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LYCOPERDACE/E Geaster 



to deep vinous-umber. Per. slightly depressed, subacute, 

 fimbriato-ciliate, surrounded by a small pale silky disc. Col. 

 almost obsolete. Gl. dark umber. 

 Woods, hedgebanks, amongst firs, leaves. Sept.-Nov. Diam. of expanded 

 Ex. 4 in. 



2054. G. fornieatus Fr. (from the arched inner layer of the exo- 



peridium ; fornieatus, arched over) a b e. 



Ex. 4- (rarely 5-) segmented, the two layers separating, outer cup- 

 like, scurfy and brown externally, tan within, inner arched and 

 attached to outer by tips of segments, umber, blackish-umber 

 or rufous, tan within. End. obpyriform, shortly pedicellate, 

 dark brown. Per. conical, ciliato-striate. Col. slender, some- 

 what clavate. 



Meadows, pastures, heaths, amongst firs. Mar.-Xov. Diam. of expanded 

 Ex. 2J in. Si m ' high. 



2055. G. striatus DC. (from the sulcato-striate peristome) a b e. 

 Ex. 6- to 9-segmented, coriaceous, thin, tan, darker externally. 



End. subsessile, globose, often scabrous, umber-white to lead- 

 colour. Per. prominent, conical, sulcato-striate. Gl. brown. 



On the ground, sandhills amongst dead leaves, amongst trees, firs. Mar.- 

 Nov. Diam. of expanded Ex. 2 in. 



2056. G. Miehelianus W. G. Sm. (after Piero Antonio Micheli) a b c. 

 Ex. 4- to 6-segmented, unequal, thick, warm or pale vinous, outside 



much cracked, brown. End. subglobose, tan-umber. Per. 

 mammiform, surrounded by a silky zone. Col. clavate. Gl. 

 brown. 

 On the ground, amongst rhododendrons. Oct. Diam. of expanded Ex. 5 in. 

 Differs from 2061a, for which it has sometimes been mistaken. At 

 maturity chis plant will sometimes throw itself elastically some 9 inches 

 from its place of growth. 



2057. G. lagenseformis Vitt. (from a fancied resemblance to a 

 narrow-mouthed bottle or jar; lagma, a flask, forma, shape) 

 a b c. 



Ex. 7- to 9-segmented, attenuate, subequal, salmon-white to ivory, 

 pale rose or vinous. End. subglobose or ovate, pale buff, umber- 

 white or faintly vinous. Per. broadly-conical, sides incurved, 

 silky, striate, surrounded by a disc. Col. clavate. Gl. brown, 

 somewhat olive. 



On the ground. April-Nov. Diam. of expanded Ex. 2\ in. 



2058. G. saeeatus Fr. (from the sac or pouch-like shape when young ; 



saeeus, a bag) a b c. 



Ex. 7- to 9-segmented, pale dove-colour, very pale yellowish- 

 lavender or pale buff, externally umber and ochre. End. 

 globose, colour as Ex. Per. broadly-conical, sides incurved, 

 stoma fimbriate, silky, surrounded by a silky disc. Gl. dark 

 brown. 



On the ground, amongst stones and earth, in hedges, sometimes on sticks 

 with profuse Myc. Aug. Diam. of expanded Ex. 3^ in. 



