Xycogala.] FUNGI. 307 



Myc. V. 3. p. 58 — Lijc. cervinum^ Linn. Sp. VI, 2. p. 1053 - 



Scler. cervinam, Pers. Syn. p. 156. Moxtg. 4- Nest, ! n, 282. 



Tuber cervinum^ Nies,f, 147. 



^In dry heathy ground. Probably not uncommon. Thornhau^h, 

 Is^orths. Rev. M. J. i?e;-^e%.— Several localities are given l)y 

 Withering under Tuber cerviuum, but it is uncertain to which of the 

 two species they respectively apply. Sowerby's figure, t. 2G9, seems 

 to represent the following, but I have seen no specimens. The surface 

 in my fungus is at first entirely concealed, by the expansion of the 

 fibrous radicles of the plants amongst the roots of which it is produced. 



2. E. muricdtus, Fr. (sharp-ivnrted Elaphomyces) ; globose 

 rough with more or less four-sided crowded warts, sporidia at 

 length black. Fr. ^yst. Myc, v. 3. p, bd.-^Lyc. Tuber, Linn: 

 Suec. 1281. 



" In mountainous woods, attached to the radicles of beech-trees." 

 Aviemore. Klotzsch, in Hook. Herb Very hard when dry. Differ- 

 ing from the last in its more muricated surface, less deep black sporidia, 

 and, according to Fries, punctiform cells and not unpleasant odour. 

 It^is curious that hitherto Sphceria capitata has been found only on the 

 former of the two species, and *S'. opliiofjlossoides on the latter. 



80. Cenococcum. Fr, Cenococcum. 



Peridium naked, thick, of a hard corky substance not burst- 

 ing spontaneously. Flocci none — Name, xsj'o;, empty, and 

 y.07iy.o:-i a berry, 



1. C, geopldlum, Fr. {common Cenococcum'); black as well 



as the sporidia. Fr. Sysl.Myc, v. 3. p. 66 L?/c. gra9iifonne, 



Sow. ! t. 270. 



On the ground in Moods. Hampstead. 3Ir. Hunt Fries also 



informs us that he has received specimens from England on the crust of 

 Lecidea tdifjinosa. Scattered like small shot upon the ground without 

 any root. 



** Myxogastres. (y.^^J''^, mucus, and yc/.67r,o^ the bcUy.) At 

 first very soft and inucilaginous.* 



81. Lycogala. 3HcJi. Lycogala. 



Peridium determinate, composed of a double membrane, 

 somewhat warty, persistent, bursting at tlie apex. Flocci very 

 delicate. — Name, >-'j-/.o;, a tvolf, and yr/.y.a, 7ni1/i, 



1. L. Fpidendruyn, L. (scarlet Lycogala) ; subglobose blood- 

 red then brownish-grey punctato-scabrous, mouth irregular, 

 sporidia becoming pale. /V. Syst. Myc. v. 3. p, 80. — Lycog. 

 mijiiata, Ptrs. Syn. jt' 158. Moug, S)- Nest.! n, 85. Grtv. Fl. 



* St. me Nppcirs, in tlicir infant stntr, njtppar under tlie form of rreepinir, 

 lUidiilatL'd, HntistiMiiosiiif,' threads, and, in i-onse«juenre, have hctii dcsrrilted as 

 true JtJyvicnumi/cttcs, as, fur exaujjde, the species ut I'/iUiumvrp/iu lii J'cn. Myc. 

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