CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. L . erdon, “(1 rapye : 
permanent * a -~— = = 
The rays of the wrapper. when fully expanded seldom ex 
17 inch, though I have found them fit ay size. . ey ae = 
nearly equal, and regularly spear-shaped. Outer coat of a bright 
silvery white ; inner coat much thinner than in any other SPECIES, 
and does not crack and flake. off, but soon dries, when it ace 
quires a.chesnut colour ; smooth, rather shining. Head com- 
pressed, yellow white or dirty buff, perfectly stemless. Mouth 
conical, ciliated, Segments of the wrapper when dry entirely 
enclosing ‘the- head, when moist expanding and perfectly flat. 
Tt may be made. to undergo these changes at pleasure by putting 
it in a saucer with a very little water, when in an hour or two 
it will expand“and again contract if suffered to dry. This pro- 
perty it retains for years if kept in a dry place. Plants of the 
Lycoperdon stellatum often appear stemless, but in a few days 
they invariably shew the footstalk. The diameter of the ex. 
nded_ rays varies from 1 to 4 inches, and the size of the head 
that of a * to an inch indiameter. Woopwarp. 
Earsham, Norfolk, and Mettingham near Bungay, Suffolk. 
Mr. Woowarp, és pet =~ 4) i x7 , ce A 
Lyc. Wrapper with many ragged clefts: head cylindri- cylin’dri« 
_ » eal, stemless. « - ick? x; . qa «© Cum. 
Wrapper dark brown, torn into 7 or 8 unequal ragged seg- 
ments. Head paler brown, smooth, cylindrical, opening at the 
top; mouth plaited, puckered. Three inches high, and 12 inch 
diameter. Internal structure like a honeycomb, but less re- 
ar. Sg tgit a a 
__ There is no figure of this species, and I have not seen it, but 
have described it from a drawing made by Mr. Gregory Watt, 
from plants which he found in a plantation of firs in the neigh- 
bourhood of Glasgow. ity BR” 3 
Lyc, Wrapper many-cleft, expanding: head globular; florifor’me. 
stem long, slender, cylindrical. 
Bull. 371. 
Plant leat! le straw-colour. The capsule splits open 
into 5 or 6 map thee then resemble the petals ofa flower. 
A woolly matter replete with powder now comes into view, and 
under this a pear-shaped receptacle. Butt. : 
_ Spherocarpus floriformis. Bull. ‘This curious species was 
first discovered in England by Mr. Relhan, growing upon - 
Hypnum prelongum and rutabulum in Madingley oa. 
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Lyo, Head bell-shaped, powdery =. stem ragged, woody. Phallor‘des. 
| Phid, trans, lexiv. 16. at p. 423. i 2 : 
Vor, IV. Be Se 
