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PL cell. aph. 9. GASTJEROMYCE^. 229. Bovista. 583
Lycoperdon arrhizon, Bntsch Fung. 2,S9.
Lycoperdon globosum, Bolton Fung. 118,
Lycoperdon Bovista, Lin. S. P. 1653 ; Soiverby Fungi, 331.
Bovista nigrescens, Persoon Syn. 136, I.
In shady woods; autumn.
Sporangium an inch and half in diameter.
S. Bovista gigantea. -, Giant hull-Jist.
Sporangium globular, pale-whitish ; scales scattered,
scarcely distinguishable.
Lycoperdon giganteum, Batsch Fung. 135.
Lycoperdon nia:ximuii], Schcsffer Bau. 4, 130.
Lycoperdon Bovista, BulUard Champ. 154.
Bovista gigantea, Esenbeck Syst. 2, 34.
In grassy places ; autumn.
Sporangium from 5 inches to 2 feet in diameter, at jSrst
white, afterwards reddish strav^-colour ; root very slender.
XXIX. 230. LYCOPERDON. Tournefort. Puff-hall
Sporangium nearly globular, often narrowed at bottom
into a stemlike appearance, rooting ; peridium mostly spinous
or scaly, becoming chaffy, vanishing, bursting at the
tip; sporidia in heaps, scattered among the flocci, green.
Grows on the ground.
1. Lycoperdon ccelatum. Latticed piff^-lall.
Sporajigium globular, conical at the bottom, plaited,
brownish-grey, scales rather broad.
Lycoperdon gemmatum, Schceffer Fung. 4, 130.
Lycoperdon areolatum, Schmffer Fung. 4, 190.
Lycoperdon cailatum, BulUard Champ. 166.
Lycoperdon Bovista, Persoon Syn. 141.
Spunk.
In grassy places; autumn.
Sporangium about 4 inches in diameter ; the bottom part
prepared by beating is used as tinder.
2. Lycoperdon pra tense. Meadow puff-hall.
Sporangium hemispherical, snow-white, soft; warts few,
scattered; stem very short.
Lycoperdon Proteus cepiforme. Bull. Champ. 143.
Lycoperdon papiilatum, Scha;ff. Bav, 4, 127.
Lycoperdon pratense, Persoon Syn. 142, 3.
On grassy hills after rain; summer.
Sporangium about an inch and half broad ;
ground one half its depth.
sunk in the