VIII. FUNGI. 
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\_Hirneola. 
ii. 187. Globose-campanula te, oblique, brown-black, externally fawn-coloured, 
clothed with short bristly down. 
Northern and Middle Islands : common on trunks of trees, especially overhanging 
water. (S. America, Mauritius.) 
23. ASEROE, Labill. 
Volva globose, gelatinous within. Pileus stalked, divided at the summit 
into long radiating simple entire or forked horizontal arms. Hymenium at 
the base of the arms. 
A cinyous genus, the arms of whose pileus somewhat resemble a star-fish. Found in 
New Zealand, Ceylon, and Australia. 
1. A. rubra, Labill. FI. N. Holl. ii. ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 187. 2 to 
4 in. high ; stein as thick as the thumb, even. Pays of the pileus about 8, 
bright red, long, subulate, 1-2 in. long, split to the base, continuous with 
the stem, not divided from them by a deep groove. — Berk, in Hook. Loud. 
Journ. Bot. iii. 192. t. 5 A. 
Northern and Middle Islands : probably common, Auek'and and Nelson, Sinclair, 
Ilaast. (Australia.) 
2. A. Hookeri, Berk. in FI. F. Z. ii. 187. t. 105. f. 13. Much 
smaller than A. rubra , about 1 in. high, dark green or red. Stipes % in. 
thick, corrugated, Rays of the pileus about 8, split to beyond the middle, 
divisions filiform, subulate, separated from the stipes by a deep groove.— 
A. viridis, Berk, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iii. 192. t. 5 B. 
Northern Island: clay banks, Bay of Islands, J. 1). H., Colenso. 
24. ILEODICTYOIY, Tulasne. 
Volva globose, gelatinous internally. Pileus forming a globose network of 
anastomosing soft corrugated branches, which are hollow internally. Hy- 
meuium adhering to the inner walls of the network. 
A genus of 2 or 3 species, found in Australia, New Zealand, and Chili. The volva is 
esculent, and was much used by the natives. 
1. I. cibarium, Tulasne ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 188. Branches of the 
network stout, corrugated. 
Northern and Middle Islands : on the ground, probably common, Raoul, etc. 
2. I. gracile, Berk. Branches of the network slender, smooth and 
even. 
Middle Island : Otago, Lindsay. (Australia, Tasmania.) — Much smaller than 
S. cibarium. 
25. SECOTIUM, Kunze. 
Volva clothing the whole pileus, at length bursting away from it. Pileus 
stipitate, hollow, bearing a subglobular or conical hymenium on its apex, 
which is internally full of labyrinthiform cells. 
