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Hawkesbury River (J.B.O., June, 1912, spores rough, 10*3/^, 

 capillitium thorny, 8*3/* in diameter); Bibbenluke (J. B. O., 

 March, 1913, spores rough, 10'3n, capillitium thorny, 8*5 to 

 12ft in diameter); Wagga, July, 1914, spores rough, 10*4^); 

 near Adelaide, S.A. (J.B.O., 1898). 



Catastoma. 



(15.) C. anomalum, Lloyd, Lycoperdaceas, p. 27, 1905; 

 Oheel, Rep. Bot. Gard., Syd., 1908 (1909), 13. Bovista 

 anontala, Cooke and Massee, Grev. xviii, p. 6 (1889); 

 Cooke's Handb., p. 234. 



We have collected a number of perfect specimens of this 

 species characterised by its protruding mouth, from various 

 localities in the Port Jackson district and from Milson 

 Island, Hawkesbury River (July). Mr. C. G. Lloyd (Letter 

 No. 31, 1911) has kindly confirmed the identification. 



The plants grow with their mouths upwards; spores 

 spherical, warty, 5*2/^ in diameter, capillitium threads 3/* in 

 diameter. Specimens, also identified by Lloyd, found at 

 Forbes in August, show protruding mouths when young, 

 but these are less evident when old ; spores bright yellow- 

 brown, tuberculosely warty, 5*2 to 6/*, capillitium threads 

 yellow-brown, branched, 3*5/* in diameter. 



(16.) C. abnormalis? 



Specimens collected in New South Wales by A. Green 

 have been doubtfully referred to this species by Lloyd in 

 Letter No. 19 (1908). 



BOVISTELLA. 



Lloyd places Lycoperdons with pedicellate spores in the 

 genus Bovistella. He records seven species for Australia. 

 We have met with the following: — 



(17.) B. aspera, Lloyd, Letter No. 8 (1915), Lycoperdacese, 

 p. 28 (1905) and (Mycol. Notes, No. 21, p. 247, 1906); 

 Cheel, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxxix, p. 255 (1914). 



