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confertis, piofunde sinuatis, ventricosis, cinereis, nebulosis, atro- 
fuscescentibus, sporis ellipticis 14-16 X 6-8 p. 
On the ground. Melbourne. {Reader, 35.) 
*Lentinus gracilentus, CJce. fy Mass. 
Pileo tenui, submembranaceo, infundibuliformi, ocbraceo, glabro, 
(1 unc. diam.), stipite gracili, fusco, glabro, nitido (2 in. long, 1- 
2 lin. crass.), lamellis profunde decurrentibus, vix confertis, sicco 
fuscis, acie serrulatis. Sporis 8 X 5 p. 
On wood. Harkaway Range, Victoria. ( C . French.) 
^IHIerulius infundibuliformis, CJce. fy Mass. 
Tremellosus, magnus (5-6 unc. diam.), stipitatus. Pileo pro- 
funde infundibuliformi, crasso, laevi, sicco ruguloso, margine obtuso 
crispato, stipite brevi, crasso (1 unc. long, 1 unc. crass.) sulcato- 
rugoso, deorsum discoideo-expanso, hymenio poroso, acie denti- 
culato, poris superne elongatis, irregularibus, angulatis, subtubae- 
formibus, inferne abbreviatis, reticulatis, sporis profusis, ellipticis, 
aureofuscis 12 x 8 p. 
Apparently on wood. Yarra. ( Miss Campbell.) 
An extraordinary species, of an uniform dark-brown colour when 
dry, wholly tremelloid and gelatinous when living, becoming hard 
and horny when dried. We have had an imperfect specimen of 
another stipitate species from South Africa, but the material was 
insufficient for diagnosis. 
*Bovista hyalothrix, CTce. fy Mass. 
Cortex very thick and fibrous, forming a persistent base to the 
peridium like the cup of an acorn, peridium (1-lf inch diam.) 
minutely rugulose, dehiscing by a small apical aperture. Spores 
umber in the mass, globose, coarsely spinulose, 10-12 p diam. 
Threads of capillitium simple, firm, much curled and interwoven, 
colourless , equal, about 5-6 p diam. 
On the ground. N.W. of Lake Allacutya, Victoria. {French.) 
Allied to B. circumscissa, B. & C., and B. juglandiformis, B. 
*Cycloderma platyspora, CTce. ty Mass. 
Ovata, ad apicem subumbonata. Peridio exteriori crasso, flexili, 
continuo, laevi, ochraceo ; peridio interiori tenui, nitido, columella 
conica vel clavata, ad centro producta ; capillitio sporisque cinereo- 
lilacino, radiante, hyphis simplicibus, pallidis, sporarum diametro 
aequalibus, sporis globosis, minute granulato-asperulis, pallide 
griseis, 8 p diam. 
On ground. Near Melbourne. {F. Reader , 59.) 
Geaster Reader!, Glee, fy Mass. 
Exoperidio tenui, 7-9 fidi, laciniis acuto-triangularibus, inaequali- 
bus ; intus umbrinis ; endoperidio substipitato, globoso, tenui, 
ochraceo-umbrino, ore fimbriato (nec lineo circumscripto) vix pro- 
minulis. Sporis capillitioque obscure umbrino, hyphis simplicibus, 
pallidis, apice attenuatis, quam sporis crassioribus. Sporis globosis, 
laevibus, fuscis 3 p diam. Geaster australe, Reader. 
On the ground. Melbourne. {Reader, 37.) 
