Hyfory of the Britifh Stellated Lycoper dons. 59 
Lycoperdon ftellatum—Bryant’s Hif. Acc. of two Lycoperdons— 
J- 39 4 5, 6. 10. The fpecific character of Mr..Bryant’s Lyc. ftell. 
* capitulo albido fefili” fo entirely agrees with this fpecies, and his fig. 
10. is fo excellent a reprefentation of the fmall fpecimens, and the 
others here quoted very good ones of the large ones, with which 
the account, p. 43, 44, alío well accords, that F can have no doubt 
in referring his plant here. 
+ Lycoperdon ftellatum—Re/ban FJ. Cantab. 980. admitting only 
the fyn. of Bryant and Micheli. 
Mich, 1. 100. perhaps 1.46 
Off: The volva is ufually divided into 5, 6; or 7 rays, which are 
equal, or nearly fo, of a chefnut colour on the upper fide when ex- 
panded, and filvery white beneath. The head fpherical, confider- 
ably depreffed, perfectly feffile, of a yellowiih white or pale ftraw- 
colour; the mouth ciliated, and. ufually furrounded with a circle 
of a paler colour; and a fimilar circle is often obferved on the up- 
per part of the rays furrounding the head. The rays when moift are 
regularly inflected, as reprefented in the figures of Bryant and Bul- 
liard; but when dry are reflected, and entirely cover the head. If 
they are kept in a dry place, they will at any time undergo thefe 
changes, by placing them in a faucer with a fmall quantity of water, 
and again drying them; but the changes are quicker, and more 
certain in the fmall plants, than in the large ones. The diameter 
of thé expanded rays varies from one inch to three or four, and the 
fize of the head from that of a pea to an inch diaineters 0o tpi | 
AnGeL. Higrometric puff ball —Ditchingham and Earfham, Norfolk; 
Mettingham, Suffolk, near Bungay. Spring and autumn. 
Lycoperdon coliforme—Volva multifida patente,capitulo depreffo- 
fphærico, pedunculis ofculifque nume- 
rofis. Dickfon, Fafe. plant, crypt. 1. 24. 
t. 3. f.4.—Witb. Bot. arr. ed. 1. 783%. 
. * Ed. 2. vol. 3. 460. 
I 2 Fungus 
