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THK LARGER FTXGI 
[4;18a. Antlmrus Rothae (Berk. M' Pkadior) Cunn. (A suniamo). — Poriilium 
white or greyish, sutigloliose, :■! to iin. (1.5 to 2 cm.) diameter, externally 
fuifuraeeous. Reia'ptuele vniiable in size, "> to 5 mm. tall, of o or 4 triquetrous 
or (|ua(lrat<‘ arm.s organically united apically, bas^dly contracted to form a short, 
cylindrical, hollow stem ; arms cream-coloureil basally, oi'ange or orange-red above, 
transversely rugulose, hollow, attenuate above and slightly arched outwards. 
Cileba olivaceous, borne on the inner surfaces of the upj)er parts of the anns, 
mucilaginous, foetid. Hpores tinted, elliptical, smooth, h to 4 x 1.5 to 2 /r. — 
Cunningham. Queensland. New South Wales — Bulli Pass. (Plate X. Two 
upper right tigures.)] 
irliofoa. hi/ S. 7Vc. 
Figure 61. — I/iixiirtix xiilcal ax (Cke. et Mass.) Cunn. (No. 439). 
The Grange. Showing also the .arms looked at from above. 
LYSURUS Pries. 
((Jr., lyo, 1 loosen: oimi, a tail.) 
Peridium of three layers, tlie outer thin ami furfuraceous, the middle laver 
thick and gelatinous. Receptacle a hollow cylindrical stem bearing a))ically 
several iirms, distinct from the stem, and (usually) free ajiically. Gleba 
olivaceous, mucilaginous, foetid, b<irne on the surfaces of the arms. S))oros 
elliptical, smooth, continuous. Oi'owing on the ground. — Cunningham. 
4119. Lysurus sulcatlts (Cke. et Mass.) Cunn. (8yn., Lymrus aiisfraliensis Cke. 
et Mass.) (L., mllcatuf:, furrowed). — Peridium subglobose, white, to 2lin. (.1 cm.) 
diameter. Receptacle to din. x (in. (15 x 2 cm.), stem white below, cream-buff 
above, cylindrical, or acuminate below, hollow, of 1 to layers of chambers. 
