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Genus 14. CYCLODERMA. Klotsclu 
Sessile. Peridium double; exterior coriaceous, soft, interior 
distinct, thin and papery; eolutnella scyphiform, adnate in the 
centre of the peridium, capillitium radiating, joining the inner 
wall of the peridium to the columella. Spores minute. 
1225. Cycloderma platyspora. Che. cj- Mass. Grev. xvi., 74. 
Ovate, somewhat umbonate at the apex, external peridium thick, 
flexile, continuous, even, ochraceous ; internal peridium thin, 
shining ; columella conic or clavate, central ; capillitium and 
spores cinereous-lilac, threads simple, radiating, pallid, equal to 
the diameter of the spores. Spores globose, minutely rough with 
granules, pale grey (8 p. diam.). 
On the ground. Victoria. (Fig. 110). 
Genus 15. MESOPHELLIA. Berk. FI. Tasm. 266. 
Peridium thick, coriaceous, corky, or fragile, attached to creep- 
ing branched libres; capillitium anastomosing, radiating from a 
central corky columella. Spores fusoid, hyaline. 
1226. Mesophellia arenaria. Berk. Linn. Trans, xxn., 131, 
t. 25. tsacc. Syll. vn., 162. 
Peridium thick, elliptical, often depressed, externally clad with 
whitish flocci, internal hyphas reddish grey, radiating from the 
central suberous columella; spores fusoid, obtuse at the ends, 
12 x 4 /a, brownish. 
On the ground. Tasmania. New Holland. (Fig. 111.) 
1227. Mesophellia ingratissima. Berk. Linn. Jotirn. xviii., 
386. Sacc. Syll. vn., 163. 
Strong- scented ; peridium crustaceous, very fragile, subglobose; 
flocci thin, brownish ; spores shortly fusiform, apiculate at each 
end, 10-12 p diam., brownish. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
1228. Mesophellia scleroderma. Cooke Grev. xiv., p. 11. 
Sacc. Syll. vii., 164. 
Peridium hard, corky, ochraceous, depressedly globose, exter- 
nally cracked to the apex in rhomboidal areolae; internally olive, 
centre hollow ; spores elliptical, nearly hyaline, 10x4/i; capil- 
litium obsolete. 
On the ground. New Zealand. 
Genus 16. PODAXIS. /)ssi\=Podaxon. Fries. 
Peridium at first subterranean, sessile, concealing the gleba, 
which is traversed by a central axis ; substance of gleba spongy, 
without distinct cavities or plates. Asci monosporous, in dense 
clusters; capillitium copious, or obsolete. Peridium after spore 
formation elevated on a long stem, dehiscing at maturity by being 
irregularly torn, and separating from the stem at its basal attach- 
ment.— Mass. Mon. Bodaxis. 
