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divided apically into 5 to 7 arms wliieh are erect, hollow, narrowly lanceolate, 
* to liin. (10 to 30 mm.) long-, apically attenuate, transversely rugulose, pallid 
orange and differing in context from the stem. Gleba borne on the inner 
surface and edges of the arms, sometimes completely surrounding these, brownish, 
mucilaginous, foetid. Spores elliptical, smooth, hyaline or tinted, 4.5 to 5 x 
1.5 to 2 IX. — Cunningham. 
The _following is a more detailed description of South Australian, plants: — 
Arms 5 to^ 7, lin. (2.5 cm.) long, free or occasionally with two arms united 
above, upright but slightly spreading above, somewhat triangular, narrowing 
upwai'ds, external surface Light Pinkish Cinnamon (xxix.), Ochraceous Orange 
(XV.) or near Amber Brown (iii.) and longitudinally grooved, the grooves con- 
tinuous with the stem, the inner surface covered with the dark brown gleba, more 
or less transversely I'ugose, the rugae occasionally anastomosing and encroaching 
on the sides of the external groove and passing between the arms where the 
receptacle is represented merely by a narrow rim, the arms hollow with the inner 
surface folded to correspond witii the depressions in the outer surface. Stem 
cylindrical, occasionally with a trace of polygonal siding in the upper part, 
attenuated downwards, separated from the arms by a slight sulcus, tapering 
into the volva, ^in. (8 mm.) thick below, iin. (12 mm.) thick above, finely 
furrowed more or less longitudinally leaving somewhat elongated depressions 
between the furrows, some of these penetrating deeply and forming slightly 
elongated lacunae, white below, grailually jiassing into Cream Buff (xxx.) above, 
hollow with the cavity fin. ((i mm.) in diameter and narrowed but open above 
and below, the wall of two layers of cells, the inner the larger, or of 3 to 4 
layers. Volva wdiite, lax, torn irregularly into lobes. Smell sickly faecal. Spores 
4.5 X 2 IX. South Australia — On a buffalo-grass lawn at the Grange, Millswood, 
Black Forest, Clarence Park. Queensland. New South Wales. January to 
April, June. (Figure (il.) 
ASEROE La Billardiere. 
Peridium of three layers, the outer thin and furfuraceous, the middle thick 
and gelatinous. Receptacle a hollow cylindrical stem bearing apically a horizon- 
tal discoid expansion, to the margin of which are attached a variable number of 
horizontally ai-ranged arms, -ivhieli may be single or bifurcate. The apex of 
the stem is often covered with a diaphragm, usually wdth a small central perfora- 
tion. Gleba mucilaginous, olivaceous, foetid, imposed upon the upper surface 
of the disc, and proximal portions of the upper surfaces of the arms. Spores 
smooth, continuous, elliptical. Growing solitary on the ground or on rotting 
logs. — Cunningham. 
[439.\. Aseroe rubra La Bill. (L., ruher, red). — Peridium obovate, to Ifin. 
(3 cm.) diameter, dingy-white. Receptacle stem cylin<lrioal or flaring hollow, 
chambered, to 24 x im. ((i x 2 cm.), white and attenuate below, pink and 
expanding above into a broad horizontal, orbicular disc, to l-lin. (3.5 cm.) 
<liameter, to wdiich the arms are attached laterally. Diaphragm usually well 
developed, smooth or definitely rugulose, sometimes almost wanting. Arms in 
5 to 9 pairs^ conniving, to llin. (3.5 cm.) long, fin. ((1 mm.) wide near the 
base, longitudinally grooved basally, rugose on both surfaces but more deeply on 
the upper, or almost smooth, bifurcate at about fin. (15 mm.) from the base 
(sometimes bifurcate only near the apices), subulate towards the tips, which 
are often twisted. Gleba covering tlie disc, diaphragm and upper surfaces of 
the lower portions of the arms, foetid, mucilaginous, olivaceous. Spores tinted, 
often hyaline, elliptical, smooth, 4 to 5.5 x 1.5 to 2 ix. — Cunningham. Queensland. 
New South Wales — Sydney suburbs. Victoria. Tasmania. New Zealand. (Plate 
X. Lower figures.)] 
LINDERIA Cunningham. 
(After D. H. Linder, an American mycologist.) 
Peridium subglobose, of three layers, the outer furfuraceous, the middle one 
thick and gelatinous. Receptacle of simple columns, organically united a])ieally 
but free and tapering basally. Columns chambered, pseudoparenchymatous’ 
smooth or transversely wrinkled, but not winged; bearing on the upper parts of 
their inner surfaces the mucilaginous olivaceous gleba. Spores elliptical, smooth 
continuous. — Cunningham. ’ 
No species jmt recorded for Australia. 
