26 HYMENOGASTER 



12. H. luteus Vitt. Vitt. Mon. Tub. t. 3, fig. 9. Luteus, yellow. 

 Pe. 2-3 cm., white, then brownish, subglobose, soft, silky, peridium 



very thin. Gleba bright yellow, cells small, flexuose. Spores yellowish., 

 oval, or elliptical, 24-28 x 10/x,. Smell pleasant, of "musk" Quel, 

 of "strawberry" Vitt., sometimes "powerfully foetid" Berk. Woods. 

 Sept. March. Not uncommon. 



13. H. decorus Tul. Tul. Fung. Hypog. t. 10, fig. 9. 



Decor us, graceful. 



Pe. 2-5-5 cm., dirty white, becoming yellowish in places, roundish. 

 Gleba lilac brown, then blackish, sterile base almost obsolete. Spores 

 ochraceous, then brown, rugulose, broadly elliptical, obtuse, or 

 obtusely apiculate, 24-28 x 13-15 /A; basidia long, slender, some- 

 times flexuose, monosporous rarely bisporous. Wood and tan pits. 

 Oct. Nov. Eare. 



14. H. lycoperdineus Vitt. Vitt. Mon. Tub. t. 2, fig. 5. 



Lycoperdon, a puff-ball. 



Pe. 2-5 cm., white, then brownish, subglobose, somewhat deformed, 

 plicate at the base, smooth, silky. Gleba whitish, then fuliginous, 

 cells large, irregular. Spores "brownish yellow, oblong or elliptical, 

 somewhat uneven, 19-23 x 9-1 1/u," Kabenh. Smell strong, of onion. 

 Gregarious. In earth, and clay. Nov. Rare, (v.v.) 



15. H. vulgaris Tul. Tul. Fung. Hypog. t. 10, fig. 13. 



Vulgaris, common. 



Pe. 2-3 cm., whitish, becoming discoloured, subglobose, regular, or 

 variously lobed, or sulcate, soft. Gleba dirty white, then dark brown, 

 cells rather large, irregular, sterile base minute. Spores blackish 

 brown, rugulose, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, acute, attenuated at 

 the base, 34-40 x 12-14/x. Gregarious, sometimes subcaespitose. 

 Underground. July Oct. Rare. 



16. H. pallidus B. & Br. Pallidus, pale. 

 Pe. 6-12 mm., white, then dirty tan colour, round, depressed, nearly 



smooth. Gleba white, then yellow and finally pale brown, sterile base 

 obsolete. Spores brown, rather rough, lanceolate, acute, shortly 

 pedicellate, 30-36 x 12-14/A. Underground, under firs. Oct. Rare. 



17. H. citrinus Vitt. Tul. Fung. Hypog. t. 1, fig. 1; t. 10, fig. 3. 



Citrinus, lemon yellow. 



Pe. 2-4 cm., lemon, or golden yellow, then rufous black, rotundato- 

 gibbous, shining as if silky. Gleba lemon yellow, then brown, cells 

 small, tramal plates yellow. Spores reddish brown, rugulose, lanceo- 

 late, apiculate, 40 x 17-20/z. Smell cheesy. Underground. May 

 Dec. Uncommon. 



