124 J. B. CLELAND AND E. CHEEL. 



We have another specimen collected in December in South 

 Australia, between Morgan and Renmark on the river 

 Murray. Our specimens are pear-shaped, 3| to 4 in. tall 

 by 3 to 3| ins. broad. The cortex is thin, brownish to 

 pallid, breaking away in flakes. The gleba of the specimen 

 Lloyd has seen is a pale cafe-au-lait brown, the spores are 

 4*4 to 5/s very finely warted, the capiliitium 3 to 3*5/x in 

 diameter, and there is no apparent sterile base. In the 

 other specimen, which is otherwise almost identical, the 

 gleba is of a distinct yellowish-brown — though not far 

 removed in tint from the former specimen — the spores are 

 4*8 to 5/a, smooth and the capiliitium 2/* in diameter. 



(34.) 0. rubro-flava, Oraigin, Lloyd, Mycol. Notes, No. 15, 

 p. 149 (1903), No. 22, p. 11, No. 27 (1907) 347. Syn. 

 Lycoperdon australe, forma major, Massee in letter 

 to Cheel, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxxii (1907) 202. 



According to Lloyd (i.e.) this species has a fairly wide 

 range, specimens having been found in Brazil, Argentine 

 .and the United States of America. It appears to be found 

 chiefly in cultivated plantations. It was originally found 

 in this State by A. Grant, in April, 1899, at Wentworth 

 Park. It has since been found abundantly in the Botanic 

 Gardens, Sydney, by various collectors, and in the Centen- 

 nial Park by one of us (E.G.), in March, 1901. The latter 

 specimens were determined by Massee at the Royal Gar- 

 dens, Kew, as Lycoperdon australe, f. major. Specimens 

 collected in the Botanic Gardens, which appear to be 

 identical with the Centennial Park specimens, were for- 

 warded to Lloyd, who has determined them as Calvatia 

 rubro-ftava. Spores of the Botanic Gardens specimens are 

 4 to 5/s smooth or perhaps slightly rough under a high 

 power. We have specimens also from Neutral Bay, Sydney, 

 .growing under Lantana (March, 1916). 



