186 CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 



93. CANTHARELLUS. 



1. C. cibarius, wholly yellow; stalk central, solid, thickened 

 upwards ; gills decurrent, dichotomous ; pileus fleshy, smooth, 

 waved, depressed in the centre, the margin slightly involute. 

 GREV. Wern. Mem. iv. 368. ; Fl Edin. 396. ; Crypt. Fl t. 258. 

 Merulius cantharellus, WITH. iv. 180. HOOK. Scot. ii. 25. Agari- 

 cus chanterellus, LIGHTF. Scot. 1008. Ag. cantharellus, Sow. Fung., 

 t. 46. 



Hob. Woods. Wooded banks opposite Longformacus. 



On the Continent, in general, this is much eaten, and in 

 some provinces the people are said to subsist upon it al- 

 most entirely. It appears to be used occasionally in the 

 south of England, but never in the north, where indeed it 

 is by no means common. It is rather tough, and, shortly 

 after being gathered, exhales a pleasant odour like that of 

 apricots. 



2. C. lobatus, membranous, light wood-brown, roundish or ear- 

 shaped, tapered at the base into an imperfect stalk ; upper surface 

 convex, naked ; beneath veined, the veins branched, radiating. 

 GREV. Fl. Edin. 397- Merulius membranaceus, PURT. Mid. Fl. 

 iii. 180. Helvetia membranacea, Sow. Fung. t. 348. 



Hob. Parasitical on living mosses. On Tortula ruralis on 

 Spittal Links, late in autumn. 



94 SCLERODERMA. 



1. S. cepci) " globose, subdepressed, very firm, smooth or warty, 

 sessile, or with a very short thick stipes ; root scarcely any." 

 GREV. Fl Edin. 458. ; Crypt. Fl. t. 66. 



Hob. On the ground in plantations. About Netherbyres, 

 plentiful, Rev. A. Baird. 



95. LYCOPERDON. 



Oss The Lycoperda have in general the form of a white ball, 

 and grow on the ground. They are at first filled with a white 

 spongy mass, which, in its progress to maturity, changes to a 

 dirty green, and becomes ultimately dark brown and pulverulent, 



