Crucibulum 



NIDULARIACE^E 



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the apex as a flat epiphragm. Peridiola numerous, attached to the 

 inner wall of the peridium by a long cord which originates from a 

 depression in a central nipple-like tubercle on the under side of the 

 peridiolum. (Fig. 136.) 



2092. C. vulgare Tul. (from its commonness ; vulgaris, common) a be. 

 Pe. thick, sienna-white, cinnamon or greyish, externally minutely 



tomentose, internally smooth and shining. Peri, circular, 



biconvex, pale ochreous or sienna-white. 

 Rotten branches, planks, twigs, chips, cones, herbaceous stems, grass, rotten 



straw, dead .fern-fronds. Oct.-Nov. f x ^ in. 



CXXI. NIDULARIA Bull. 

 (From a fancied resemblance to a nest, nidus.) 



Peridium globose, consisting of a single membrane, at first closed 

 then opening by a more or less regular mouth or becoming irregularly 



Fig. 137. A, Nidularia pisiformis Tul. X |. B, sections showing peridiola em- 

 bedded in mucus. X 3. c, D, peridiolum and section. X 12. E, basidium with spores, 

 cystidium and the smaller cells of hymenial surface. X 660. 



ruptured, containing numerous peridiola enveloped in mucus, not 

 attached to inside by a funiculus. The mucus arises from dis- 

 integration of hyphae. (Fig. 137.) Species 2093 2095 

 2093. N. pisiformis Tul. (from the pea-like shape ; pisum, a pea, 



forma, shape) a b c. 



Pe. turbinate, strigose, tuberculose, splitting irregularly, cinnamon, 

 pale buff or salmon. Peri, subrotund, biconvex, smooth, 

 shining, brown. 

 Gregarious or solitary. Dead branches, chips, leaves, pine, sometimes on the 



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