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THK LARGER FI’X(;i 
474. Tulostoma albicans ysu-. nigroslmnn. Cuim. (L., niger, black; ostnim, door 
or mouth). — Peridium similar to T. alhicans but differing in that the mouth is 
strongly coloui'ed, usually brown, frequently lea<l-coloured. — Cunningham. South 
Australia — Encountei' Bay. New South AVales. May, duly, September. 
Spores strongly verrucose or verrucose-echinulate. 
475. Tulostoma McAlpinianum Lloyd. (After I). Me Alpine, for many years 
Government Vegetable Patliologist for Victoria). — Peridium globose to depressed- 
globose up to lin. (12 mm.) high, ;)in. (15 mm.) diameter; exoperidium soon 
falling away from the u;)per portion, but remaining at the base of the endo- 
peridium as a thickened, closely adherent ilisc, ; endoperidium smooth, partly 
covered with adhering partiides of the exoi>eridium, or slightly j)itted, papyraceous, 
dingy white or pallid tan. Mouth small, 1 to 1.5 mm. diameter, circular, short- 
tubular, entire. Stii)e ). to .'il.in. (2 to 8 cm.) x 3 to 5 mm. equal, slightly or 
not thickened basally, coloured bay- or chestnut-brown, fibrillose, stiiate, woodv, 
stuffe<l. Gleba reddish-brown; capillitium hyaline or tinted, threads sparingly 
branched, sparsely sei)tate, se()ta slightly swollen. Spores globose or subglobose, 
5 to S g; e()ispo're pallid ferruginous, coarsely, bluntly and sparsely verrucose, 
1 iJ. thick. Solitai'V or gi'Cgarious on the ground. — Cunningham. South Australia 
— Adelaiile, near Morgan, Kinchina, Ooluea, Penola State Forest (S.E.). New 
South Wales. Alarcli, .Ir.ne to August, November. 
Differs from the two i)receding species in the spore markings. 
Tulo.'itoma ynacroxpomm (Cunn. has been found at Dubbo, New South Wales; 
T. adhaereng Lloyd at Narrabeen, New South Wales; T. brumale Pet's, in A ic- 
toria and New Zealand; and T. Pttrpugii Hennings in Sydney. None of these 
species lias yet been found in South Australia. 
Aloutli definite, fibrillose. 
Spores perfectly smooth. 
47(). Tulostoma obesitm Cke. et Ellis (Syn., T. poculatum White.) (L., obesus, 
fat). — Peridium depressed-globose, up to ' =in. (10 mm.) high, Ln. (12 mm.) 
iliameter; exojieridium breaking away completely save the jiersistent basal por- 
tion; endoperidium fawn-coloured ‘or dingy-white, smooth. Mouth raised, 
surrounded by a. circular, fibrillose area, which mav attain to a diametei of 
3 mm. Stipe' 1 to L.in. (2 to 3 cm.) x 3 to 5 mm., tan-coloured, sulcate, striate, 
equal,' stuffed, slightly bulbous at the base. Gleba ferruginous; capillitium tinted 
or hyaline, threads s}>aringlv branched, slightly swollen at the se])ta. Spoies 
glob(')se or subglobose, 4 to (i p, apiculate; episi)ore pallid ferruginous, perfectly 
smooth, 0.75 p thick. Solitary or gregarious on the ground. — Cunnmgluim. 
South Australia — Beaumont (Adelaide), Kinchina, Port Augusta district. Cen- 
tral Australia— Macdonald Downs (100 miles N.E. of Alice Springs). New 
South Wales. New Zealaml. North America. May to August, November. 
Spores finely and distinctly verruculose. 
477 Tulostoma minutum AVhite (L., mirmlu.i, minute). — Peridium depressed- 
globose, 4 to Sin. (0.5 to 1 cm.) high, f to 4in. (1 to 2 cm.) diameter ; exo- 
peridium dingy brown, imiierfectlv breaking away from the upper part of the 
(uidoperidium l)ut remaining at ^he base; endoperidium pallid-chestnut-bi imn, 
membranous. Mouth sUghtlv raised, fibrillose, small, 2 mm. diameter. Stipe 
# to 4in (1 to 2 cm.) x 2 to 4 mm., slender, stuffed, brown, striate, frequently 
with a small mvcelial pad at the base. Gleba ferruginous ; capillitium tinted, 
threads sparingl'v branched, septa slightly swollen. S()ores globose or siiliglobose, 
4 to (i p, apiculate; eiiisiiore ferruginous, miiiutely and closely verruculose, 1 p 
thick. Solitary on the ground. — Cunningham. South Austriilia Beaumont, 
Berri, Barton. 'Central Australia — Dashwood Creek, .laniiary, February, August. 
Spores verrucose. 
478. Tulostoma subfuscum AVhite. (L., s-iibfusciis, somevvhat fuscous). 
Peridium depressed-globose, up to fin. (12 mm.) high, ”in. (15 mm.) diametei , 
exoiieridium dingy brown, imperfectly breaking away from the apical portion 
but remaining as' a firm membrane at the base of the endoperidium; the latter 
smooth varying in colour from bay-brown to dingy ferruginous, tough, mem- 
branous. Mouth raised, minute, surrounded by a scanty, fibrillose zone 1 to 
2 mm. diameter. Stipe 1 to L.in. (2 to 3 cm.) long x 2 to 3 mm., fibrillose or 
