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with the exception oi Enerthema, Reticularia and Ptychogaster , in the 

 former of which (figured by Mr. Bowman in the ' Linnean Transac- 

 tions ') as well as in the present instance, Mr. Berkeley has ascer- 

 tained that they are produced within a vesicle, as in Hymenogaster 

 vulgaris, Tul., thus confirming at once Mr. Bowman's curious 

 genus, and M. Tulasne's observation of a similar anomaly in a dif- 

 ferent group of fungi ; while in the two other genera they form little 

 radiating fascicles. Mr. Berkeley states that the credit of calling 

 attention to Bulliard's figure, and ascertaining the structure, is en- 

 tirely due to Dr. Badham, and he therefore dedicates the genus to 

 him, in the hope that its characters ai-e so well founded as to ensure 

 permanence. 



Badhamia, Berkeley. 



Peridium simplex, extus nudum, v. rarissime subtomentosum, apice 

 demum lacerato-apertum ; fiocci laxe reticulati, parielibus affixi, bic 

 illic expansi in laminam saepe triangularem peridio similem : sporce glo- 

 bosae,v. subangulares, primum sacco communi liichisae, demuKi liberatse, 

 conglobato-adnatae. — Fungi minores, fragilissimi, muscos v. corticem 

 colentes, Pbysarum utplurimiim referentes. 



1. B. hyalina^Yhysaxwm byalinum, Auct. 



2. B. utr.icularis=zFhy sarum utriculare, Auct. 



3. B, capsulifer, peridiis sessilibus v. breviter membranaceo-pedicellatis 

 obovatis congestis e nigro-caesiis albidis, floccis candidis. 



Sphaerocarpus capsulifer, Bull. t. 470. f. 2. 



Trichia capsulifera, Dec. Fl. Fraiig. vol. ii. p. 254 (1815). 



Pbysarum capsuliferum, Chev. Par. vol. i. p. 339 (1826)?; Duhy, Bot. 



Gall. p. 861 (1830). 

 Hah. ad muscos, in Gallia. 

 A sequentibus difFert stipite spurio, peridiis magis obovatis, floccisque 



albidis. B. utriculari verosimiliter propior. 



4. Badhamia nitens, peridiis sessilibus depressis congestis nitide flavis, 

 floccis flavis, sporis extus fortiter ecbinulatis. 



Hah. ad ramos quercinos emortuos ; apud East Bergbolt, in Com. Suffolk, 

 Febr. 21, 1851, Rev. Dr. Badham. 



5. Badhamia pallida, peridiis sessilibus depressis sublentiformibus hie 

 illic congestis sparsisque pallido-luteis, floccis flavis, sporis majoribus 

 granulatis ; vesicula centrali magna. 



Hah. ad ramos quercinos emortuos ; apud East Bergbolt, in Com. Suffolk, 

 Mart. 1, 1851, Rev. Dr. Badham. 



6. Badhamia fulvella, peridiis gregariis sessilibus globosis nigris 

 tomento subtili fulvo vestitis, floccis albidis. 



Hah. ad lignum eniortuum ; apud East Bergbolt, in Com. Suffolk, Rev, 



Dr. Badham. 

 Habitus Didymii potiiis quam Physari. 



The paper was accompanied by coloured drawings, and magnified 

 representations of the details. 



