312 OUTLINES 01' MKITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



at length whitish ; mass of spores, and very dense capilli- 

 tium bright citrine, then olive ; threads thin, liaccid, simple ; 

 spores globose, smooth, pale yellow, sometimes pedicellate, 

 5 mm. dia. 



On the ground. Diirdham Down. 



77. LYCOPERDON, Toifrn. (p. 301;. 



1. L. giganteum, Batsch (p. 302). 



2. L. cselatum, Fr. (p. 302). 



3. L. atro-purpureum, Vitt. (p. 302). 



4. L. pusillum, Fr. (p. 302). 



5. L. saccatxim, Valil. (p. 302). 

 (3, L. gemmatum, Fr. (p. 302). 



7. L. pyriforme, Schacjf (p. 30o). 



8. L. Cookei, Mass. ; gregarious ; ^-f in. dia., hemi- 

 t^pherical or globose, abruptly contracted into a short, thick 

 stem-like base, smoky-brown above, white below, minutely 

 areolato-furfuraceous, dehiscing by a small irregular mouth > 

 capillitium continuous with the well-developed cellular 

 sterile base ; threads varying in thickness, simple, firm ; 

 spores bright citrine yellow, then olivaceous-umber, globose, 

 smooth, sometimes stipitate, 4 mm. dia. 



On the ground. Norfolk. Kew. 



9. L. Hoylei, B. and Br. ; peridium stipitate, subglobose, 

 bristling with elongated rigid brown warts, sterile base 

 small, confluent with the capillitium ; spores globose, 

 echinulate, lilac. 



On the ground. Heading. 



Stem 1 in. high, | in. thick, lacunose ; olivaceous within ; 

 peridium 2 in. across ; warts li-2 lines high ; capillitium 

 and spores lilac; spores '00015 in.; mycelium thread-likc) 

 white. 



