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586 231. Geastrum. 9. GASTEROMYCEtE. PL cell. aph.
Lycoperdon stellatum, Bulliard Champ. 238.
Lycoperdon recolligens, fVood in Lin. Tr. 2, 58 ; Sowerby Fungi, 401.
In woods ; spring and auturan.
Outer peridium expands with moisture, and contracts
again on drying ; contrary to the other geastra.
6. Geastrum cylindricum. Cyli7idrical shell-puff.
Outer peridium many-cut; inner cylindrical, sessile.
Lycoperdon cylindricum, Withering Bot. ^rr. 4, 41 1.
In fir-plantations.
XXXI. 232. POLYSTOMA. Pill-box.
Sporangium globular or depressed, sessile ; outer peridium
expanding starwise ; inner membranaceous, pedicelled ;
pedicells and mouths many.
Polystoma coliforme. Sievelike pill-box.
Outer peridium many-cut; inner 5 or 6-pedicelled ; pe-
cells short; mouths ciliated.
Lycoperdon coliforme, Dickson Crypt. 24; Sowerby Fungi, 313.
Geastrum coliforme, Persoon Syn, 131.
On sandy banks.
L. TuLOSTOMiDE^. Peridia single, leatherlike; mouth
cartilaginous, circular; sporidia conglobated, scattered
among the flocci.
XXXII. 233. TULOSTOMA. Persoon. Tulostome.
Sporangium globular, pedicelled ; peridium single, lea-
therlike; mouth single, cylindrical, cartilaginous; sporidia
conglomerated, among the flocci.
Tulostoma brumale. IVinter tulostome.
Sporangium whitish ; pedicell slightly scaly ; peridium
attached to the stem; ?noz^//i flattish.
Lycoperdon pedunculatum, Lin. S. P. 1654; Soieerby Fungi, 406.
Tulostoma brumale, Persoon Syn. 139.
Among moss on walls ; autumn.
M. PoLYANGiDEiE. Peridium single, thin, membranaceous,
bursting irregularly, enclosing many peridiola;
sporidia grumose, naked, in the peridiola.
XXXIII. 234. POLYANGIUM. Ditmar. Bud-mould.
Sporangium roundish, sessile ;
- peridiola ovate, inside grunious.
peridium membranaceous