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inside, fleshy, smooth or cracked; endoperidium 1-3 cm., grey, some- 

 times light or dark brown, globose, or subpyriform, compressed, some- 

 times swollen at the base near the apex of the stem. Peristome 

 depressed, conical, subacute, fimbriato-ciliate, often surrounded by 

 a pale silky circle. Stem 3-5 x 4-10 mm., concolorous, or paler, com- 

 pressed. Spores blackish purple, acutely warted, globose, 4 5ju. 

 Columella almost wanting. Capillitium brownish, fusiform, 5-7 /JL in 

 diam. Woods, hedgebanks, amongst firs and leaves. Sept. Nov. 

 Uncommon, (v.v.) 



tfEndoperidium sessile. 



(a) Exoperidium strongly incurved when dry. 



60. G. mammosus Chev. Sow. Eng. Fung. t. 401, as Lycoperdon 



recolligens. Mammosus, full-breasted. 



Exoperidium 2-5-5 cm., ochraceous, variegated with white, or silvery 

 white, globose, splitting into 7-10, acute, somewhat narrow lobes, 

 divided nearly to the base, very hygroscopic, strongly inrolled when dry, 

 often umbilicate at the base; chestnut brown inside, smooth; endo- 

 peridium 815 mm., yellowish, or light brown, globose, sessile, smooth. 

 Peristome conical, acute, fimbriato-ciliate, surrounded by a pale 

 narrow silky circle. Spores dark brown, verrucose, globose, 3-6yu<. 

 Columella dark brown with a purplish tinge, short, cylindrical, conical, 

 broad at the base. Capillitium hyaline, simple, cylindrical, blunt at 

 the ends, 4-6/i in diam. Sandy woods and fields. Feb. Dec. Un- 

 common, (v.v.) 



G. hygrometricus Pers. = Astraeus hygrometricus (Pers.) Morgan. 

 (b) Exoperidium not incurved when dry. 

 a. Unexpanded plants globose. 



61. G. fimbriatus Fr. Trans. Brit. Myc. Soc. in, t. 19. 



Fimbriatus, fringed. 



Exoperidium 2-5-6 cm., yellowish, globose, splitting into 5-15, 

 unequal, pointed lobes, divided to the middle or a little deeper, 

 and strongly recurved below forming a convex cushion at the base 

 of the sessile endoperidium, outer layer membranaceous, deep ochra- 

 ceous inside, fleshy, soon cracked, and often peeling off; endoperidium 

 1-2 cm., concolorous, globose, sessile, smooth. Mouth indeterminate, 

 piloso-fimbriate. Spores blackish umber, minutely verrucose, globose, 

 3-4/z. Columella obovate, slender. Capillitium yellowish brown, 

 simple, cylindrical, 3-6/Lt. in diam. Coniferous and beech woods, and 

 on heaths. May Dec. Common, (v.v.) 



62. G. saccatus Fr. Grevillea, 11, t. 20. craWo?, a bag. 

 Exoperidium 2-5 cm., yellowish, globose, splitting into 6-9, thin, 



equal, acute lobes, divided to the middle, deeply saccate at the base, 



