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  BRITISH 
  FUNGI. 
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  Order 
  XI.— 
  NIDULAEIACEI. 
  Nest-bearing 
  Fungi. 
  

  

  Spores 
  compacted 
  into 
  globose 
  or 
  disk-shaped 
  bodies, 
  

   nested 
  in 
  a 
  distinct 
  peridium. 
  

  

  Genera. 
  

  

  92. 
  Peridium 
  composed 
  of 
  three 
  membranes. 
  Spo- 
  

  

  rangia 
  plane, 
  attached 
  by 
  a 
  thread 
  to 
  the 
  walls. 
  

  

  C 
  tat 
  hits, 
  Pers. 
  

  

  93. 
  Peridium 
  uniform, 
  spongy. 
  Sporangia 
  plane, 
  

  

  attached 
  by 
  a 
  thread 
  to 
  a 
  little 
  tubercle. 
  

  

  Cktjcibulum:, 
  Tul. 
  

  

  94. 
  Peridium 
  double. 
  Inner 
  one 
  at 
  length 
  inverted, 
  

  

  ejecting 
  a 
  globose 
  sporangium. 
  

  

  SniiEROBOLUS, 
  Tode. 
  

  

  95. 
  Peridium 
  globose, 
  somewhat 
  fle^y. 
  Sporangium 
  

  

  globose, 
  papillate. 
  Thelebolus, 
  Tode. 
  

  

  96. 
  Peridium 
  sub-hemispherical, 
  hyaline. 
  Sporangia 
  

  

  large. 
  « 
  Polyangium, 
  Link. 
  

  

  Family 
  III. 
  

  

  CONIOMYCETES, 
  or 
  UREDINACE^I. 
  

  

  Spores 
  single, 
  on 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct 
  sporophores 
  ; 
  

   flocci, 
  or 
  threads 
  of 
  the 
  fruit, 
  obsolete, 
  or 
  nearly 
  so. 
  

  

  Order 
  XII.— 
  SPHiEPOJNEMEI. 
  

  

  Perithecium 
  distinct. 
  

   Genera. 
  

  

  97. 
  Perithecium 
  membranaceous. 
  Spores 
  simple. 
  

  

  CoNiOTimtiUM, 
  Corda. 
  

  

  