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1343. Hymenogaster Klotschii. Tul. Fungi Hyp. t. 10,/. 
12. Sacc. Syll, 560. 
Obovate, fibrillose at the base ; perid iurn membranaceous, 
whitish, subtomontose, now and then tinged with yellowish spots ; 
cells dirty white, then ochraceous or rufescent, soft, moist ; spores 
16 x 9-i- p, ovate or elliptic, obtuse at the ends, 4-6 guttulate, even. 
In the ground. W. Australia. 
1344. Hymenogaster lycoperdinens. Vitt. Mon. Tub. t. 2, 
/• 5 . 
Peridium rounded, deformed, at first white, then brownish, 
smooth, soft within, paler, gleba soft, elastic, pale sooty brown, 
cells rather largo, irregular, directed in a series from the base to 
the centre ; spores rather numerous, somewhat fusiform, 19-23 x 
9-11 p, from sooty brown to nearly hyaline. 
On the ground. 
1345. Hymenogaster Moselei. B. <J- Br. Linn. Journ. xvi., 
40. 
Subglobose, attenuated at the base, citrine yellow, smooth (about 
1 in. diam.) ; hymenium ochraceous, base distinct, white ; spores 
ovate, attenuated at the apex, pedicellate, even, 1-2 guttulate, 15 
p diam., hyaline. 
On the. soil. N. 8. Wales. (Pig. 128.) 
Genus 37. HYDNANGIUM. Wallr. FI. Bonus, vn., 465. 
Peridium fleshy, or rather membranaceous, without sterile base, 
gleba elastic, solid, mostly bright coloured and multicellular, cells 
small, unequal, at first empty ; spores spherical or elliptic, minute, 
echinulate, pale or darker coloured. 
1346. Hydnangium brisbanensis. Berk. <j- Br. in Herb. 
Subglobose; peridium thick, dry, rugose, red-brown, gleba 
pallid ochraceous, cells empty, lax, growing from a basal point ; 
spores globose, minutely echinulate, 7-8 p diam. 
In the soil. Victoria. Queensland. (Fig- 129.) 
1347. Hydnangium tasmanicum. Kalchbr. in Herb. 
Subglobose, 2-5 c.m. diameter; peridium thick, dark brown, 
angular when dry, sterile base entirely absent, cells of the gleba 
large, irregularly angular, 1-2 m.m. in diameter, septa thick, 
ochraceous, not splitting; basidia clavate, tetrasporous, sterigmata 
short ; spores globose, brown, epispore thickly covered with large 
irregular warts, 13-14 p diameter. 
On the ground. Tasmania. 
Genus 38. GAUTIERIA. Vitt. Mon. Tub. 25. 
Peridium not distinct, or none, gleba fleshy, firm, externally and 
internally cellular, porose or lacuuose, internal cells labyrinthiform ; 
spores elliptic, obtuse, longitudinally striate. 
1348. Gautieria Drummondi. Berk, in Herb. Berk. 4446. 
Subglobose, small ; cells sinuous ; spores ellipsoid, with a large 
nucleus, 14-15 X 8, hyaline. 
In the soil. W. Australia. (Fig. 130.) 
