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Genus 6. LYSURUS. Fr. Sys. Myc. n., 285. 
Receptacle stipitate, divided above in vertical lobes, free at the 
apex, distinct from the stem. Sporiferous pulp on the interior of 
the lobes. 
1198. Lysurus australiensis. Cooke 4' Mass. Gvev. xviil., 
p. 6.=Mutinus sulcatus., C. <$• M. Gvev. xvii. 
Receptacle (2-3 c.rn. long) tawny, for the most part five-lobed; 
lobes attenuated upwards, at first connivent, then somewhat 
reflexed, with a longitudinal depression along the middle, trans- 
versely rugose. Stem cylindrical (10-12 c.m. long, nearly 2 c.m. 
thick), hollow, Cellular, whitish. Volva globose, torn in lobes, 
white. Pulp rufous brown, becoming blackish. Spores 3 x 1 p. 
On the ground. Queensland. (Pig. 102.) 
Genus 7. ANTHURUS. Kalch. Gvev. ix., p. 2. 
Receptacle stipitate, or with a very short stem, divided above 
into erect patent laeiniaa, free at the apices, but running down 
direct into the stem, and not distinct from it. 
1199. Anthurus Mullerianus. Kalch. Phall. Novi. 22, t. 3, 
f. 3. Sacc. Syll. vii., 69. 
Receptacle yellow, becoming reddish, below the middle stem- 
like, about the base scarcely 5 m.m. thick, above cup-shaped or 
funnel-shaped, dilated ; margin over an inch broad, divided into 
eight distant lacinise, separated by a rounded sinus J in. long, erect, 
patent, apex recurved, inner face red and rugose. 
On the ground. N.S. Wales. (Fig. 103.) 
1200. Anthurus? Archeri. .Berk, in FI. Tasm. n., p. 264. 
Sacc. Syll. vii., 71. 
Receptacle 3£ in. high, rosy; stem very short (2 c.m. long), 
dividing into five very long erect lobes, a little recurved at the 
apices, attenuated in both directions, four or three-angled (1 cm. 
thick), pierced with numerous cavities, very shortly bifid at the 
extremity. 
On the ground. Tasmania. 
Genus 8. ASEROE. La Bill. Voy. p. 145. 
Receptacle stipitate, expanded above in a horizontal limb or 
disc, with the margin divided into teeth. Sporiferous pulp 
imposed on the upper surface of the disc or limbs, but not on the 
upper part of the teeth. 
1201. Aserde rubra. La Bill. Voy. 145. Sacc. Syll. vn., 76. 
Stem becoming red, or pallid rose, pervious at the apex, 
superior margin horizontally expanded, inferior running into the 
stem ; margin divided into 5-8 teeth, red above, horizontally 
expanded, bifurcate more or less deeply, the twin branches joined 
at an acute angle; sporiferous pulp covering the limb and the 
upper surface of the base of the rays. 
On the ground. S. Australia. Victoria. Queensland. 
N.S. Wales. (Fig. 104.) 
