globosum, sat Cg nennt lilacino-fuscum, dein violaceum, viscidum, 
leba l 
tenue, in nnatum, sericeum. Gleba subelastica, initio 
tota albida, dein Picino, cellulis tortuosis majusculis Vesp be 
basi sterili glebe minutis; septa tenuia. Basidia angusta, 
g 
subflexuosa, 2-sterigmatica, sterigmatibus longiusculis acutis. 
Spore globoso-ellipticae, obtuse, verruculose, 9 x 7 p, initio 
ochracez, dein fusce 
Subterranean, or emerging from the ground, Rodway, 297. 
Irregularly subglobose, 2-3 cm. in diameter. Allied to Hymeno- 
sill lilacinus, Tul., and H. decorus, Tul. ; differing from the 
former in the visc id, prr peridium and "warted spores ; and 
from ‘the latter in the ‘abs sence of a violet or purple tinge in the 
gleba, and the much smaller spores 
Hysterangium viscidum, Mass. ef "Rohe. (sp. nov.). | Peridium 
irregulare, oblongum, extus castaneum, viscidum, 3 x 1:5 cm., facile 
a gleba separabi ile, elasticum, cellulis e basi idant irregu- 
laribus minutis ; septa crassa, brdtiack, € scissilia. Spore 
oblon ngo-elliptice, utrinque obtusatz, 14-15 x 10 p, 3-4 in quoque 
basidio, Lese illatze , flavo-brunnez, pelluci ae vel in massis vise 
sordide bru 
aresti. near Hobart, Rodway, 210. 
Readily distinguished in the genus by the TRE 
viscid peridium, and the elliptie- -oblong, obtuse spor 
Hysterangium fusisporum, Mass. et Rodw. (sp. nov i Peridium 
subglobosum, irregulare, leve, salt tenuissimum, nec a gleb: 
separabile, extus albidum flavo aculatum, in ntus albidum. Gleba 
firma, pa allida, cellulis exiguis gei ribus sinuosis absque basi 
sterili vix conspicuis. Spore fusiformes, leves, 20-22 x 8 p, in 
quoque basidio bine, Mg censes brevibus suffultæ, hyaline. 
Growin g underground, od 76. 
A distinct Species, irregularly pL 1:5-2 cm. in diameter. 
Allied to H. membranaceum, Vittad., and to the following species, 
but readily Gatingusshed from either by the larger, distinctly 
siform, hyaline spores, acute at both ends. 
Hysterangium affine, Mass et Rodw. p nov.). Peridium sub- 
globosum, basi fibrillis radicalibus instructum, supra nudum, 
f : 
tate sordide viridis, dein obscure grisea, cellulis difformibus 
gyrosis creberrimis minutis. Basidia sor opengl” eben 40 x 8 p, 
plerumque tetraspora, sterigmatibus brevibus. Spore ellipsoideo- 
Hie Fg nque obtusate, leves, pallide Visuoó-vitemm tul 
ngo : Gully, Hobart, Rodway, 123. 
e species, subglobose, n em. in diameter, collected in 
