NiduJaria.] fungi. 229 



49. Rhizopogon. Fr. Rliizopogon. 



Uterus sessile, bursting irregularly, marbled internally with 

 anastomosing veins. Sporangia sessile. — Name from g/^a, a 

 root, and iruyuv, a heard, 



1. B, alius, Bull, {u'hife Truffle); round, rather rugged, 

 •\vhitisli tlien reddish-brown slightly fibrillose at the base. Fr, 

 Syst, Mijc. V. 2. p. 293. Lycop. gibbosum, Dicks. Crypt. 2. p, 

 26. Tuber album, Bull tA^\, Sow.t.%\^, rr/M. t'.4. p. 341. 



On sandy ground in woods. Rare. Acton Burnell, Sfackhouse. 

 Botanic Garden, Glasgow, 3/;-. Joseph Hooker. — Sporidia ochraceous, 

 redtlish-brown, exactly resembling in shape a lemon, as KlotZbch also 

 remarks in Hook. Herb. 



*** N1DULARIACE.E (from the Genus Nidularia). Uterus 

 replete with free or elasticallg pedicellated Sporangia. 



50. Nidularia. Bull. Bird's-nest Peziza. 

 Commoti j}eridinm simple : sporangia at first floating in jelly, 

 furnished with a highly elastic pedicle, lentiform, fleshy, filled 

 -with a compact mass of sporidia. — Name, from nidulus, a little 

 7iest. 



1. N. striata, Bull, {striate bird's-nest Peziza) ; obconic hir- 

 sute bright red-brown striate within. Bull. t. 40, f. 1. Witl.\ 

 V. 4. p. 313. Sow. t. 29. Fart. v. 2 cS' 3. n. lOoJB. t 17. /. 1. 

 Fr. Sgst. Myc. v. 2. p. 298. Moug. S)- Nest.! exs. n. 283. Fez. 

 striata, Bolt. t. 102. f. 2. Cyathus striatus, Fers. Syn. p. 237. 

 Grev. Fl Ed. p. 459. 



On the ground and on sticks, &c., in damp woods. Abundant in 

 .some parts of l*-nghind ; but very rare in most of the midland counties. 



2. N. campanuldta, With, (bell- shaped lird's-nest Peziza); 

 rampannlato villous cinereous-brown even, within lead-coloured 

 and shining from the remains of the dried np gelatine. With. 

 €d. 2. V. 3. p. 445. Sibth. Ox. p. 393. Sou\ t. 28. Purt. t?. 

 2. S)' 3. n. 1052. t. 17. /. 3. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. ;;. 29H. N, 

 rerjiirosa, Bull. /. 488. f. 1. Moug. J^- Nest. ! e.TS. n. 182. Pez. 

 Ivjitifera, Linn. Sp. Plant. 1G49. Bolt. t. 102. / 1. Cyathus 

 Olla, Fers. Syn. p. 237. Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 459. 



On the ground, and on nearly exhausted dung, ^ ticks, clc. Com- 

 mon. — r.asily (H.stinguished from the foMowing, from the cup being 

 wiliiin of a shining l)ut dull kail colour. Spvridid elliptic. 



3. N. crucibuhnn, Pers. (cylindrical bird's-ncsf Peziza) ; 

 cainpannlato-cylindrical tnmcate above and below snbtomentose, 

 at first ochracecnis then ferruginous, even within of a pallid 

 yell(>w-brown. Fr, Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 299. Moug. c*^ Nest. ! 

 exs. n. 11 Q. N. lo'vis, Sow. t. 30. With. v. 4. p. 311, Bull. 

 488./. 2. Purt. v. 3. n. 1505./. 17./ 2. Cyathus crucibulum, 



