370 TEICHOGASTRES. 



Under yew trees, and on exposed fen banks. 



Distingnished by the groove round the top of the peduncle and by the 

 elongated plicate mouth. 



1074. Geaster limbatus. Fr, " Bordered Geaster." 



Outer peridium coriaceous, expanded, multifid; interior pedi- 

 cellate ; mouth fimbriato-pilose, depressed, rather acute. — Fr. 

 S.M. \\\.p. 15. Soiv. t. 312. Huss. i. t. 2. Ea?/. Syn. t. i./.i. Buxb. 

 X. t. 20./. 1. Br?/ant. f. 12, 13, 14, 16, 17. Schmid. t. 46. Eng.Fl. 

 v.j;.301. i?/s6-A./. 363G, 3637. FcJd.exs.no.Vo'd^. 



On the ground, [Up. Carolina.] 



The inner peridium is slightly constricted, and then swollen at the base, 

 without any groove round the top of the peduncle, into which it passes 

 gradually. — Eag. Fl. 



1075. Geastex fimbriatus. Fr. " Fringed Geaster." 



Outer peridium multifid, expanded, flaccid ; interior sessile ; 

 mouth indeterminate, piloso-fimbriate. — Fr. S.M. Hi. p. 16. Mich. 

 i. 100,/.l. Berk. Outl.t. 20, f. 4:. Sow. t. SO. Ann. N.H.no.?jlS. 

 Schmid. t. 43-53,/. 1-3. Berk. exs. no. 275, 209. Pi-ahh. F.E. no. 

 165. Cooke, exs. no. 213. Fckl. exs. no. 1266. 



In fir plantations. [Low. Carolina.] 



The mouth is fimbriate, and not simply toothed as in G. rufescens. 



1076. Geaster mammosus. Chev. " Xippled Geaster." 



Outer peridium multipartite, rigid, hjgrometric; lacinia^ equal ; 

 interior sessile ; mouth ciliate, acutely conic in a circular disc. — 

 Fr. S.M. iii.p. 11. Sow. t. ^01, Mich.t. 100 J. 2>. Bull.t.23S,f. 

 f,g,h? Eng.Fl. Y.p.SOl. Jnn. N.H.no. 37d. 



On the ground. Rare. 



This species is extremely rare. The Rev, 'M. J. Berkeley writes—" I have 

 seen only the specimen figured by Sowerby." 



1077. Geaster rufescens. Fr. " Pieddish Geaster," 



Outer peridium multifid, at length revolute ; interior sessile, 

 naked; mouth dentate. — Fr. S.3f. in. p. 18. Bocc.t. 305, /. 4. 

 Buxh.ii.t.'i'dJ.d. SchcEf.t.l82. Bull. t. All,/. 1. Fay./. 469. 

 FL Dan. 1. 1433. Ann. N.H. no. 378. 



In pastures. Leicestershire. Northamptonshire, 



[Carolina, U, S,] 



The mouth appears to be irregularly toothed according to the " Outlines,'* 



