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a good lens to distinguish its general structure; and the in- 
sertion of the filaments into the under surface of the pileus, on 
which I have founded its generic name («vege ab infra, and snua 
E — filamentum,) can only be discovered by the compound micro- 
scope. 
Class and Order. CryproGamia FUNGI. 
Natural Order. Gastromyct. Link, Greville. GasTEROMY- 
CETES. Fries. 
ENERTHENEMA ELEGANS. 
Ta». XVI. 
Gen. Char. Peridium subglobatum, pellucidum, lacteo-albidum, 
stipite perforante, pileo terminali, filamentis ab infra sur- 
süm cirratis. | 
Spec. Char. Sporangium imprimis sessile, globosum, deinde 
 Stipitatum ; stipite infra cylindraceo, superne conico, po- 
stremó peridio rimoso, evanescente. Crescit gregatim in 
sylvis opacis apud quercüs ramos decorticatos. 
t EN 2 
E 
In its earliest stage the capsule or sporangium is globular and 
stemless, gelatinous, white, and semitransparent (Tab. 16. f. b.) 
like its kindred genera Trichia, Stemonytis, Arscyria, &c. It 
soon acquires a stem, and the head becomes spheroidal, the 
stipes passing through its shorter axis, and having a small cir- 
cular and rather depressed spot on its apex, which may be 
termed a pileus or cap (fig. c, d, $c.). "This pileus hardens, and 
changes its colour toa« ark brown, while the sporangium is still 
soft and diaphanous ; an lif the latter be examined in this stage 
of its grc wth b a good microscope in a strong light, very slen- 
der bros laments may be seen imbedded within its 
substances | UC | 
afterwards peque. dou jac white ; 
the 
