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[437a. Mutinus borneensis (Jesati. (Syn., Jansia rugosa Penz.) (Bonieemis, 
pertaining to Borneo). — Peridiuni white, obovate, to - x gin. (2 x 1.5 cm.), 
splitting into 3 to 4 blunt and irregular lol)es. Receptacle to 3i x 1-lin. 
(8 X ;! cm.), fusiform, hollow, acuminate above and below, pervious at the apex, 
wliite at the base, becoming salmon-pink at tlie glebiferous region. Gleba borne 
on an irregular, fragile, raised network of variable meshes, olivaceous, foetid. 
Spores elliptical, hyaline, smooth, 3 to 3.5 x 1 to 1.8 g. — Cunningham. New 
South Wales — Sydney suburbs, Nortli Dorrigo. Queensland. Victoria. Not yet 
recorded for South Australia. (Plate VIII. Figure 1.)] 
ITHYPHALLUS (Fr.) Fischer. 
(Gr., ithyphallos, the phallos carried in the festivals of Bacchus.) 
Receptacle a hollow cylindrical or fusoid stem bearing an aj)ically attached 
campanulate pileus, which may be smooth, rugulose or reticulate ; a]>ex usually 
pervious ; indusium absent, but an evanesccmt veil often present. Gleba 
olivaceous, mucilaginous, usually foetid, covering the exterior of the pileus. — 
Cunningliam. 
438. Ithyphallus rubicundus (Bose.) Fischer (L., ruhieundus, ruddy). — 
Peridium ovate or subglobose, to l),in. (3 cm.) diameter, solitary or in small 
groups of two to six. Receptacle variable in size and shape, fusiform or 
cylindrical, to (i x Igin. (IS x 3 cm.), scarlet, wall several chambers in thickness; 
pileus conical, slightly rugulose, scarlet, aj)ox perforate. Gleba covering the 
exterior of the pileus, mucilaginous, foetid, olivaceous. Spores smooth, elliptical, 
tinted, 3.5 to 5 x 1.5 to 2 g. — (’unningham. South Australia — Adelaide (in 
buffalo grass lawn), near Kingston, near Naracoorte. Queensland. New South 
Wales. Victoria. Tasmania. India. Africa. West Indies. North America. 
April to June, October. 
DICTYOPHORA Desvaux. 
(Gr., dtotyon, a network; phoreo, 1 bear constantly.) 
Witli the characters of Ithypludlus and in addition a <letinite indusium. This 
is a campanulate, latticed, pseudoparenchymatous j)endent membrane, apically 
attached to the apex of the receptacle beneath the pileus, and basally free, 
extending to a position midway between volva and pileus. — Ounningham. 
Not yet recorded for South Australia. 
CLATHRACEAE. 
Peridium ovate or subglobose, at first sui)inerged, becoming superficial or almost 
so ; rupturing from the apex downwards to form several lobes, exposing the 
receptacle and persisting as a volva supporting this structure ; gelatinous layer 
broken into plates by ban<ls of intermediate tissue corresponding with the arms 
of the receptacle. Receptacle completely free within the vedva, of various types, 
stipitate or sessile, clathrate, columnar, or of apically united, connivent or free 
arms arising from the apex of the stipitate base, chambered, pseudoparenchyma- 
tous. Gleba borne on the arms of the receptacle or u[)on some modified portion 
of these. Basidia bearing 4-8, sessile, elliptical, smooth, continuous spores. — 
Cunningham. 
The Lattice Fungus, Clathms gracilis, is not uncommon and the remarkable- 
looking Lysurus sulcat'us is occasionally found in buffalo-grass lawns in the 
early autumn. 
ANTHURUS Kalchbrennor. 
(Gr., (inthos, a flower; oura, the tail.) 
Peridium of three layers, the outer furfuraceous and thin, tlie middle laver 
thick and gelatinous. Receptacle a short, cylindrical or flaring hollow stem, 
bearing apically a variable number (3 to 8) of simple, brittle arms organically 
united apically (though often breaking free at maturity). Gleba borne on the 
inner surfaces of the arms, mucilaginous, foetid, (divaceous. Spores tinted or 
hyaline, continuous, smooth, elliptical. Growing on the ground or on decaying 
wood — Cunningham. 
