In previous works we have studied the time of death of bone residuals through the following parameters: total lipids, triglicerides, cholesterol, free fatty acids, total proteins, zinc, iron, manganese, and phosphorus. These elements were quantified in groups of recent bones of 1 and 2 years and of 10, 15, 18, and 20 years postmortem. In this present work we are putting these results under statistical analysis consisting of a stepwise regression. This program selects and introduces in the regression the element that shows the highest correlation with the time of death. In successive steps the partial correlations between the date and the elements not already included in the regression are studied, while keeping the effects of the elements already included fixed. As a result we put forward three formulas in which the time of death appears linked with the parameters that define it best. In the first the time of death of the bones Y is estimated according to the protein X1. Y = 40.0014 − 7.4275X1 In the second formula the time of death Y, is estimated according to proteins X1 and triglicerides X2. Y = 45.5970 − 10.8096X1 + 0.4104X2 And in the thrid formula the time of death Y is estimated according to proteins X1, triglicerides X2, and cholesterol X3. Y = 52.2032 − 7.8213X1 + 0.6355X2 − 3.4930 In the three formulas the coefficients of the correlation between the time of death and the variables are improved when the logarithms of the variables are taken, instead of the original measurements.

A collective intoxication with chlorine gas in 76 children (21 males, 55 females; the median age was 9.9 years) is reported. They were treated with a combination of oxygen gas (02) and corticosteroids until the symptoms disappeared.

Re-examination of species ascribed to the genus Labyrinthomyces plus our collections of related undescribed taxa revealed three distinct morphological groups which we segregate at the generic level. All have globose to ellipsoid spores ornamented with amorphous, hyaline warts or ridges. Labyrinthomyces is retained as a monotypic genus characterised by a brown-tomentose peridium and paraphyses half as long as the asci. Dingleya contains six species (two newly described here) with tessellate-cracked to verrucose peridia. Reddellomyces has four species (one newly described) with white to pale brown, smooth peridia. The last two genera are known only from Australasia.*Part I, Aust. Syst. Bot., 1990, 3, 653–70.

The genus Mesophellia, type of the family Mesophelliaceae, has been restudied in light of extensive recent collections. Most past species identifications in the genus have been erroneous, because past workers did not comprehensively study holotypes or fresh material. In this paper, the genus is divided into two subgenera: Mesophellia and Loculatae. Subgenus Mesophellia comprises 12 species, of which 8 are newly described here: M. angustispora, M. brevispora, M. clelandii, M. oleifera, M. pallidospora, M. pawa, M. rava and M. trabalis. Subgenus Loculatae comprises two species, both of which are newly described here: M. labyrinthina and M. westresii.

Two new genera, Gummiglobus with two species and the monotypic Andebbia, are described as segregates from the genus Mesophellia. Both genera have minutely ornamented spores. The species of Gummiglobus, moreover, have columellae with wedge-shaped to digitate or strand-like projections that extend to the endocutis of the peridium and are embedded in a remarkable gummy tissue.