So8 BRITISH FUNGI 



C. nicandriformis.—Ascophore irregularly globose, often nodulose 

 or irregular in form, pale yellowish brown, becoming much cracked 

 up into irregular patches, interstices whitish, base phcate or puck- 

 ered, 2|-5 in. diam. ; flesh white, then yellowish ; gleba traversed 

 by numerous thin, ochraceous lines ; asci ovate or oblong-ovate, 

 8-spored ; spores globose, with numerous rather long, blunt warts 

 or spines, 21-26 [i diam., including the spines. 



Smell strong. Often reaches to a large size. 



On the ground, often more or less exposed. 



Terfezia 



Ascophore subglobose or irregular in form, \\ith a distinct short, 

 obconic, stem-like base, wall not perforated ; gleba fleshy, sterile 

 basal portion areolate, pale ; asci globose or subglobose, often 

 8-spored ; spores globose, warted, spinulose or netted. 



T. Icoiiis. — Ascophore subglobose or pear-shaped, often very 

 large, with a short, obconic, stem-like base, whitish, stained and 

 discoloured when old, 2-5 in. diam. ; asci large, subglobose, 8- 

 spored ; spores globose, coarsely warted, for a long time colourless, 

 then slightly coloured, 19-25 /x diam. 



Very variable in size. Smell weak, unpleasant. 



Subterranean or partly exposed. Not uncommon in the New 

 Forest, where I ha\'e collected several fine specimens at different 

 times in the neighbourhood of Lyndhurst. 



Amylocarpus 



Ascophore globoso-depressed, minute, soft and fleshy, surface 

 more or less wrinkled or convoluted ; asci elli})tical, soon deli- 

 quescing ; spores globose, colourless, with long, scattered, slender 

 spines. 



A. encephaloides. — Ascophore globoso-depressed, with wavy, 

 brain-like folds, fleshy, pale dull yellow, 1-2 lines diam. ; asci 

 elliptical or broadly clavate, soon deliquescing ; spores globose, 

 colourless, with very slender, scattered spines as long as the dia- 

 meter of the spore, 10-12 fi diam., excluding the spines. 



Bearing a strong superficial resemblance to Dacryomyccs deli- 

 quescens. 



Very rare. Only once found, growing in groups on fragments 

 of wood on sand ]>y the seashore at Sketty, near Swansea. 



Sph.eriace.e 

 Hypoxylon 

 Ascophore subgdobose or forming crust-like patches, solid, peri- 

 thecia immersed in a row just b.elow the surface (spores i-celled, 

 brown). 



