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plicate, root rather long, slender ; minutely furfuraceous, dehiscing by 

 a minute opening, bright yellow, becoming brownish. Threads of 

 capillitium very slender, las ; sterile portion obsolete ; spores ochraceous- 

 olive, globose, smooth, 3-4 /m diam.— Vitt., t. 2, f. 2. Mich. Gen., t. 97, 

 £3. 



Yariable in size, from 1/2-1 J in. In grassy places. July-Oct. 

 Italy, Algeria. 



97. L. defossum, Vitt. Mon., p. 177, t. 2, f. 2.— Peridium thick, 

 rigid, globose, sessile, floccose, dehiscing by a small aperture. Threads 

 of capillitium thicker than diameter of spores, branched, tapering, basal 

 sterile stratum obsolete ; spores ochraceous olive, becoming almost umber, 

 globose, smooth, with a short pedicel, 5 /j, diam. 



From 1/2-3/4 in. across. In sandy places. At first subterranean, 

 emerging from the ground when mature ; the floccose cortex generally 

 carries along with it a quantity of sand which becomes agglutinated by 

 mucus from the inner diffluent wall of the peridium. Italy. 



98. L. conspurcatum, B. & Br., Ceylon Fungi, No. 723, Linn. 

 Journ., xiv. p. 80. — Globose, sessile, peridium thin, minutely warted, 

 here and there cracked into areolae, base short, rooting. Capillitium 

 floccose, continuous with the minute sterile base ; spores olive, globose, 

 smooth, often pedicellate, 4 /a diam. 



Scarcely 1 in. in diameter. On the ground. Ceylon. 



99. L. reticulatum, Berk., in Herb. — Peridium globose or broadly 

 obovate, with shghtly raised reticulations which eventually disappear, 

 leaving a polished surface. Capillitium persistent, threads slender, 

 flaccid, barren stratum scanty, cellular; spores pale yellowish grey, 

 globose, smooth, 4 fi diam. 



About 3/4 in. diam. Australia, New Zealand. 



100. L. cejtseforme, Bull,, t. 403, f. 2 (upper row). — Sessile, 

 subglobose, peridium papyraceous, persistent, cortex white, minutely 

 furfuraceous, breaking away in patches, dehiscing by a minute torn 

 mouth, root long, cord-like. Threads of capillitium much branched, 

 thicker than diameter of spores, much branched, axils rounded, sterile 

 base obsolete, spores bright citrin, smooth, globose, often with a short 

 thick pedicel, 4 fju diam. — L. pratense, Pers. Syn. Fung., p. 143. 

 Globularia furfuracea, Quel. Champ. Jur. et Vosg., 361. Yittadini's 

 figure of L. plumheum, t. 33, f. 1, Fung. Mang., very much resembles 

 BuUiard's figure, but in the former the spores are said to be " fusco- 

 purpurea." 



About 1 in. across. Europe. 



101. L. Cuhense, Berk., in Herb. — Subglobose, peridium thick, 

 tomentose, root a dense mass of white fibres. Threads of capillitium 

 flaccid, simple, barren stratum almost obsolete, spores ochraceous, 

 globose, smooth, 3 fi diam. 



From 1/2-1 in. across. Amongst decayed leaves. Cuba. 



102. L. leprosum, B. & Eav., Fungi Car. Exs., No. 14. — Sessile, 

 globose, whitish, with scurfy granules, mouth small. Capillitium 

 continuous with the minute sterile base, threads about three times as 

 thick as diameter of spores, flaccid, not branched ; spores yellowish 

 olive, globose, smooth, often shortly pedicellate, 3 yu, diam. 



