706 Transactions of the Society. 



Size variable, from 1-2^ in. across. In oak woods, &c. Autumn. 

 Europe, United States. 



8. L. velatum, Vitt. Lycop., p. 187. — Peridium subglobose or tur- 

 binate, umbonate, with a rooting base, flaccid, cortex at first continuous, 

 white then pallid, becoming broken up into irregular adnate patches 

 with fibrillose margins, between the patches ochraceous with minute per- 

 sistent warts, dehiscing by a minute aperture. Capillitium dense, floccose, 

 threads rarely branched, thicker than diameter of spores, tapering, con- 

 tinuous with the compact minutely cellular sterile base ; spores olive, 

 then brownish purple, spherical, warted, sometimes pedicellate, 4-5 /ju 

 diam. — Yitt. Lycop., t. 2, fig. 3. L. album, &c., Mich. Gen., t. 97, f. 2. 

 L. mammseforme, Pers. Syn., 145. L. lanatum, Batsch, Elench., p. 147. 

 Utraria velata, Quel. Champ. Jur. et Vosg., 358. 



From 1 to 2 in. diam. In oak woods. Autumn. Italy, France. 



9. L. cyatliiforme, Bosc, in Berlin Mag., Ixxxvii., t. 6, f. 11. — 

 Subglobose, peridium thick, cortex mealy, becoming broken up into 

 angular adnate patches, root stout, elongated. Threads of capillitium 

 rather thinner than diameter of spores, lax, branching, axils acute, taper- 

 ing, sterile base cellular ; spores brownish purple, globose, strongly warted, 

 often pedicellate, 8 fx diam. — Kavenel, Fungi Carol. Exs., No. 4. 



Bather more than 1 in. across. On the ground, in sandy places in 

 pine woods. Europe, Somerset East, South Africa, North America. 



10. L. lilacinum (Berk.) Mass. — Broadly obovate or turbinate, and 

 contracted into a stout cellular stem-like base, Peridium thin and evane- 

 scent above, dehiscing by a large irregular opening, cortex white, polished, 

 breaking away in papery patches. Threads of capillitium thinner than 

 diameter of spores, flaccid, simple, continuous with the convex cellular 

 sterile basal stratum ; spores violet, with a tinge of ochre, echinulate, glo- 

 bose, 6 fju. — Bovista lilacina, Berk. & Mont., Hook. Lond. Journ., 1845. 



From 2-4 in. high, and 2-3 in. broad. On the ground. Australia, 

 Tasmania, Ceylon, Madras. 



11. L. violascens Cke. & Mass., nov. sp. — Globose, sessile, some- 

 times rather plicate below, and terminating in a short slender root. 

 Peridium papyraceous, persistent, at first covered with minute granular 

 warts, becoming smooth and shining, persistently white, dehiscing above 

 by a large irregular opening. Threads of capillitium variable in thick- 

 ness, often nodulose, tapering, free from the large, convex, cellular sterile 

 base ; spores lilac, globose, minutely warted, 6 //-. Plate XIII. figs. 21-23. 



About 1^ in. across. On the ground. Australia. 



12. L. Curreyi Mass. — Globoso-depressed passing into a short thick 

 stem, or subturbinate, with a long thick root, peridium papyraceous, 

 fragile, almost smooth, the upper part breaking away in patches, leaving 

 a cup-shaped opening with an irregular margin. Threads of capillitium 

 thin, rarely branched, colourless by transmitted light, sterile base well 

 developed, cellular ; spores violet, globose, minutely warted, 6 //, in diam. 

 — L. radicatum, Welw. & Curr., Fung. Angol., Trans. Linn. Soc, xxvi. 

 p. 289, tab. 20, figs. 8-9 (1868). There is a L. radicatum D. Pt. & Mont. 

 of shghtly prior date. 



3-4 in. high, 2-4 in. broad. In grassy places amongst bushes. 

 Loanda, West Africa, Cape of Good Hope. 



