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1206 . Cyathus desertorum. Muell. Linn. Journ. xviii., p. 
387. Sacc. Syll. vn., 104. 
Pallid, tomentose, smooth within and even ; sporangia black, 
externally delicately sulcate ; spores subglobose, 4§ x 4 p. Peridia 
5 m.m. broad, 1 c.m. high. 
On sandy soil. N.S. Wales. 
Section 2. Olla. Tul. 
1207 . Cyathus Lesueurii. Tul. Mon. Nid. t. v., /. 5-13. Sacc. 
Syll. vii., 109. 
Peridimn membranaceous, thin, grey, then pallid, externally 
clad with snbstellate hairs, or naked, internally smooth, not striate 
or ciliate at the margin; sporangia discoid, black, even, with a 
very thick, tough tunic (2-2^ m.m. diam.), substance thin ; spores 
thick, elliptic, even, jj 8§-38 X 22-24 p,. 
On rotten wood. Victoria. N.S. Wales. Queensland. 
1208 . Cyathus vernicosus. D. Cancl. Flor. Fr. n., 270. 
Tul. Mon. Nid t. v., /. 14-23. Sacc. Syll. vn., 110. 
Peridium campanulate, narrowed at the base, subsessile, broadly 
open above, undnlated-repand, ochraceous-pallid or cinereous, then 
dusky, tomeniose, at length becoming smooth, internally lead- 
colour or brown, shining, at length bay-brown, even; epiphrag- 
mium thin, floceose, white, torn ; sporangia pallid, then blackish 
(2^-3 m.m. diam ), even, mealy, orbicular, with a rather thick con- 
tinuous grey tunic, funiculus white; spores ovoid, 12-13 X 6^-7 
I u., even, hyaline. 
On the ground and twigs. Queensland. W. Australia. 
Victoria. 
1209 . Cyathus fimicola. Berk. Linn. Journ. xviii., 387. 
Sacc. Syll. vii., 1 1 6. 
Cup-shaped, umber, growing pale, minutely velvety; sporangia 
of the same colour (2 m.m. diam.) ; spores oval, 30 x 22 p. 
On dung. Queensland. Victoria. (Pig. 105.) 
1210 . Cyathus pezizoides. Berk. Linn. Journ. xviii., 387. 
Sacc. Syll. vii., 117. 
Cup-shaped, externally densely tomentose with flexuous hairs, 
umber, very small (1-1^ m.m. diam.), internally even, smooth 
sporangia lenticular, without umbilicus m.m. diam.) ; spores 
very numerous, oblong-elliptic, 7-8 x 4 p, smooth, hyaline. 
On rotting herbs. Queensland. 
1211 . Cyathus pusio. Berk. Linn. Journ. xviii,, 387. Sacc . 
Syll. vii., 118, 
Wineglass-shaped, whitish, externally clad with a fine adpressed 
tomentum, internally smooth, even ; sporangia pallid ; spores ellip- 
tical, 8-10 X 4 p, smooth, hyaline. 
On trunks of Kucalyptus. Queensland. 
