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globose, collapsed, naked, pallid, sessile, peristome acute, floccu- 
losely fimbriate or silky, seated on a broad determinate orbicular 
circle ; capillitium of filiform threads (4-5 p diam.), pale fuliginous 
spores globose, minutely guttulate and echinulate, 2f-3 p, fuligin- 
ous, nearly hyaline. 
On the ground. Queensland. N.S. Wales. Tasmania. W. 
Australia. 
1262. Geaster lageniformis. Vitt, Lycop. 160, t. 1, /. 2. 
Sacc. Syll. vii., 246. 
Outer peridium cut nearly to the middle in 6-9 lobes ; lacinm 
revolute from the brohdly saccate base, enclosing the inner peri- 
dium in a cup, very long, narrowed at the point, then flaccid, and 
twisted at the apex, inner stratum waxy, soft, fragile, pallid flesh- 
colour, external stratum scarred by longitudinal whitish lines ; 
inner peridium subsphajrical, sessile, soft, membranaceous, flaccid, 
not shining, peristome piano-conical, rugulosely striate, rather 
silky, girt by an orbicular disc ; capillitium lax, ad n ate to the 
walls and columella, which latter is clavate. Spores sphseroid, 
granulate, even, 2|-3 p diam., yellowish-olive. 
On the ground. Queensland. 
1263. Geaster Speggazinianus. Toni. Sacc. Syll. vii., 
724. 
Outer peridium split into 8-16 stellate narrowly involute 
lacinke, base saccate. Inner peridium globose, sessile, membra- 
naceous, or rather cartilaginous, tough, gilvons ; mouth acutely 
umbonate, penicillate, silky, and rather fimbriate, darker, indeter- 
minate, gleba brown, rather sooty, columella very short, scarcely 
distinct. Spores globose, rough, dingy olive (about 5 p diam.). 
On the ground. Queensland. Victoria. 
1264. Geaster floriformis. Vitt. Lycop. 167, t. 1, /. 5. 
Sacc. Syll. vii., 248. 
Outer peridium cut into 5-8 lobes, which arc elegantly revolute, 
and rather thin. Lacuna? straight, sublanceolate, inner stratum 
thin, between waxy and cartilaginous, dingy flesh-colour, hygro- 
metrical, external stratum thin, whitish, rather shining, beautifully 
fibrous ; inner peridium ovate-oblong, papery, sessile, greyish- 
white, shining ; peristome minute, papillseform, not determinate ; 
capillitium lax, adnate to the columella and peridium, composed 
of pallid yellow threads, 6-7 p broad. Columella thin, compressed, 
filiform. Spores globose, echinulate, 3|-4 p diam., brownish. 
On the ground. Victoria. Queensland. 
1265. Geaster pusillus. Fries PL Priess. n., 139. Sacc. 
Syll. vii., 249. 
Outer peridium splitting in eight lobes, laciniae flattened, 
involute when dry, flaccid ; inner peridium globose, sessile, even, 
becoming whitish ; peristome papillate and prominent. Spores 
and flocci dark fuliginous. 
On sandy soil. W. Australia. 
