

04 LycoperdaccK, Diplodermcic, Coilomyces. 



lam ex individuis pluriinis constantem effofmantes, quorum singu- 

 lorum basis in exoperidio communi immergitur sed puncto tantum ji 

 affigitur. 



1. Broomeja congregata Berk. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 1844, p. 193, 272 

 t. VI A, Dec. of Fungi n. 10. — Exoperidio stromatiformi, sube- 

 roso, griseo, rubro maculato, superne plurima endoperidia gerente; 

 eiidoperidiis papyraceis, subtiliter granulatis, udis castaneis, dein 

 pallidioribus, rufo tinctis; osculo fimbriato, in depressione orbicu- 

 lari sito; capillitio centrum versus convergente e floccis simpli- 

 cibus, nodulosis efformato; sporis globosis, numerosis, multinuclea- 

 tis, ochraceo-rufis, echinulatis, 10-11^8-9. 



Hab. in ligno putrescente Albany Amer. bor. (Backhouse), So- 

 merset East (Mac Owan) et Port Natal (Wood) Africae australis. 

 — Fungus insignis, caryophilli vel Anisi odore ; massa fungiua 

 12-15 cm. lata, usque ad 150 individua amplectens; exoperidium 

 6-7 mm. crassum, endoperidium 1 cm. circ. altum, 8 ram. latum. 



2. Broomeja guadalupensis Lcv. Fragm. mycol. p. 129. — Conferta; 

 exoperidio (volva) cupulato, cartilagineo, fiavicante, osculo lobato- 

 dentato; endoperidiis globosis, sessilibus, membranaceis, albis, de-l 

 inum nigricantibus, apice fimbriato dehiscentibus ; sporis globosis, 

 hispidulis, brunneo-fuscis floccisque concoloribus. 



Hab. ad terram in ins, Guadalupa (herb. Mus. Par,). — Endo- 

 peridium 8-10 mm. latum. 



COILOMYCES Berk. et Curt. Exotic Fungi p. 279 (Ftym. a coilo^ 

 cavus et myces fungus). — Peridium simplex, papyraceum, extus 

 implexo-sericeum (rudimenta exoperidii); capillitium e peridio un- 

 dique radians, intus cavum, parietibus lacuna? cribrosis; sporrc mi- 

 nute globosai. — Peridia aggregata vel confluentia, mycelium com- 

 mune tenue, saltera non crassum suberosum. Genus Broomejae ana- 

 logus et mycelium crustam crassam siccam non efformans ; diff^ert 

 etiam capillitio intus regulariter cavo. 



1. Coilomyces Schweinitzil Berk. et Curt. Exot. Fungi p. 279, t. I, 27^ 

 f. 1, Oivigena L>/coperdon Schwein. mscr. — Peridiis aggregatis 

 vel una conttueMtibus, e mycelio communi, tenui, sa?pius membra- 

 naceo exsurgentibus, ovato-attenuatis, papyraceis, albis, cortice 

 opaco-sericea tectis; capillitio centro regulariter oxcavato, pario- 

 tibus poris numerosis obsitis; sporis subglobosis, minutis. 



ilab. ad ligua putrescentia Surinam. — • Peridia 6-9 mm. alta. 



