574 216, Leang. 9. GASTEROMYCE. Pi. cell. aphs 
2. Leangium floriforme. Flowershape scale-mould. 
Sporangia straw-colour, first globular, afterwards stel- 
late, spreading ; pedicells long, slender, cylindrical, 
Didymium floriforme, Schrader N. Gen. 1, 25. 
Spherocarpus floriformis, Bulliard Champ. 142, 
Diderma floriforme, Persoon Syn. 164. 
On trunks of trees, and on hypna. 
XVI. 217. LEOCARPUS. Link. Glance-mould. 
Sporangium roundish or ovate; peridium simple, mem- 
branaceous, brittle, bursting ; colwmedla 0. 
1. Leocarpus vernicosus. Varnished glance-mould. 
Sporangium reverse-ovate, shining, brown; pedicells 
short, dilated at bottom, membranaceous. 
Lycoperdon fragile, Dickson Crypt. 1,25; Sowerby Fungi, 136. 
Trichia lutea, Roth Cat. Bot. 2, 330. 
Diderma vernicosum, Persoon Syn. 167. 
Leocarpus vernicosus, Link Berl, Mag. 3. 
On ivy-leaves, and large mosses. 
2. Leocarpus parasiticus. Parasitic glance-mould. 
Sporangium nearly globular, dull tawny; pedicells cylin- 
drical, yellowish-white. 
Diderma vernicosum parasiticum, Persoon Syn. 165. 
Lycoperdon cylindricum, Withering Bot, Arr. 414, 
On grasses and mosses, in clusters. 
D. Tricniapem. Peridium thin, single, regular, mostly 
pedicelled, smooth, bursting or falling into regular pieces ; 
flocct springing out from the bottom of the peridium, and 
extending elastically after its destruction ; sporzdia scattered, 
among the flocci. 
XVII. 218. TRICHIA. Persoon. Hair-mould. 
Sporangium determinately figured; peridium membra- 
naceous, cracking; jlocci ascending in a winding manner 
from the bottom; sporidia angular. 
a. Sporangia creeping. 
1. Trichia reticulata. Network hair-mould. 
Sporangia spreading, yellow; peridium very thin, in ir- 
regular network, 
Lycoperdon jumbricale, Baisch Fungi, 1, 259. 
Trichia reticulata, Persoon Syn. 182, 
On the mossy trunks of trees; autumn. 
