1 88 MONOCnAPllIA I.V(.OPERDINEOnUM 



\ol iilbiilo-ruligiiicmii ; \fiiiic;u', sfii sUali ijislus fruslula ^ raraC; plaiiae, 

 |>i)lygoiiae , cvsucrac , circa fungi basim in frusUila lata hinc inde se- 

 ccdcnlcs, in cxolctis loiiuissimac , ariilae , ac saejic sacpius clcganlissiinc 

 liiilialo-stfllutai'. Stratum corticis iiilerius iuilio crassuui, albitlo-caruciiin , 

 subcartilagincuin , fragile, etc. Pcriclium in fuiigo iiiaturo membrana- 

 couui, luloscenli-fuligineuin , e corlice atlualo ubicjue |ia|)illoso-inuricaluin. 

 (]ar() all)a , couipacla , cclluloso-librosa, odoris et sajioris grali. Ca])illi- 

 liuin teiuic, la\uni , inolle , c\iniic floccosuni, coloris ruro-j)urj)urascentis, 

 |)eridio pt basi stcrlli aduatuiu. Basis slerilis cellidosa a capillilio baud 

 discreta. 



In sylva (jiici'cina circa Quintosole ct in nemorc di Rrdccecio in 

 provincia mcdiolancnsi , cpiolannis redeunlc aulinnno, olivium. 



Jffiii. Species liabilu singidari pracdita. 01)iter visa Agaricum slro- 

 l)iliforniem Vittadini, ev Amanitaruni scclioiic, nonduiii plane cvolulum 

 diceres. Ob specialem veli cbaraclereni nuUi aflinis. 



Obs. Hoc est profecto singularc illud Michelii Lycoperdon (v. 1. c.) 

 c|Uod Persoonus sub mammaeforniis nomine in sua Synopsi iam adum- 

 bravit. Persooni lamen descriplio e fungo exolelo deprompta videtur. 

 Fusam huius speciei descriptioneni , suIj codem Persooni nomine , nu- 

 perrime dedit Secretanus 1. c. , qui tamen ab hac ipsa specie citatam 

 MiCHEi.li iconem excludil. Friesus, qui probabiliter linnc fungum in na- 

 tura nondum examinavit , Lycoperdon mammaeforme Persooni sub innu- 

 meris Lycoperdi geinniali varielatibus ( var. excipidiformis ) asseverans 

 coUocat. Huius fungi dcscriptio a Chevai.i.iir, 1. c. , cxhibila , ex Per- 

 sooni Synopsi mutuata. 



"■' sporidia fusco-olhHicea. 



SPECIES XII. 



Lyoop. caelAtcm , Bull. 



Pcridium denudatuni cvassiusculum , frugUc ,fuligincum , superne areo- 

 Itiiiin evanescens ; cortex initio inolliter aculeatiis , aetate demum , 

 ex parte, secedens. Basis sterilis ceUulosa , compacta , cum capillilio 



