T A B. CCCCXII. 



Fig. 1. 



AURICULARIA elegans. 



I HAVE gathered this species several times, and was 

 favoured in the spring of 1809 with some specimens from the 

 New Forest, by my friend Charles Lyell, Esq. The present 

 very elegant specimen, witli which I was favoured in May 

 last, from near Alcester, by Thomas Purton, Esq. corresponds 

 with all the others, and seems to confirm its title to being 

 considered a new species. It divaricates more or less from a 

 centre in larger or smaller segments of circles, with occasional 

 elevations, having a very white, fine woolly or cottony sur- 

 face, neatly bordered near the extremity, with generally one, 

 sometimes two black lines. The under side is brownish, 

 covered with a greyish bloom, corrugated nearly like the 

 upper side, as it is rather thin. It is sometimes imbricated 

 in much larger dusters than this figure, and is often more 

 confused. 



Fig. 2. 

 LYCOPERDON pkrtusum. 



This Lycopcrdon with which I was favoured by Dr. Smith, 

 was gathered by him, among moss, on the stem of a beech 

 in Bisham Wood, Berkshire. 



It is remarkable for bursting extremely raggedly, and 

 having a number of holes in it, at first sight looking very 

 much like insects holes ; it is also generally so weak, that 

 it becomes almost pendant by the root. 



