I 



88 Lycoperdaceae, Diplodermese, Geaster. 



Italia3 borealis (Vittadini), iri Gallia (Quelet), pr. Melbourne et 

 Queenslaad Australiae (M. C. Cooke). — Parvulus, Geast. pnsil- 

 lo ¥t. proximus. 



40. Geaster pusillus Fries Plantre Preissiaose II, p. 139, De Ton. Rev. 249 

 Geast, pag. 19. — Exoperidio 8-fido, laciniis explanatis, siccitate ■ 

 involiitis, flaccidis; endoperidio globoso, sessili, levi, candicante; 



peristomio papillato-promiaente ; sporis floccisque atro-fu- 



ligineis. 



Hab. in solo arenoso ad fluvium Canniog (Herb. Preiss n. 2G95) 

 et W. Australia (M. C. Cooke). — A Geast. minimo Schwein. 

 peristomio levi diff"ert. 



41. Geaster Scieroderma Mont. Cryptog. Guyan. p. 139, n. 593, Syll. 250 

 Crypt. n. 1049, Do Ton. Rev. Geast. pag. 20. — Exoperidio ad 

 medium paucifido, laciniis crassiusculis, rigidis, extus verrucis py- 

 ramidato-subspinulosis persistentibus instructis, exsiccatione fragi- 

 libus, rufis, intus strato tenui, umbrino-fusco, parum hj^-groscopico, 

 haud rimuloso obductis; endoperidio subgloboso, sessili, tenui, flac- 

 cido, levi aut subpuberulo, umbrino vel nigrescenti, apice inrequa- 

 liter lacero vel stellato-dehiscente; capillitio laxo ; columella pistil- 

 liformi aut obpiriformi, 7-8 mm. longa, pallida; sporis globosis, 

 3,5 u.. diam., atro-fuliginosis. 



llab. ad terram nudam pr. Cayenne in America meridionali 

 (Leprieur). — Junior et nondum perfecte evolutus Sclerodermati 

 vcrtmcoso simillimus; stipes nuUus adest, at exoperidium radices 

 crassissimas latissime expansas, intricatas, albas emittit. Exope- 

 ridium usque ad 2 cm. diam. metiens. 



42. Geaster rufescens Pers. Synops. Fung. pag. 134, Grevillea II, 251 

 p. XIX, f. 2, Morgan Araeric. Geasters p. 968, f. II, De Ton. Rev. 

 Geast, p. 20, tab. II, I., Lycoperdon recolligens Sowerby l^^ngl. 

 Fung. t. 80, Lycoperdon stellatum Bull. Champ. t. 471, f. 1. — 

 Exoperidio rigido, plerumque 6-fido; laciniis demum revolutis, ru- 

 fescentibus; endoperidio primitus saccato-incluso, subovato , ses- 

 sili nudo, levi, pallido; peristomio determinato, dentato exareolato: 

 capillitio brunneolo; columella subglobosa, parva; sporis spha^roi- 

 deis, levibus vel subtiliter granulatis, 3-4,5 a. diam., brunneolis. 



Jlab. ad terram in pascuis et pinetis pr. Recoaro Italia? bo- 

 realis (sec. Pollini), in Gallia, Belgio, Germania et Britannia, pr. 

 Cernigow Rossiae (Horscov), in Hibcria et ins. Balearibus (Colmeiro), 

 in Hungaria (Haszlin-skv, Kalchbrenner), in Austria (Schieder- 

 meyer), in Carolina infer. aliisque America? bor. locis (Berkeley, 



