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MTXOGASTEES. 



Gen. 74. 



LYCOGALA, Mich. 



Fig 119. 



Peridium composed of a 

 double membrane, papyra- 

 ceous, persistent, bursting 

 irregularly at tlie apex, ex- 

 ternally warty, or furfura- 

 ceous. Flocci delicate, ad- 

 nate to the peridium. — Berk. 

 Outl. p, 305. Eng. Fl. v. p. 

 307. (Fig.Ud.) 



1095. Lycogala epidendrum. Fr. " Stump Lycogala." 



Sub-globose, blood- red then brownish, punctato-scabrous, 

 mouth irregular, spores becoming pale. — Fi\ ^.M. iii.p. 80. Fl 

 Fan. t. 720, t. 2086,/. 2. Bolt. t. 119,/. 1. FcJcL exs. no. 1475 

 BvU. t. 503. Sow. t. 52. Holms Alt. 31. Buxh. x. t. 29, f. 2. 3Fch 

 t.9b. Jacq.Misc.t.l. Schceff.t. 193. Nees.f. 97 , 96. Grev.t.38 

 Movg. exs. no. 85. Eng. Fl. v.p. 307. Corda. Ic. x.f. 40. Bisch.f. 

 3673. Kl.exs.no.9Z3. 



On rotten stumps. Common. [Cincinnati, U. S.] 



Varyirg nmch in colour and size, and the Lue of the sporidia. The sur- 

 face is rough with dot-like scurfy ■warts, and changes colour sooner than the 

 pulpy mass within, -n-hich is often of the finest scarlet, and oozes out in large 

 drops if the peridium is injured. — Eng Fl. (Fig 119.) 



10S6. Lycogala pazietinuxn. Fr. " Paper Lycogala." 



Hemispherical, punctate, bluish-black, lacero-dehiscent; 

 spores yellow. — i^r. /S'.il/.iii.^. 83. Schrad. t. Q^f.l. Pers. Ic. 

 Pict. t. 3,/ 4-5. B. ^- Br. Ann. N.H. no. 381. 



On damp paper, basket work, &c. King's Cliffe. 



Gen. 75. 



RETICULARIA, Bull. 



Peridium inde- 

 terminate, simple, 

 thin, naked, burst- 

 ing irregularly , fugi- 

 tive. Flocci attached 

 to the peridium, flat, 

 branched, subrctic- 

 ulate. — BerJc. Outl. 

 p. 305. Eng.Fl.Y. 

 Fig. 120. ^.308. (Fig. 120.) 



