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TRICIIOGASTRES. 



1093. Polysaccum olivaceum. Fr. " Olive Polysaccum." 



Peridiiim ronndisli, olive, as well as the regular, minute 

 peridioli ; stem short, abrupt, almost rootless. — Fr. S.M. iii. |?. 

 54. Sow. t. 425, a. b. Berk. Outl.p. 304. 



On the ground. Very rare. 



It is so extremely rare that neither the Eev. M. J. Berkeley nor ourselves 

 have seen a single specimen. An allied species is found in Lower Carolina, 

 U. S. (Fij. 117.; 



Gen. 73. 



CENOCOCCUWI, Fr. 



Peridium naked, thick, carbonaceous, inde- 

 hiscent, at length hollow, with the walls dotted 

 with dust-like spores. — BerJ:. Out!, p. 304. 

 Eng.FlY.p.^01. [Fig. 118.) 



Fig. 118. 



1094. Ccnococcuzn. geophilum. Fr. " Ground Cenococcum." 



Black, even, within of the same colour, or dark brown; spores 

 subspherical, blackish, even (or sometimes reticulated?). — Fr. 

 S.M. 111. p. 22^. Tul. Hyp.t.2\,f. S. Lycoperdon graniforme, 

 Sow. t. 210. Desm. exs. no.1021. Bisch. f. 3686. Act. Turin. 

 1843, v. t. 3,/. 5. FcU. exs. no. 1072. 



In woods where the soil is peaty. Common. 



About the size of a vetch. Scattered upon the ground without any root. 



(Fig. 118.; 



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