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4. Geaster fimbriatus (Fr. Syst. Myc. iii. p. 16). 
Has. On the ground, J. D. H. 
5. Geaster australis (Berk.); peridio exteriori rigido in lacinias plures ovatas semipartito, peridio 
interiori omnino sessili, ore subindeterminato, ciliato-dentato. 
Haz. On the ground, Archer. (Tas. CLXXXIII. Fig. 10.) 
Outer peridium rigid, cleft halfway down into about six ovate lacinie ; inner peridium perfectly sessile; orifice 
distinctly ciliate, split into several teeth. Spores dark, even, about 44155 inch across. —Resembling G. limbatus, 
but the peridium is perfectly sessile. From @. rufescens it is distinguished by its distinctly ciliate orifice, and from 
G. fimbriatus by its rigid outer peridium. When expanded it is about 2 inches across.— Pate CLXXXIIT. Fig. 
10, plant, nat. size. 
Gen. XXXVIII. BOVISTA, Diù. 
Peridium papyraceum, persistens, cortice discreto demum secedente. Spore pedicellate. 
The distinet outer peridium and pedicellate spores distinguish this from common Puff-balls. One species only 
occurs in Tasmania, which is nearly allied to a European species, with similarly coloured spores. (Name Latinized 
from the German, bofist, a puff-ball.) 
l. Bovista lilacina (Mont. et Berk. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. p. 64). 
Has. On the ground, Gunn. 
Gen. XXXIX. LYCOPERDON, Tourn. 
Peridium membranaceum, flaccescens aut superne evanescens, cortice adnato subpersistente, in squamas 
l. verrucas varias abeunte. Capillitium molle, basi sterili peridioque adnatum. 
The species of this genus are for the most part widely diffused and very variable. The spores are pedicellate 
in one or two species. (Name from Avxos, a wolf, and epdw, in allusion to the ancient notion as to their origin.) 
l. Lycoperdon pyriforme (Scheff. t. 189). 
Has. On the ground, Archer. 
2. Lycoperdon gemmatum (Fr. Ep. p. 36). 
Haz. On the ground, Gunn, Archer, etc. 
3. Lycoperdon Gunnii (Berk.); sessilis, subglobosa, minutissime stellato-verrucosa, columella 
brevi, sporis longe pedunculatis. 
Has. In pastures, New Norfolk, June, Gunn. 
1-2 inches across, subglobose, olive. Inner coat shining, clothed with very minute stellate warts. : Columella 
short. Spores globose, smooth, bright-olive, ¿757 inch long, supported on a peduncle three times their own dia- 
meter. 
4. Lycoperdon glabrescens (Berk. d 
ato verrucosum, glabrescens, capillitio sporisque pedunculatis umbrinis, 
conico. 
Has. On sandy ground, Oct. 1845, Gunn. 
Subhemispherical, 13 inch across, umber, plicate below, clothed with minute starry warts above, gradually 
becoming smooth. Stem short, sending out two or three fibrous roots, cellular within and tinged with violet. 
Columella indistinct. Capillitium and globose pedunculate spores, which are 5757 inch across, umber; mouth 
conical. Peduncles twice as long as the spores. 
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) ; breviter pedunculatum, subhemispheericum, umbrinum, cili- 
pedunculo intus subviolaceo, ore 
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