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Wirrealpa (Flinders Range). Central Australia— Mount Liebig. Victoria. Wes- 
tern Australia. "^1 asmania. JSew Zealand. Europe. Xorth America «tc 
January, May to Sei)tember, November. (Figure 70.) < - ■ 
524. Geaster limbatus Fi'. (L., Umbatua, fringed). —Plants at first globose, 
submerged, becoming superficial and expanded when 1.! to 2)in. (.'! to (i cm.) 
acioss. Exopeiidium split to about the middle into 7 to 10 unecjual, acute I'ays 
which are expanded and revolute, or sometimes partially involute; ’fleshy layer 
bay-brown or ferruginous, continuous or rimose, frequentlv farinose; exterior 
covered witli debris held by the persistent, adnate mycelial layer, in old specimens 
fiecjuently paitially flaking away; base concave or plane. Endoperidium 
pedicellate, depressed-globose, ovate or sub-pyriform, glabrous when old, farinose 
when young, grey or weathering to umber, up to Sin. (1.5 cm.) diameter. 
I eiistome depiessed, acute, fibrillose, surrounded by a pallid or concolorous 
or silky zone. Gleba chocolate; columella almost obsolete. Spores globose, 4.9 
[Drawins! hi/ II. L. JuHi'liufi. 
Figure 70 . — Genufer mimiK (Pers.) Cunn. (No. 523), X2. 
to 5.4 / 1 -, epispore fuscous, acutely, densely and coarsely warted, opaque. In 
small groups on the ground. — Cunningham. South Australia — Kinchinii Murray 
-Bridge, Pinnaroo, Mount Lofty, near Adelaide, Hallett’s Cove, Encounter Bay. 
New South Wales. New Zealand. Europe. North America, etc. January' 
February, April to August, November, December. ' ’ 
525. Geaster yelutinus Morgan. (L., veluiinus, velvety). — Plants ovate, bluntly 
pointed, superficial, attached to the substratum by a central basal cord, becoming 
expanded when 1) to 2iin. (3 to (i cm.) across. Exopeiidium saccate, split to about 
the middle into 5 to 8 expanded or revolute, broad, thick, sub-equal rays which 
when dry frequently split into two thin, fibrous and persistent layers; fleshy 
layer flesh-coloured, umber and rimose when dry; exterior free from debris 
covered with close, brown, felted tomentum ; base convex, marked with a prominent 
umbilical scar. Endoperidium sessile; globose or de;)ressed-globose, up to ^in. 
(2 cm.) diameter, brown or pallid tan, minutely furfiiraceous or tomentose, lower 
portion enclosed by the saccate base of the exoperidium. Peristome ’ small, 
broadly conical, fibrillose, seated on a depressed silky zone, which may be wanting’ 
concolorous or pallid. Gleba umber; columella cylindrical; capillitiuni threads: 
occasionjilly branched near their apices. KSpores globose, 4.1 to 4.5 /i; epispore 
fuscous, finely and sparsely echinulate, reticulate. Epigaean; crowaled in small 
groups on vegetable debris or frequently on decaying wood on the forest floor. 
Cunningham. South Australia — Kinchina. New South Wales. New Zealand. 
North America, Africa. May to July. 
Gemter mirabilis Mont, said G. suhiculosus Cke. et Msiss. have been recorded 
from Queensland but not yet from South Australia. 
