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 Fam. 7. PHALLOIDEAE. 



ReceptacuUim consisting of a stipe along the upper and outer 

 portion of which the gleba is borne . . . Mutinus 



Receptaculum consisting of a stipe and pileus jouied together at 

 their apices ; gleba on the upper surface of the pileus 



ItJixpliallus 



Receptaculum consisting of stipe, pileus and veil ; gleba on the 

 upper surface of the pileus .... Dictyophora 



Fam. 8. NIDULARIACEAE. 



A. Peridium simple; several sporatij^ioln (peridiola) in a peridium 

 as bird'' s egg^s in a nest. 



Peridium lacerate at the apex, not opening by a lid ; sporangiola not 

 attached to the peridium by funiculi ; spores intermixed with 

 filaments . . . . . . . . Nidiilaria 



Peridium composed of three adnate layers, opening by a deciduous 

 lid (epiphragm) ; sporangiola attached to the peridium by 

 funiculi ; spores intermixed with filaments . . Cyathus 



Peridium consisting of a single cottony layer, opening by a dicidu- 

 ous lid (epiphragm) ; sporangiola attached to the peridium by 

 funiculi ; spores not intermixed with filaments . Cnicihulmn 



B. Peridium apparently double, containing but one sporangiolum. 

 Peridium with both portions splitting stellately into laciniae, the 



inner portion (= receptaculum) clings to the sporangiolum and 

 by the abrupt recurving of its laciniae projects it forcibly from 

 the outer peridium. The fructifications of our species grow 

 partially buried in rotting wood .... Sphaerobohis 



Fam. 9. LYCOPERDACEAE. 



A. Peridium more or less thin, consisting of two distinct membranes" 

 called exoperidium and endoperidium ; exoperidium persistent 

 or fugacious ; gleba floccose-pulverulent ; capillitum not verv 

 compact, rarely none . . Sub/am. Diplodermeae 



