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apophysis pvesojit or alisent; pedicel slender, 8 t,o (i mm. long. Peristome suleate, 
]iroinineni, narrowly conical, concolorons. G'leba ferruginous; columella inevi- 
dent; capillitiuin threads tinted, fusiform, simple. Spores globose, 5.4 to 6.2 
g, episi)ore dark umber, moderately and coarsely verrucoso, reticulate. Solitary 
or in groups on vegetable debris on the ground.— Cunningham. South Australia 
— Black Hill (near Adelaide), Glen Osmond, National Park, Port Elliot, Port 
Lincoln. New South lYales. Now Zealand. Europe. North America. May to 
.August, necember. 
517. Geaster plicatm Berk. (L., pUoatiis, folded ) .—Separated from G. 
jierfmffttis only by the plicate base of the (mdoperidium. South Australia — 
Eiillarton (Adelaide), Encounter Bay. Victoria. Tasmania. New' Zealand. New 
Caledonia, India. Ceylon. South Africa. April, IMay. 
Geaster Kryantii Beik. (After Charles Bryant). — Separated from G. pectinatus 
by a well-defined collar or ring around the base of the endoperidium. Recoided 
for the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, but not yet for South Austrsilia. 
Europe. North Ameiica. 
518. Geaster ellipticis Cunn. (Gr., eUeipsin, an ellipse, an oval figure). — Plants 
i‘.t first globose, submerged, becoming superficial and expanded when 1 to llin. 
(2 to .8 cm.) across. Exoperhiium split to about the .middle into 8 to 14 sub- 
ecjual, acute rays which, are expanded or slightl,y involute; fleshy layer thin, 
nmre or less completely flaking awa,y and leaving eX])osed the pallid tan fibrous 
layer; exterior covered with debris held by the adnatc my'celial layer, which 
flakes more or less completely away; base concave. Endoperidium pedicellate, 
subgiobose or urceolate, • to *in. (1 to 2 cm.) <Uameter, brown, smooth, shining, 
apophysis frequently present, base smooth; pedicel short. Peristome isulcate, 
prominent, conical, elliptical, up to 8 mm. long, sometimes two present on the 
same plant, concolorous or darker. Gleba chocolate or almost black; columella 
wanting. Spores 4 to 6.8 y, globose or subgiobose; epispore dark-luown, 
moderately and coarsely verrucose, reticulate. Solitary or in groups on the 
ground under scrub. — ^Ounningham. South Australia — Pesirson Island (Great 
Australian Bight). January. 
Geaster Ifariotii Lloyd has been recorded from New South Wales but not yet 
from South Australia. 
519. Geaster Berkeley! Mass. (After Reverend Miles Joseph Berkeley, the 
father of British mycology). — ^Plants at first globose, submerged, becoming super- 
ficial when expanded and 2* to 8-Hn, (6 to- 9 cm.) across. Exoperidrum split to 
about the middle into 7 to 9 unequal, acute, expanded or slightly revolute rays; 
fleshy layer brown, even, slightl.v rimose; e.xterior covered with debris held by 
the adnate, persistent mycelial la,ver; base concave. Endoperidium pedicellate, 
ovate, up to l*in. (3 cm.) diameter, brown, coarsely papillate or granular; 
pedicel short, 3 to 5 mm. long. Peristome suleate, prominent, conical, surrounded 
by a depressed, smooth, silk,v zone which is usually lighter in oolour. G'leba 
uinbe]-; columella short, globose. Spores globiose, 3 to 6 ejiispore umber, 
acutely w'arted. Solitary on ground under trees. — Cunningham. South Australia. 
England. 
520. Geaster campester Morgan. (L., campester, pertaining to a field). — Plants 
small, globose, at first submerged, becoming superficial and expanded when up 
to IJin. (4 cm.) across. Exoperidium split to about the middle i,nto 7 to 12 
acute, equal rays which aie expande<l when wet, involute when dry, folding 
over or under the endoperidium, or sometimes revolute ; fleshy hrver undmr, ad- 
nate, continuous or rimose; exterior covered with debris held by the closely ad- 
nate mycelial layer, becoming partl,v smooth; base unibilicate, Endoperidium 
shortly pedicellate, depressed-globose or subgiobose, up to §in. (15 nmi.) diameter, 
dingy- white, tan or btiv-bi'own, finel,v and closely asperate. Peristome conical, 
acute, seated on a depressed zone, which may be absent, frequently darker in 
colour. Gleba umber; ciolumella clavate, conspicuous. Spores globose, 6 to 8 
y, epispore chestnut-brown, closely and spai'sely veri'ucose. Solitary or in groups 
on the ground. — Cunningham. South Australia — Ilallett’s Cove, Kinchina, 
Mannum. Hungary. North Amei'ica. April, July, August. 
Geaster Clelanclii Lloyd occurs in Western Australia and Victoria but has not 
,vet been found in South Australia. 
