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1188. Mutinus ? curt us. Berk, in Hoolc. Journ. 1845, 69. 
Sacc. Syll. vii., 38. 
About one inch. Receptacle broadly truncate at the apex, per- 
vious, spore-bearing portion (f in. long) oblong, smooth ; stem 
£ in. high, yellow, nearly equal, volva oblong, white, splitting 
with two or three irregular lobes. Very foetid. 
On the ground. W. Australia. 
1189. Mutinus papuasius. Kalch. Orev. iv., 74. Kalch. 
Phall.Novi. t. 3, f. 1. Sacc. Syll. vn , 39. 
About 3-4 in. high. Receptacle thin and slender (3-4 m.m. 
diam.), pallid. Spore-bearing portion ovate-conical or somewhat 
pear-shaped, thicker than the stem, even, black. 
On the ground. Queensland. (Rig 99.) 
1190. Mutinus? discolor. Kalch. Grev. ix., p. 2. Kalch. 
Phall. Novi. p. 19, t. 1 , f. 4. Sacc. Syll. 40. 
Stem cylindrical, orange ; spore-bearing portion one-sixth of the 
whole receptacle, broad, thimble-shaped, lower margin extruded, 
free, adnate above to the stem; apex at first closed, then per- 
vious, yellowish-grey, or at length turning black, delicately reticu- 
lately rugose. 
On the ground. Queensland. 
Section B. Clathreae. 
Sporiferous pulp spread over the interior face of the receptacle. 
Receptacle hollow, latticed, or lobed, stipitate, or without a stem. 
Genus 4, CLATHEUS. Mich. Nov. PI. p. 214. 
Receptacle without stem, hollow, clathrate, or consisting of a 
few vertical branches joined at the apex, enclosing the sporiferous 
pulp. 
1191. Clathrus triscapus. Tvrp. Did. Sci. t. 25, p. 248. 
Sacc. Syll. 51. 
Receptacle consisting of three vertical branches, slender, thin, 
and straight, attenuated upwards, diverging from the base, joined 
at the apex, white below, cinnabar red about the apex (2^ x 2 
in.), mass before liquefaction suspended at the apex of the 
receptacle. 
On the ground. Queensland. 
1192. Clathrus pusillus. Berk. Hook. Journ. 1845, p. 67, 1. 1, 
f. 6. Sacc. Syll. vn., 55. 
Small. Volva nearly cylindrical or obovate (^-| in. diam.). 
Receptacle cancellate in the upper portion, or consisting of vertical 
branches united at the apex (about 1^ in. high), transversely 
rugose, bright ruby red, interstices subpentagonal. Spores minute, 
oblong-elliptical. 
On the ground. Queensland. W. Australia. 
