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Clavaria (Holocoryne) aurantia, Che. fy Mass. 
Simplicissima, stricta, aurantiaca, clavato-incrassata, glabra, 
deorsum in stipitem aequalem attenuata; sporis subglobosis, 
minutis. 
On the ground. Harkaway Range, Victoria. ( C . French, 
Sen.) 
From 2 to 3 inches high, of which about one half is occupied by 
the stem. 
Ombrophila radicata, Phillips. 
Solitaria vel csespitosa. Cupulis stipitatis, subgelatinosis (1J-5 
lin. diam.), hymenio depresso, rugoso, hepatico; margine tenui, 
integro, sursum glabro, rugoso, incarnato ; stipite elongato, 
deorsum attenuato (4-6 lin.) radicato, asci cylindraceo-clavato ; 
sporidiis 8, ellipticis, biguttulatis, hyalinis (6-10 x 4-5) paraphy- 
sibus ramosis, clavatis (4-7 p diam.) ad apices fusco-umbrinis. 
Stoney Range, Melbourne. ( Miss Wehl., No. 2, with fig.) 
It has considerable resemblance to 0. rudis , B., but differs in its 
sporidia, paraphyses, and rooting habit. 
Bovista ovalispora, Che. Sf Mass. 
Subglobosa, sessilis ; cortice tenui, albo vel subochraceo, sub- 
persistente. Peridio tenui, flaccido, glabro, cinereo, ore irregulari ; 
capillitio sporisque umbrino. Hyphis (12-16 p diam.) vage ramosis, 
apicibus attenuatis, pallide umbrinis ; sporis ovalibus (6 x 4|- p) 
fusco-umbrinis, pedicellatis. Episporio crassiusculo, hyalino, pedi- 
cellis elongatis, crassis, hyalinis. 
On the ground. New Zealand, S. Carolina (U.S.), Kew Gardens 
(G.B.) 
Mycenastrum olivaceum, Che. <Sf Mass. 
Peridio subgloboso (3 unc.) sessili, rigido, in lobulis , acutis 
triangularis (5-6) dehiscente, extus glabro, laevi, cinereo -lividi. 
Sporis capillitioque olivaceis. Hyphis 15-20 p crassis, irregulariter 
ramosis, ubique spinulosis ; sporis sphaericis, asperulis, 15 p diam. 
On the ground. Queensland. 
Peridium lead-colour above, dirty white below, with a tinge of 
rose. Spores of the same size as in M. corium, which in the latter 
are purple and more coarsely warted. 
Xylaxia ellipsospoxa, Che. 8f Mass. 
Capitulum clavatum, obtusum (| X £ in.), atrum, stipite abbre- 
viato, glabro, peritheciis immersis, nec prominulis, ostiolis minutis, 
punctiformibus. Ascis cylindraceis, sporidiis ellipticis, atro- 
brunneis, opacis, 16-18 X 8 p. 
On rotten wood. Deep gulley, Mount Wellington, Tasmania. 
Tubexculaxia leguminum, Che. Sf Mass. 
Minuta, erumpens, carnea, sporodochiis sessilibus, irregularibus, 
subconfluentibus, sporophoris brevibus, rectis, conidiis elongato- 
ellipsoideis, plerumque leniter curvulis, 20 X 5 p. 
On legumes of Cassia. Brisbane. ( F . M. Baileij , No. 580.) 
