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II. 



ELAPHOirnCEI. 



XCYII. ELAPHOMYCES Nees. 



1. El. granulatus Fr. Syst. myc. III, p. 58. 

 Perithecia sive peridia subsphaeroidea, leviter depressa, 



inaeqvalia, diam. 2 — 4 cm. Cortex (-peridium externum) sub- 



ochraceus, tandem fuscescente- vel fusco- ochraceus, papillis 



minutis, adpressis, obtusis, concoloribus scaber. Peridium 



internum fragile, albidum vel rubescens. Asci 1 — 8-spori. 



Sporae sphaeroideae, laeves vel sublaeves, purpureo-atrae 



(sub micr. fusco-nigricantes), diam. 27 — 32 mmm. 



Syn. Elaphomyces granulatiis FucK. Symb. myc. p. 248. Cook. 

 Brit. Fung. II, p. 750. Scleroderma cervinum Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 156. 



Exsicc. Karst. Fung. Fenn. 375 pr. p. 



Hab. In sylvis sub terra, e Fennia meridionali saltem 



usqve ad Jyvaskyla (Lect. Canth.) autumno passim sat rarus. 



2. El. muricatus Fr. Syst. myc. III, p. 59. 

 Perithecia subsphaeroidea, diam. 1 — 3 cm. Cortex fulvo- 



ochraceus, tandem saturate fuscescenti- vel fulvo-ochraceus, 

 crassus, durus, aculeis confertis, crassis, conoideis vel pyra- 

 midalibus, fragilibus asperatus. Peridium internum rubescenti- 

 fuscum et variegatum. Asci 2 — 4-spori. Sporae sphaeroideae, 

 sublaeves, fusco-atrae, diam. 20 — 24 mmm. 



Syn. Elaphomyces variegatus Vitt. Monogr. Tub. p. 68, t. IV, 

 f. 4. CooK. Brit. Fung. II, p. 749. Fuck. Symb. myc. p. 248. 



Exsicc. Karst. Fung. Fenn. 375 pr. p. 

 Hab. In silva acerosa prope vicum Kyto in par. Tam- 

 meki sub terra ineunte mense Octobri semel legimus. 



