Pl. cell. aph. 9. GASTEROMY CE. 231. Geastrum. 585 
a. Inner peridium pedicelled. 
1. Geastrum quadrifidum. Four-cut shell-puff. 
Outer peridium four-cut, arched; inner globular, pedi- 
celled; mouth blunt, ciliated, greyish. 
Lycoperdon fornicatum, Hudson Angl. 644; Engl. Bot. 198. 
Geastrum quadrifidum, Persoon Syn. 133. 
In pine plantations; autumn. 
2. Geastrum stellatum. Starred shell-puff. 
Outer peridium many-cut, brownish, outside granular, 
rather flat; inner globular, pedicelled, centre flattish ; mouth 
broad, conical. 
Geastrum coronatum, Persoon Syn. 132. 
Geastrum multifidum 6, Persoon Disp. 1, 6. 
Lycoperdon volvam explanans, Schmidel Icon. 179. 
Lycoperdon stellatum, Sowerby Fungi, 312. 
In woods. 
8. Woodwardi. Sporangium small, flat above; mouth 
acuminated, ciliated; ci/ige and stem long. 
Geastrum coronatum Woodwardi, Persoon Syn, 132. 
On dry banks, among ivy. 
Sporangium dark-brown; does not exceed an inch and 
half in diameter. 
3. Geastrum pectinatum. Comblike shell-puff. 
Outer peridium many-cut, pale, arched ; inner pedicelled, 
dark-brown; mouth pointed, conical. 
Geastrum muitifidum «, Persoon Disp. 6. 
Geastrum pectinatum, Persoon Syn. 132. 
In fir-plantations. 
b. Inner peridium sessile. 
4. Geastrum rufescens. Reddish shell-puff. 
Outer peridium many-cut, reddish; inner sessile, bald, 
pale. i 
Geastrum rufescens, Persoon Syn. 134. ! 
Geastrum sessilis? Sowerby Fungi, 80. 
In fir-plantations. 
5. Geastrum recolligens. Retracting shell-puff. 
Outer peridium many-lobed, spreading, lobes equal, out- 
side yellowish, inside brown; inner depressed spherical, 
sessile; mouth conical. 
