34 NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 



* Cynophallus caninus. Fr.— On the ground, in grassy places. 

 Car. Inf. No. 2573. 



323. Corynites Ravenelii. B. <£,• C— Linn. Tr. xxi., p. 151, 

 tab. 19. Volva demum stellata, capitulo conico vel obtuso apice 

 perforata. Car. Inf. No. 2037, 2573. 



Egg globose, | of an inch in diameter. Volva bursting in from 

 two to three lobes closely applied to the stem, then stellate ; stem 

 1^-2 inches high, ,4-5 lines thick, bright red, coarsely cribrose, 

 attenuated below, above confluent with the receptacle which is 

 somewhat broadly clavate, sometimes conical, but always more or less 

 obtuse, pervious at the apex, sometimes half as long as the stem. 



324. Coxynites Cuztisii. B— Volva sursum dilatata bifida, stipite 

 cum hymenophoro conico basi punctato confluente subtriangulari. 

 Connecticut, C. Wright. No. 5635. 



From 2-3 inches high ; volva dilated upwards, bifid, stem red, 

 confluent with the conical, obtuse, subtriangular, pitted at the base, 

 where not covered with the brown spores. 



* Dictyophora Deemonum. Lev.— Ohio, Lee. No 281. 



* Cyathus Lesueurii. Fid.- Connecticut, Wright. No. 5682. 

 Var. minor, Tul. Brevis crucibuliformis eplicatus extus tomento- 

 sus vel subvillosus. sporis subglobosis, "0013 inch long. I believe 

 that No. 414, 518 Car. Sup. are the same, but I have not found 

 perfect spores. 



325. Cyathus Wrightii. B— Utero campaniformi eplicato extus 

 stuppeo, sporis ellipticis. On the ground. Connecticut, C. Wright. 

 No. 5650. 



Bell-shaped ; 1 inch high, without any strife ; clothed with short 

 tow-like pubescence ; spores elliptic, '0006 inch long, -0004 wide. 



* Nidulaiia pulvinata. Schivein.— Car. Inf. No. 1100, 1415. 



* Sphaerobolus stellatus. Tode. — On dead bark. Car. Inf. No. 

 1598. 



326. Sphaerobolus epigs&us. B. cj- C— Major globosus furfuraceus 

 e mycelio filiforini oreundus. On red earth. Alabama, Peters. No. 

 4580. 



Springing from a white threadlike mycelium, which incorporates 

 itself with the soil and its accompanying moss. Globose, externally 

 furfuraceous, splitting very irregularly. Of three species, from 

 Schweinitz Herbarium, one S. Corii, Schwein., is Stictis radiuta, 

 S. sparsus, Schwein., is an imperfect Stictis, and S. crustaceus, 

 Schwein., is another Stictis, with very long filiform sporidia. 

 Atractobolus ubiquitarius, Schwein., is a very minute Peziza, 

 with linear sporidia. A. lutescens, Schwein., is the egg of some 

 Acarus, but not grooved like the eggs of fflupignatlius. 



327. Secotium Texense. B. & C. — Stipite ventricoso floccoso, 

 pileo cinereo basi membranaceo, hymenio atro, sporis globosis laevi- 

 bus minimis. Western Texas, Capt. Pope. No. 6375. 



