304? FUNGI. ILycoperdon. 



Proteus, var. 5. With, r . 4. p. 350. — Fungus, 4'c«> ^^ suminilate 

 solum pulcerulentus, Raii Syn. ed. 3. p, 26. n, 3. — Lye. pyrU 

 forme verrucosum, Vaill. t. lQ.f> 4. 



Meadows and pastures. Not very common. Near Aviemore, 

 Klotzsch, in Hook. Herb. — Remarkable for its spongy, blunt, obconic 

 base. Cavity above sublenticular. In consequence of the simple 

 orifice, the mass oi Jiocci and sporidia does not fall out but collapses, 

 until by decay the upper part of the fungus is ruptured. 



3. L.pusUlum, ^ixv^ch, (dtvarf Piiffball) ; perldi urn altogether 

 ilviccid persistent obtuse, mouth always narrowed dehiscent, 

 bark even, at length riniose adpresso-squamose, sterile stratum 

 obsolete contiguous with the capillitium, sporidia olive. BalscJi, 

 Cont. 2./ 228. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 3. p. ^^.-—Lyc. furfuraceum, 



Schceff. i. 294 L. cepcBforme, Bull. t. 435. /. 2. L. Bovista, 



Bolt. t. 117. f. c — L. glohosum album cortice prirnario in Stellas 

 clegantissimas abeunte, Mich. t. Q>7 . f. 3. — Lye. Proteus, var. 2. 

 cnion-shaped. With. v. 4. p. 349 {in part). 



In pastures. 



4. L. gemmdtum, Batsch, {studded Puff ball) ; peridium mem- 

 branaceous persistent narrowed at the base, covered with the 

 mealy adnate bark and subspinulose warts, flocci persistent, 

 forming in the centre a columella, sporidia yellowish-green. 



Batsch. El. p. 147. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 3. p. 36 Z. Bovista, 



Bolt. exc. a, ^'c. — u. excipuliforme ; peridium subrotund, warts 

 scattered subspinulose, stem elongated somewhat plicate at the 

 base. Pers. Syn. p. 143. — Lye. Proteus, Sow. t. 332. right 

 hand Jig. — Lijc. excipuli chymici formd, Vaill. Bot. Par. t. 12. 



f. 15. — /3. perlatum ; peridium rounded depressed, warts deci- 

 duous compact with a firm mucro, stem round somewhat sca- 

 brous. Kl. I Fung. Germ. exs. n. b^.—Lyc. perlatum, Pers. 



Syn. p. 148. Moug. c^- Nest. / n. 579 L. hirtum, Bull. t. 340. 



475./! B — E. {old. L. lacunosum, Bull. t. 52). — y. echinatum ; 

 peridium turbinate substipitate, rough with stout spinous rather 

 distant warts. Pers. Syn. jy. 147. — L. candidum, Ic. 4' Desc. 

 t. 13. /! 4 — b. hirtum ; turbinate subsessile hairy with thin 

 soft at length generally blackish warts. 3Iart. Erl. p. 386. 

 Ijyc. umbr'mum, a. ^' (3. quercinum, Pers. Syn. p. 147, l48. — «. 



furfnraceum ; turbinate seldom spinulose furfuraceous with 

 more or less dust-like warts. Lye. moUe, Pers. Syn. p. 150. 

 Chcv. Par. 1. t. 10./. 2. — g. papillalum ; subrotund sessile 

 papillary furfuraceo-pulverulent. Schwff. t. 184. Lye. Pro- 

 tens . var. 2. With, {in part). 



Fii-'lds, &c. Extremely common. — All the above mentioned forms 

 occur more or less frequently. Mouth prominent, umbonate from the 

 conical columella. 1 find it impossible to determine all the varieties of 

 VVitliering's Lye. Proteus, as his references are often contradictory. 



5. T^ye. pyriformcj Schodf^. (pear-shaped Puffball); peridium 



