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‘CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Lycoperdon, (3) Newly 
stemless; large. , 
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and the contents of this latter part are rather pithy than wdery 
and seed-likes ag 3 5 Y 
Lycop. Bowista. «. Huns, L. Bovista. 5. Licutr. In woods 
and pastures; late in the autumn and in winter. 
Var. 6. pitted. ‘The lower stem-like part irregularly pitted. 
Var. 7. rough. Prickly ; tapering at bottom so as to form 
a stem, : ex: < 
Bull, 340. - . 
_. «This gradually runs into the pear-shaped variety. The 
rickly coat readily separates. ‘The nniiitik part peat 4 
om the head by a transverse membrane. ' From 1 to 2 inches 
in‘diameter. Butiiarp. : 
Lyc. Bovista. « Huns. 
Var. 8. pestle-shaped. Stem thinnest upwards. 
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Bull, 450. 2, and 475, F. G. H. I=Fl, dan. 1139, and 
1140~Bolt. 117. g.-Vaill. 12. 16-Scheff. 187-Mich. 
O7. 1~Gled. oy Lycoperd. f. 4—Mich. 2-Mich. 98. Ls. 
Surface rough or smooth, Stem generally thickening down. 
wards.~ Globular part from 1 to 2 inches diameter. Stem near 
3 inches high, and about 1 inch diameter. Burirarp. 
Lycop. Bovista.n Huns. L, Bovista. 3. Licurr, Woods, 
[near Bath. Mr. Sracxuousz. ] Summer and Autumn, 
Var. 9. flat-topped. Nearly cylindrical, but rather crooked 
and tapering upwards; flat at the top, witha thin edge. 
Bolt. 117. b. 
Near the Red Rock, Edgbaston Park. May. 
Var. 10. Stem very thick; pileus convex: the whole plant 
set with fine pencils of soft hairs. : 
Brown yellow; from 5 to 6 inches high; the stem 2 and 
the pileus full 3 inches diameter. Mr. StacxHousz. 
Lyc. (BottT.) Stemless ; white, changing to black ; a re- 
gular globe, with only two coats. : 
Bolt. 118—Sterb. 29. H. 
_. Snow white when young, and white within; black in decay. 
Opens with a very large aperture; diameter about 2 inches. 
LTON. 
Fields, very common, 
Lyc, Barscn, | Stemless ; leathery, globular; when open 
kre coats lettioe in} half ea in the earth, 
globo’sum 
defos’sum . 
