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1229. Podaxis carcinomalis. Linn. Fr. Syst. Myc. hi., 62. 
Sacc. Syll. vii., 168. 
Peridinm ovate-oblong, whitish, irregularly dehiscing at the 
base; stem cylindrical, even, thick, curved ; spores dark brown, 
elliptical, 10 x 12 p, threads thicker than the spores. Peridium 
7-20 c.m. high, 5-12 e.tu. broad. Stem 12-40 c.m. long. 
In sandy places. Queensland. S. Australia. 
1230. Podaxis indica. Spreng, Syst. Veg. v., 518.= 
Podaxon pisiillaris., Linn. Fr. Syst. Myc. ill., 63. Sacc. 
Syll. vii., 171. 
Stem fibrilloscly striate, often longitudinally twisted ; peridium 
clavate, ovaie-oblong, four times broader than the stem, which is 
twice as long, invested with a saffron yellow membrane, flocci 
curved, flexible, collapsing, ferruginous ; spores subglobose, of the 
same colour, then vinous, 10-12 x9-10 p. Peridium 7-10 c.m. x 
3-4 c.m. Stem 10-17 c.m. long. 
On the ground. Victoria. Queensland. (Fig. 112.) 
1231. Podaxis axata. Bose. Mass. Mon. p. 14.=Podaxon 
calyptratns., Fr. Syst. Myc. in., 63. Sacc. Syll. vii., 170. 
Tuberous, rooting, oblong, prolonged downwards ; stem fistulose, 
substance woody, formed of obliquely twisted fibres ; peridium 
ovate, columella continued from the stem, when mature splitting 
into numerous laciuia;, clad at the apex with the scaly remains of 
the calyptra. Spores somewhat olive, 18-20 x 10-12 p. (Peri- 
dium 6-8 c.m. high. Stem 10-17 c.m. long.) 
Dry sandy places. Lachlan River. Wilcanna. 
Genus 17. GYMNOGLOSSTJM. Mass. 
Peridium entirely absent at every stage, the gleba consequently 
naked, subcylindrical, attenuated upwards, broken up throughout 
its entire substance into numerous large, irregular cavities, lined 
with large, clavate tetrasporous basidia, sterigmata elongated, 
slender ; spores coloured ; stem distinct, elongated, solid, passing 
up into the gleba for about half its height as a central columella. 
1232. Gynmoglossum stipitatiuu. Mass. Grev. xix., 97. 
Gleba obtusely conical, irregularly uudulated and lacunose, pale 
brown, 5 c.m. high, 2 c.m. broad; stem about 1-5 c.m. high, 3-4 
m.m. thick, solid, whitish within, pale brown externally, continuing 
for about two-thirds the height of the gleba as a subflexuous 
columella ; external cavities of gleba sterile, inner irregularly 
angular or flexuose, lined with basidia ; spores elliptical, ends 
acute, smooth, olive-brown, 10x6 p. 
On the ground. N.S.Wales. (Fig. 135). 
Genus 18. FROTOGLOSSUM. Mass. 
Subterranean ; peridium elongated, cylindrical, vertical, some- 
times attenuated at the base into a very short stem-like portion, 
that is continued for a very short distance up the peridium as a 
rudimentary columella ; peridium thick, continuous, indehiscent ; 
