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THE LARGER FUNGI 
PAAIILY LYCOGALACEAE. 
‘ ‘ Sporangia forming an aetlialium ; psendo-capillitiuni consisting of smooth or 
wrinkled branching colourless tubes. ’ ’ — Lister. 
LYCOGALA Adanson. 
(Gr., lylcos, a wolf; gala, milk.) 
‘ ‘ Aetlialium subglobose or conical, with a cortex consisting of two or more 
closely combined layers of different structure; the outer layer has large cell-like 
vescieles, which are either embedded or superficial, and is traversed by interlacing 
tubular threads which pierce the homogeneous inner layer, and are continuous 
with the tubes of the pseudo-eapillitium ; the latter are grey or colourless, wrinkled 
or nearly smooth. ’ ’ — Lister. 
579. Lycogala. epidendrum Fr. (Gr., epi, on; dendron, a tree). — “Plasmodium 
coral-red, rarely white, cream-coloured or yellow. Aethalia crowded or scattered, 
subglobose, sessile, .'1 to 15 mm., pinkish-grey, yellowish-brown, red-brown or 
nearly black, minutely warted; cortex varying in thickness, minutely warted, with 
irregular superficial vescieles. Pseudo-eapillitium arising from the inner side of 
the coi'tex in the form of loosely branching and anastomosing thin-walled tubes, 
Aiirying from o to 20 g diameter, usually marked with close transverse wrinkles; 
free branches numerous, clavato or rounded at the ends. Mass of spores pinkish- 
grey or pink, becoming ochrsmeous with age; spores almost colourless, loosely 
reticulated over tlie greater part of the sui'face, the remaining part marked with 
a loose reticulation or with short raised lines and warts, 4 to 7 ,«■ On dead 
wood.” — Lister. Eecorded from New South Wales and probably occurs in this 
State. 
This species suggests a wood-inhabiting species of Lycoperdon (puff-ball), for 
which it may be mistaken. 
