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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Lxéopetdon.(2) Wiapper 
; permanent. 
they filled up a circle of 2 an inch diameter, and this had at 
least 40 apertures. In the small specimens the head is nearly 
spherical, and sometimes the pedicles and apertures are not more 
than 3 or 4; but these are hardly to be considered _as varieties, 
Notwithstanding there seems to be a sort of correspondence _ 
between the number of pedicles and of apertures, they have no 
direct communication, ‘nor any corresponding cells, the head 
forming a single cavity as in the other species. The apertures 
are not accidental ruptures, but originally formed, for in an 
abortive plant, found in company with Mr. Stone, in which the 
dust nevér ripened, we observed a puckering of the skin in the 
same situation where the mouths usually appear. Mr. Woon- 
WARD, 4... SAE " Ste 7 
In the lane from Crayford to Bexley Common, Kent. Doopy 
in Ray Syn. 28.—Sandy banks near Mettingham, Suffolk ; and 
Gillingham, and Earsham. Norfolk. Mr. Strong and Mr. 
Woopwarp, {Near Hanley Castle, Worcestershire. Mr. Ba. 
ids aaa aes ete age August. Sept. 
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LARD. | 
Lyc. Wrapper many-cleft, expanding ; segments un- 
equal; ‘head on a short stem, “smooth : ‘mouth 
tapering upwards, toothed... = 
Bolt. 179—Gent. Mag. Feb. \792-Bryant Lye. f. 12, 13,14, 
16, 17.-Ray Syn. p. 29s t. 1 fs Mich. 100, 2 5, G= 
“Schmid. 46. se 0 
When fresh opened the head appears sitting, owing to the 
thickness of the interior spongy coat of the wrapper. After a 
. few, days, this cracks, as represented by Mich. t. 100. f..5, and 
peels off, and then the stem appears. .1 apprehend it.to be 
owing to this.that some authors have. described the head as sit- 
ting, and others as supported on,a stem,) and it is therefore very 
diflicult.to ascertain whether they speak of this plant or of the 
L. recolligens. Head’ nearly globular; the mouth surrounded 
with a fringe converging into.a‘cone. The whole plant gene- 
rally‘of a.dirty white, but the head. has sometimes a greyish 
tinge. Woopw. . Mouth often smooth when first open,..but in 
time splits into teeth. Mr. Rogson,.. Head about 1 inch dia- 
meter, bluish brown, Wrapper. brown. within, but bright sil- 
very white on the outside. When kept under a glass, in a moist 
State, it gets the cadaverous smell of the Phallus. impudicus, 
in alesser degree... rf 
Hedge banks, pastures. “[ Hedge bank in a field called Little 
Marsh Croft, by the side of the road from Blimhill to Brineton, eo. 
- Mr. Dicxenson.—Hedge bank by the side of the great road 
from Coventry to Birmingham,-mear Stone Bridge. In Edg- 
baston Park.j] _ Sept. Oct. April. 
Var, 2, Head flatted :, mouth long, taper ;, teeth longer. 
an 
stella’tum, 
