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Hifiory of the Britifh Stellated Lycoperdons. 61 
that theré was no appearance of the head. They remain a confi- 
derable time in this ftate, appearing to ripen flowly: one which was 
difcovered about the middle of Auguft, remained unchanged to the 
end of November; when it was found fully expanded, and refting 
on the furface of the ground, i in which it had been before buried. 
"This had been vifited the preceding day, and not any alteration 
had been then obferved in it. It appears therefore, that when 
ripe, the change is very fudden ; and that the head, prefling againft 
. the interior part of the volva, and probably aflifted by the action 
of the fun fo "on which-it expanded was remarkably 
bright ‘and fine), the outer coat fuddenly gives way, is fplit into an - 
indeterminate number of rays; the root is broken off, and left in 
the ground; and the plant being turned infide out, is neceffarily 
raifed upon the furface, what was before the outer and upper part 
of the volva being now next to the ground. This, which has been 
before (f. 11.) defcribed as the mode of expanfion of the ftellatum, 
is alfo common to thefe with the recolligens. 
Ancr. Cullender puf-dall.—Gillingham and Earfham, Norfolk ; 
Bungay, and Mettingham, Suffolk. In the autumn. I have never 
met with a frefhly opened fpecimen of this fpecies at any other 
feafon. 
Lycoperdon fornicatum—Volva quadrifida fornicata; capitulo pe- 
dunculato, glabro; ore "WES ciliato. 
Hudf. Fl. Ang. 644. 
Diagn. The volva quadrifid, and remaining in the ground when 
opened. The head globular, pedunculated, and elevated upon four 
arched rays, refting on the tips of the divifions of the volva; the 
mouth open, and furrounded with ciliæ, forming a cylinder; the frefh 
plant white; but the whole foon changing to a dark brown. 
Geafter volvæ radiis et operculo elevatis, Wat/ox Phil. Tranf. vol. 
43e f» 234- f. 2. f. 11 and 12. 
Fungus 
