I 



90 Lycoperdaceaj, Diplodermeoe, Geaster. 



llab. pr. fluvium Eder, Chaugoi iii Mongolia boreali Asiaj (J. 

 N. Potanin). — Exoperidium adhuc clausum globosum, leve, 12- 

 14 mm. diam. metiens. 



47. Geaster Schaefferi Vittad. Monogr. Lj-coperdin. p. 160, t. I, f. 1, 256 

 De Ton. Rev. Geast. pag. 21, t. II, C. — Exoperidio 4-8-fido, 

 laciniis subrevolutis, basi integra convexo-conica, fornicata, strato 

 interno crassiusculo, ceraceo-molli, fragili, levi vel rimoso-diffracto, 

 facile separabili, strato externo floccoso-membranaceo, flexili ; en- 

 doperidio globoso, pedicello strato laciniarum crasso interno im- 

 merso ideoque liaud visibili suS"ulto, flaccido, tenui, leviusculo, al- 

 bido-fuligineo; peristomio subprominente, orbiculo basilari plane de- 

 stituto, concolori, dentato, dentibus lacero-fimbriatis; capillitio mol- 



li, columellse parietibusque adnato, fusco; columella globosa, basi 

 angustata; sporis globosis, fusco-fuligineis. 



Hab. ad terram in nemore pr. Roncaro Italiae borealis (Vit- 

 TADiNi). — ((Forte G. rufesceniis varietatem stipitatam sistit». 



48. Geaster hygrometricus Pers. Sjnops. Fung. p. 135, Nees Syst. 2r,7 

 t. XII, f. 127, Bischoff". Krypt. Kunde t. LXXIII, f. 36 32-3034, 

 Grevillea II, t. XIV, f. 2, Inzenga Funghi Sicil. cent. 1, n. 29, 



f. 4, Vittad. Monogr. Lycoperdin. p. 168, t. 1, f. 8, Cordier Champ. 

 de France p. 211, t. 56, f. 1, Morgan Americ. Geasters p. 969, 

 f. 12, De Ton. Rev. Geast. pag. 21, t. II, E. — Exoperidio usquo 

 ad basira, 7-20-fido, rarius 6-fido, laciniis rigidis extus canescen- 

 tibus, sublignosis, glabratis, intus strato crasso, subdiscreto, per- 

 sistente, subfusco, ceracco, exoleto valde rimoso obductis, extus 

 griseis vel griseo-brunneis, siccitate arcte involutis; endoperidio 

 compresso, sessili, subreticulato quandoque levi, brunneo vel gri- 

 seo, demum apice incequaliter lacero vel stellatim fisso; capillitio 

 laxo, pailide brunneo; columella obsoleta; sporis globosis, verru- 

 culosis, 7-10 '/, diam., brunneo-rufis. 



Jfab. ad terram, in campis et silvis in Italia, Gallia, Austria, Sla- 

 Yonia, Hungaria, Germania, Belgio, Nederlandia, Ilispania, Rossia, 

 Anglia et Lusitania; pr. .\lger Africas borealis (Trabut in herb. 

 Sacc.) et Somerset East Africae australis (Mac Owan et Tuck sec. 

 Kalchbrenner), prope Minussinsk ia Sibiria (Thuemen) et pr. Saha- 

 runpore Indii^ in Asia (Duthie sec. M. C. Cooke), in Araer bor. et 

 Uruguay (Winter), Araer. austr. ; pr. Rockharapton AustraJiae (Tho- 

 zet sec. Berkelev, M. C. Cooke). — Lacinia) exoperidii valde liy- 

 grometricai; exoperidium expansum usque ad 8 cm. diam. metiens. 



49. Geaster fibrlllosus Schwein. Sjnops. Fungor. Carol. n. 330, De 2bi 



