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Hab. Altogether subterranean or partly exposed. 
Specimen in Kew herbarium, from Tulasne, examined. 
Distr. Britain ; France ; Germany ; Italy ; N. Africa ; Palestine ; United 
States. 
Exsicc . Crypt Lusit., 30; Rab., Fung. Eur., 241 ; Desm., Cr. Fr., sdr. 2, 670 ; 
Thtim., Myc. Univ., 525; Ellis and Everh., N. Amer. Fung., 1782. 
Amylocarpus, Currey, Proc. Roy. Soc., ix, p. 119 (1857); Cooke, Brit. Fung., 
p. 743, fig. 346 (copied from Currey) (1871) ; Sacc., Syll., viii, p. 905 (1889). 
Ascophore globoso-depressed, minute, fleshy, more or less convolutely wrinkled. 
Aset elliptical, soon disappearing. Spores globose, colourless, with scattered long j 
slender spines. 
A genus of very uncertain affinities, retained here only because I am unable 
to suggest a more suitable location. The habit and structure are not at all in 
accordance with those of any other genus included in the present Family. It has 
only been met with once, and the material is limited in amount. A careful investiga- 
tion of recent specimens would in all probability throw more light on this anomalous 
fungus. 
Amylocarpus encephaloides, Currey, Proc. Roy. Soc., ix, p. 119 (1857); 
Cooke, Brit. Fung., p. 743 (1871); Sacc., Syll., viii, p. 905 (1889). 
Ascophore globoso-depressed, with sinuous, brain-like folds, fleshy, dull yellow, 
about 2-3 mm. diameter. Aset elliptical or broadly clavate, shortly stipitate, 
deliquescing at an early stage. Spores globose, hyaline, with sparsely scattered, 
very slender spines as long as the diameter of the spore, 10-12 /x diam. excluding 
the spines. 
Type specimen in Herb. Kew. examined. 
Each individual presents the appearance of a small round somewhat flattened 
body, of a dull yellow colour, and with an unevenness of surface caused by numberless 
convolutions of the integument. The diameter of the largest did not much exceed 
one-eighth inch. Externally with a strong resemblance to Dacrymyces deliquescens. 
The integument is of considerable thickness formed of several layers of cells, the 
outer large and rounded, the inner long and flat. The asci are broadly clavate, with 
a very short stem springing from threads proceeding from the inner surface of the 
integument. They are absorbed at an early period, and the sporidia form a dense 
mass. Sporidia globular, colourless, furnished with long delicate sharp rays, project- 
ing from the surface in every direction. Each sporidium with an internal nucleus, or 
oil-drop. Spores ^-^oth i nc h diameter (Currey). 
Hab. Growing gregariously on fragments of wood, on the sands by the sea 
shore, at Sketty, near Swansea. 
Distr. Britain. 
Excluded Species. 
The species of Sphaerosoma have been transferred to the Discomycetes. 
Choeromyces ganglionis, Vitt., is not a British species, and was added to our 
Flora owing to a mistaken identification. 
