CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Trichia. (1) With a Stems 
membrane at the base remaining entire, Bou'ron. ‘The capsules 
in Mr. Bolton’s figures not so Jong, nor does the colour in the 
young state agree with our specimens, Description of Batsch 
at p. 265, very good. . : rad 
Clathrus denudatus. Linx. On rotten wood in damp places. 
Near Bungay. Mr, Woopw.—On the stump of atiee; Rook. . 
ery, Edgbaston, ; ba Jane—Oct. 
Tric. Stem short : capsule globular, cut round 3 red, rufa, 
Bull. 368, 1~Schmid, 24. is to Vitis oye 
The place of this plant in'a system is not easily determined. ~ 
The capsule o horizontally about its middle, like a snuff. 
box, or like t eS, vess. of the Anagallis ; the per and under 
lid remaining entire ;' therefore it does not agree with the’ genus 
Lycoperdon which opens only at the top, nor does it’ well ac. 
cord with the Trichia, the capsulés of which stretch so as to let 
seeds escape between the fibres, though in some species the 
lower part suffers no each Sepatalion of its fibres, more nearly 
resembling the plant in question. = 
Lycoperdon rufum,. Dicks. 25,1. On rotten wood. 
: -  July—Ang. 
Tric. Stem very short, smooth : capsule tawny, elobu- ful’va, 
lar; .wood tawny. 
Bolt. 93. 3—Bull. 387. 2-Hall. enum, 1. 4. at p. 21, bist. 48, 
4, at ii. p. 116. - hats : 
Stem white. Capsule varying in colour from scarlet:to yel- 
low brown; when its texture opens, the lower part remains en- 
tire on the stem. ‘The whole plant not 1-10th of an inch in 
height. 
Sphaerocarpus Trichioides. Butt.—Clathrus fulvus. Huvs.— 
Mucor fulvus, Liny. On rotten wood. [About Bungay. Mr. 
Woopwarp,} May—Oct, 
Tric. White, globular, changing te deep purple or black; 
shining : stem black. 
Bull, 407. 5. f. D. 
Capsule globular; dust red brown. Stem black, cylindri- 
cal, but flatted and broader at the base. : 
| Spherocarpus albus. Burt. On rotten sticks. 
Tric. Capsule on a stem, whitish : wood yellow. 
Bull. 407. 2-Bolt. 93. 4-Hall. enum, ¥. 3 and 3, at po 233 
hist. 48. lil, at p. 116. a . ; 
al'ba, 
fla’ya. 
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