302 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNOOLOGY. 



1 . L. giganteum, Batsch ; pcridium very brittle above and 

 obtuse, cracking into arcre, evanescent, very widely open ; 

 bark floecose, rather distinct ; capillitium vanishing, together 

 with the dingy-olive spores. — Grev. t. 336; Huss. i. t. 26. 



In pastures. Local. Esculent when young. Attaining 

 sometimes a very large size. Used as an anaesthetic. 



2. L. cselatum, Fr. ; peridium flaccid above, collapsing, 

 obtuse, dehiscent at the apex, at length open and cup-shaped ; 

 barren stratum cellular ; inner peridium distinct all round ; 

 spores dingy-yellow. (Plate 20, fig. 7.) — Huss. ii. t. 23. 



In pastures, etc., often forming rings. Very common and 

 variable. 



3. L. atro-purpureum, Vitt. ; pcridium flaccid, dingy-ru- 

 fous, opening by a minute obtuse mouth ; bark at first rough 

 with minute spines ; sterile base cellular, continuous with the 

 capillitium ; spores largish, pedicellate, brown-purple, cehinu- 

 late.— Fz«. Mon. t. 2. /. 6. 



On downs. West of England, C. E. B. 



4. L. pusillum, Fr. ; peridium entirely flaccid, persistent, 

 obtuse, always bursting by a narrow mouth ; bark even, then 

 rimose with adpressed scales ; sterile stratum obsolete, con- 

 tinuous with the capillitium; spores olive. — Bolt. 1. 117. /. C. 



In pastures. Not common. Lea, Lincolnshire, etc. A 

 small species. 



5. L. saccatum, Vahl ; peridium lens-shaped, scurfy, ob- 

 tuse, cracking into arese, fugacious, very thin, as well as the 

 adnate bark ; capillitium compact, persistent ; spores dingy- 

 umber. — Huss. i. /. 14. 



In thickets, or on their borders. Hare. Kent. Bath. 

 Laxton, Northamptonshire. Peridium plicate beneath. 



6. L. gemmatum, Fr. ; peridium membranaceous, persis- 

 tent, narrowed at the base, opening with an umbonate mouth 



