HYMENOGASTEE. 19 



developed ; gleba pink, then greyish-amber ; spores broadly 

 elliptical with a papilla at the apex, verruculose or rugulose, 

 ochraceous, 30 X 14—16 fx. 



ffijmenogaster tener, Berk., Oiitl. 296; Cke., Hdbk. 1061; 

 Mass., Mon. Gast., p. 46, figs. 1 and 54. 



Underground, in woods. From ^1 in. across. 



Hymenogaster Thwaitesii. B. & Br. 



Globose, firm, dingy white becoming stained in places ; 

 gleba brown ; spores globose, brown, slightly rugulose, apex 

 with a minute papilla, 11-13 fx. 



Hi/menoqaster Thicaitesii, B. and Br., Berk., Outl. 197; 

 Cke.', Hdbk., n. 1162 ; Mass., Mon. Gast., p. 47, f. 25. 



Underground. About h in. across. Characterised by the 

 globose spores. 



Hymenogaster griseus. Vitt. 



Globose or irregular, at first white, downy, cavities minute ; 

 spores fusiform, irregularly tuberculose, dark brown, 28-32 

 X 20 fjL. 



Hymenogaster griseus, Vitt., Mon. Tub. 23, t. iii. f. xv. ; 

 Mass., Mon. Gast., p. 48. 



Amongst leaf-soil. From ^-^ in. across. Smell 

 pleasant. 



Hymenogaster pusillus. B. & Br. 



Very small, obovate or subdepressed, white, sterile base 

 large ; cavities large ; spores pale, reddish, elliptical, with a 

 papilla, at the apex, at length rugulose, 14-16 X 10 fx. 



Hymenogaster pusillus, B. and Br., Berk., Outl. 297 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., n. 1063; Mass., Mon. Gast., p. 48, f. 21. 



On mossy ground. About two lines high, obovate or 

 depressed. 



