No. 86.] 
[December, 1889. 
A QUAKTEELY EECORD OF CEYPTOGAMIC BOTANY 
AND ITS LITEEATUEE. 
NEW AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
{Continued from p. 8 .) 
*Agaricus (Pholiota) recedens, CTce. $ Mass. 
Pileo carnosulo, convexo-expanso, snbumbonato, glabro, sicco, 
aureo-fulvo, disco obscuriori (circa 1 une. diam.), margine tenui, 
demum striatulo ; stipite elongato, cylindrico, aequali (3-4 unc. 
long, 2 lin. crass.), pileo concolori, vel deorsum obscuriori, annulo 
amplo, patulo, distante medio ; lamellis adnatis, subdistantibus, 
ventricosis, tenuibus, cinnamomeis. Sporis acuminato-ellipticis, 
kete fuscis, 9x5ju. 
On the ground. Mordiallac, Victoria. (C. French.) 
Allied closely to Ag. togularis, Bull. 
Craterellus multiplex, CTce. $ Mass. 
Stem slender, erect, rugose (2in. long, 2 lin. thick)» Pilei 
reniform or obovate, attached at the base to the stem, in a series of 
five or six, superimposed (|-|in. broad), sub-membranaceous, 
depressed behind, smooth, ochraceous, margin a little incurved, 
thin, hymenium flesh colour, longitudinally rugose. Spores 3^ p 
diam. globose, very numerous, hyaline. 
On the ground. Derwent River, Tasmania. 
Seismosarca, Cooke (Genus nova). 
Tremelloid, very soft and quaking, subglobose, lobate, or 
gyrose, sessile, covered everywhere by the hymenium. Basidia 
clavate. Spores continuous, coloured. 
Seismosarca hydrophora, Cooke . 
Inflated, gelatinous, lobate J^2-3in. broad), dingy pale, fuliginous, 
very soft and watery, covered with scattered coloured hairs, which 
are usually furcate at the base (50-60 x 8 /i), pointed at the apex. 
Basidia clavate, spores elliptic, continuous, bright brown, 7 X 4^u. 
On wood. Clarence River, Australia. ( Wiilcox .) 
Texture and appearance of Tremella , but with different basidia, 
and coloured spores. 
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