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Fig. I. Geaster fornicatus. 



Geaster tuebinatus Cragin. Outer peridium consisting of two 

 layers not separating except near the center, tlie outer graj'isli-white, 

 the inner chocolate-brown, segments 8-10; inner peridium pedicellate, 

 slightly constricted below the middle; the upper part depressed-globose 

 with a yellowish-gray mealy appearance, the lower part broadly ob- 

 conic with a thicker wall which is covered with a part of the inner coat 

 of the outer peridium; mouth conical, radiate-plicate; capillitium and 

 spores dark umber; spores globose, granular, 4.5-5,". Kansas. 



Geaster bryantii Berk. Outer peridium about ten lobed, 

 leathery, expanded and finally reflexed, lobes unequal, acute; inner 

 peridium subglobose, pale bluish-gray becoming brown-spotted, pedi- 

 cellate, 2-2.5cm. in diameter; mouth conical, sulcate-plicate; capillitium 

 brown; spores globose, echinulate, brownish, 4-6^. New York. 



