4. Cor ticium roseum (Fr. Ep. p. 560).
Hab. On dead wood, Archer,
5. Corticium sulphureum (Fr. Ep. p. 561).
Hab. On dead wood. Archer.
6 . Cor ticium cretaceum (Fr. Ep. p. 566).—Thelephora cretácea, 06s. i. p. 153.
Hab. On dead bark, Archer.
7 . Cor ticium A r ch e r i (Berk.); rcsupiuatum, rufo-pallidum, intus album, crassiusculum, rimosum,
immarginatum.
Hab. Ou charred wood. Archer.
Effused, resupinate, immarginate, of a dirty pale-nifous, cracked, white within.—Allied to C. caiiieum.
S. Cor ticium arachnoideum (Berk, iu Ann. Nat. Hist. xiii. p. 345).
Hab. On dead wood, Archer.
Specimeus occur in the coüection which I at first referred to Auricularia minuta, Berk,, but I am now inchned
to refer tbeiu as a var. to hirsutum.
Gen. XXVI. GUEPINIA, Fr.
Gelatinosa, subtremellina, intumescens, sicca contraliitur, subcartilaginea. Hymenium definite inferum
vel primitus superum, immutatum, persistens.
Between Thelephora and Tremella. Some of tbe species are beautiful Fungi. (Name from Guepin, a French
botanist.)
1. Guepinia Pezizaeformis (Berk, in Hook. Lond. Joum. Bot. iv. p. 60).
Hab. On dead wood, J . J). U., Gunn, etc.
Gen. XXV II. CYPHELLA, Fr.
Submembranacea, postiee adnata, subporrecta, pendula, raro erecta. Hymenium ut plurimum inferum,
non discretum, demum insequabile.
This genus includes those cup-shaped Fungi which are destitute of true asci. The species are mostly small
and obscure. (Name from nxfios, leaning forward)
1. Cyphe lla muscigena (Fr. Ep. p. 567).
Hab. On mossy twigs, Archer.
2. Cjrphella capula (Fr. Summa. p. 336).
Hab. On dead bark, Archer.
Geu. XX V III. CLAVARIA, L.
Carnosa, ramosa 1. simplex, teres absque stipite distincto; hymenio contiguo, sicco.
A vast genus, represented in Tasmania by several European forms, of which one or two arc esculent. I have
seen two other species besides those here enumerated, but cannot determine them from dried specimens. (Name
from clava, a club.)
1. Clavaria B o tr jrtis (Pers. Fr. Ep. p. 571).
Hab. On the ground, Archer.
2. Clavaria c r ista ta (Holmsk. Fr. Ep. p. 572).
IÍAB. On the ground, and on Fcrn-stems, 'Archer.
A fuliginous variety, wliiuli is sometimes divided, sometimes simply clavate, and then approaching the dark
state of Clavaria rugosa.
3. Clavaria lu tea (Vittadini, Fung. Mang. t. 29. f. 3).
H a b . On the ground. Archer.
4. Clavaria inæqualis (Muell. Fr. Ep. p. 577).
H a b . On the grouud. Archer.
There are two fonns in tho collection, a larger and a smaller.
5. Clavaria A r ch eri (Berk.) ; fasciculata, brevis, aurantiaea, flabellato-clavata, rugosiuscula. (Tab
CLXXXIII. Fig. 3.) '
I I a b . On the ground. Archer.
About 1 inch high, tufted, orange, flabellato-elavate from a thin stem, slightly wrinkled.—A very pretty species,
approaching in appearance some of the pale Thelephora. There is a taller variety of a deeper tint, and less tufted
growth.—P la t e CLXXXIII. Fig. 3, plants, nat. size.
6 . Clavaria rhizomorpha (Berk.) ; erumpens, confluens, castaneo-rubra, subsimulex. (T a b .
CLXXXIII. Fig. 4.)
H a b . Ou dead bark. Archer.
Springing from cracks in the bark, confluent at the base, of a rich chestnut-red, simple or very shghtfy branched,
irregular, obtuse.—A vciy singular species, with the habit of fefocer«.-P l a t e CLXXXIII. Fig. 4, plants, not
size.
7. Clavaria jú n c ea (Fr. Ep. p. 579).
I I a b . On twigs. Archer.
The Tasmaniau foim is very slender, and creeps frequently for several inches along decayed tivigs. It is, I believe,
the same with Calocerafilum. Lev., a Chilian Fungus, confounded by Léveillé with Crinula Guyana, M., which,
however similar in appearance when incomplete, is distinguished when perfect by its abrupt, terminal, globular head.’
Geu. XXIX. CALOCERA, Fr.
Omnia Clavaria excepto contextu firmo gelatinoso.
Distinguished fi-om Clavaria by the gelatinous substance, in consequence of which, when drj-, the plant appears
horny. (Name from /coXoç, beautiful, and »cepas, a horn)
1. Caloce ra G uepinioides (Berk, in Hook. Lond. Joum. Bot. iv. p. 61).
PIa b . On dead wood, J . J). JL , Archer.
The Tasmanian specimens belong to the simple form.
Gen. XXX. TREMELLA, B'lll.
Gelatinosa, tremula, immarginata, enucleata, contextu fioccoso, epapillosa, undique fructificans. Spora
e sporophoris discretis oriuudæ, simplices.
Separated from Dacrymyces by its simple, not septate spores, and from some others of the section bv its more
gelatinous substance aud indeterminate hymenium. (Name from tremulus, trembling ; in allusion to the' soft substance.)
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