No. 76.] 
[June, 1887. 
dmi \\n, 
A QUARTERLY RECORD OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY 
AND ITS LITERATURE. 
SOME AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
( Continued from p. 95 .) 
Lycoperdon stellatum, CJce. fy Mass. 
Sessile, subglobosum, 1^ in.diara. Peridium tenue, flaccidum, pri- 
mum verrucis crassis stellatis spinosis tectum, demum in fragmentis 
secedens, dein superficies glabrum, ore minuto-lacerato. Capillitio 
sporisque sordide olivaceo, filamentis subrigidis, sparse ramosis, 
sporis globosis, glabris (5 p diam.). 
On the ground. Israelite Bay, S. W. Australia. (Miss 
Brooke .) 
Threads of capillitium of equal thickness to the diameter of the 
spores, continuous with the scanty floccose sterile base of the peri- 
dium. Allied to L. cruciatum. 
Geaster subiculosum, CJce. <$• Mass. 
Gregarium, late obovatum (^- j in. diam.), subiculo albo, effuso, 
xylostromoideo, enatum. Peridio exteriori furfuraceo, lignicolori, 
multifido, laciniis plurimis acutis rigidulis demum reflexis fissurato, 
peridio interiori obscuriori, sessili, globoso, laevi, ore leviter um- 
bonato, fimbriato. Capillitio sporisque atro-umbrino, filamentis 
flexuosis, simplicibus, variabilis, attenuatis, sporis laevibus, globosis, 
4 p diam. 
On rotten wood. Trinity Bay. 
Allied to G. mirabile and G. lignicola in the habit of growing on 
wood, seated upon a dense subiculum. 
Fhoma purpurea, Coolce fy Mass. 
Amphigena. Maculis orbicularibus, purpureis. Peritheciis 
semi-immersis, atris, nitidis, primo tectis, gregariis, subcircinatis. 
Sporulis minutis, ellipticis, hyalinis, 4 x 2 p. 
On coriaceous leaves. Brisbane. (Bailey, 504.) 
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