4 8 4 



NIDULARIACEiE 



Nidularia 



ground, woods. May-Oct. T 5 ^ in. Spores 7-8 X 8-9 fx. Var. Broomei 

 Mass., on pine wood. Spores iox 4-5 \x. 



2094. N. Berkeleyi 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. j\ 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.ER0B0LUS Tode. 



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

 Gr. sphaira, a ball, ba//o, to throw.) 



Peridium globose, subglobose or urceolate, sessile ; peridiolum 

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



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Fig. 138. — A, Spharobolus stellatus Tode. X 3. E, group of ditto ; c, sections of young 

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

 2, peridiola • ■\ i mycelium. 



