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1212 . Cyathus dasypus. Nees. Phys. Per. 41. Sacc. Syll. 
vii., 113. 
Peridium bell-shaped, subcylindrical, unequal, externally pale 
ochraceous, adpressedly and minutely tomentose, internally lead- 
colour, smooth, even ; sporaugioles thick, unequal and irregular, 
cinereous, smooth, umbilicus punctiform, funiculus small, white ; 
spores ovate (11 x 7f-8^ /t). 
On naked ground. Victoria. 
1213 . Cyathus fimetarius. DC. FI. Fr. v., 101. Sacc. 
Syll. vii., 121. 
Peridium hemispherical, wholly tawny-rufous, externally velvety, 
internally smooth ; sporangia of the same colour, lens-shaped, 
somewhat punctate or granulate. 
On dung. Queensland. 
1214 . Cyathus Colensoi. Berk. FI. Nov. Zeal. n. , 192. 
Sacc. Syll. vii., 127. 
Densely crowded, cup-shaped, £ in. high, thin, flexible, dirty 
umber-coloured, externally pubescent, internally even, brownish ; 
sporangia irregular, brown, thick walled (li-if m.m.) ; spores 
ovoid, minute, 8x6/4. 
On the ground. S. Australia. N.S. Wales. Tasmania. 
Genus 10. CRUCIBULUM. Tal. Mon. Nid. p. 89. 
Peridiutn at first globose, then crucible-shaped, closed by a 
mealy operculum of the same colour, continuous with the margin 
of the cups ; substance homogeneous, fibrous, not formed from 
distinct strata, mouth naked, not coronate ; sporangia flattened, 
orbicular. 
1215 . Crucibulum vulgare. Tul. Mon. Nid. p. 90. Sacc. 
Syll. 128. 
Peridium cylindrical-campanulate, truncate at both ends, ochra- 
ceous, then ferruginous, tomentose when young, then smooth, 
rather thick, even, mouth quite entire, naked, broadly open, inter- 
nally even, smooth, shining, yellow, becoming pallid; sporangia 
white, at length pallid, or pallid-oehraceous (1^-2 m.m. diam.) ; 
orbicular ; spores elliptic, 8-9 x 4-4§ /i. even, hyaline. 
On twigs, wood, etc. Victoria. Queensland. (Pig. 106.) 
1216 . Crucibulum simile. Mass. Grev. xix., 94. 
Crowded or usually scattered, subcylindrical, 6-7 m.m. high, 
becoming bell-shaped, and with the margin of the mouth revolute, 
externally densely crowded with a very short, dull, orange tomen- 
tum, internally whitish, smooth, even ; sporangiola biconvex, white, 
1 m.m. diameter ; spores colourless, subglobose, small, 4 x 3 /i. 
On bark and wood. New Zealand. Australia. 
Genus 11. SPH^ROBOLUS. Tode. 
Peridium rounded, at first closed, sessile, double, then stellate, 
interior membranaceous, at length elastic, ejecting the sporangiole, 
