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(9.) " Phlyct^na Johnstoni, n. s. Maculis latioribus ; pseudo- 

 peritheciis brunneis ; sporophoris flexuosis amplis, sporis elongatis 

 curvis, medio nodulosis." Berkeley and Broome in Ann. and Mag. 

 N. Hist. Ser. 2. ix. p. 328.— Plate XI. fig. 2. 



" The spores are several times longer than in the original species, 

 the sporophores highly developed, and towards the centre of the 

 spores there is generally a distinct knot, and frequently the outline 

 is more or less irregular." Berkeley. 



GaSTE ROM YCETES . 



Phallus foetidus. (1) Sclerotium semen. 



Scleroderma vulgare, /3. muscorum. 



Elaphomyces granulatus. durum. 



Nidularia crucibulum. populneum. 



Lycogala epidendrum. salicinum. 



Reticularia umbrina. neglectum. (5) 



TEthalium scepticum, a. pteridis. 



Diderma vernicosum. Spermoedia clavus. (6) 



Trevelyani. (2) Onygena equina. 



Didymium farinaceum. Raccodium cellare. 



Physarum bryophilum. Erysiphe pannosa. 



nutans, a. communis. (7) 



Craterium leucocephalum. • penicillata. 



Stemonites fasciculata. guttata. 



typhoides. (3) Chsetomium elatum. 



violacea. (4) lUosporium roseum. 



Arcyria punicea. Bovista nigrescens. 



Trichia clavata. Ly coper don giganteum. (8) 



turbinata. gemmatum. 



Licea fragiformis. pyriforme. 



(1.) " I had been struck with the published accounts of the ex- 

 traordinary growth of Phallus foetidus, which was said to attain a 

 height of 4 or 5 inches in as many hours. I procured three or 

 four specimens in an undeveloped state, and placed them in a small 

 glazed case. All but one grew during my temporary absence from 

 home. I was determined not to lose sight of the last specimen ; 

 and observing one evening that there was a small rent in the volva, 

 indicating the approaching development of the plant, I watched it 

 all night, and at eight in the morning the summit of the pileus began 

 to push through the jelly-like matter with which it was surrounded. 

 In the course of twenty- five minutes it shot up 3 inches, and at- 

 tained its full elevation of 4 inches in one hour and a half. The 

 entire life of the Phallus was four days." Ward. On the Growth of 

 Plants in Glazed Cases, p. 68. — Several Fungi have a more trans- 

 itory life ; and some are equally rapid in their growth, or more so. 

 The Agaricus comatus is, I think, an example of this fact ; and I 

 should be inclined to produce Lycoperdon giganteum as another. 

 This remarkable fungus occasionally creates a passing wonder from 



