4 8 4 



NIDULARIACE/E 



Nidularia 



ground, woods. May-Oct. T 5 5 in. Spores 7-8 X 8-9 /x. Var. Broomd 

 Mass., on pine wood. Spores 10 x 4-5 /u. 



2094. N. Berkeley! Mass, (after the Rev. M. J. Berkeley) a. 



Pe. subglobose, thick, hirto-tomentose, bright cinnamon. Peri. 



orbicular, biconvex, smooth, shining, bright brown. 

 Solitary or 2-3 together. Twigs, woods, -fg in. 



2095. N. eonfluens Fr. (from the confluent habit) a b c. 



Pe. subglobose, thin, villous, whitish or buff-white. Peri, orbicular, 



compressed, pale yellowish-umber to chestnut. 

 Putrid leaves, twigs, chips, wood, rarely on the ground. Oct. 



CXXII. SPH^EROBOLUS Tode. 



(In reference to the ejection of the peridiolum from the peridium ; 

 Gr. sphaira, a ball, ballo , to throw.) 



Peridinm globose, subglobose or urceolate, sessile ; peridiolum 

 solitary, ejected from the peridium. (Fig. 138.) Species 2097, 2098 



Fig. 138. A, Spli&rololus stcllatus Tode. X 3. B, group of ditto ; c, sections of young 

 and mature examples. X 12. p, basidium and spores. X 660. r, peridium of two coats ; 

 2, peridiola 7, mycelium. 



