15(5 Hymenogastraceie, Hysterangiiim. 



Hab. in silvls sub umbra in Italia, Helvetia, Germania, Gallia 

 et Africa boreali. — Peridium gregarium, hypogseum, odore gra- 

 vi (lonatum, pisi vel nucis avellance magnitudine. 



2. Hysterangium membranaceum Vittad. Monogr. Tuber. p. 14, t. IV, 5 

 f. 15, Tul. F. Hyp. p. 83, Splanchnomyces membmnaceus Corda 

 Icon. VI, t. VIII, f. 78. — Peridio albido, teuui, membranaceo, 

 globoso, subtomentoso; gleba virescente cellulis difformibus, irre- 

 gularibus; sporis longe ellipsoideis, subsessilibus. 15 y.. longis, le- 

 vibus, pallide glauco-virentibus. ■ 



Hab. in nemoribus prope Milano Italise borealis (Vittadini) nec 

 non prope Lund in Suecia (Fries). — Ab H. claihroidi, cui valde 

 affinis est, differt peridii natura, fibrillarum radicalium praesentia 

 et cellularum forma. 



3. Hysterangium nepliriticum Berk. in Ann. Nat. Hist. XIII, p. 35U, 5 

 n. 298, Tul. Fungi Hvpog, p. 82, Splanchnomyces nephriticum 

 Corda Icon. VI, t. VIII, pag. 79. — Depresso-globosum, polyrhi- 

 zum, candiduni; peridio firmo, crassissimo. elastico, solubili ac de- 

 mum discreto, levi, albo ; gleba cartilagineo-glutinosa, pellucida, 

 pallide griseo-cserulea, viridi tincta; cellulis e basi radiantibus, 

 irregularibus, minutis, floccis tenuibus continentibus; sporis oblon- 

 gis, brevissime pedicellatis, utrinque obtusis, levibus ex argilla- 

 ceo hyalinulis, 12,5-13^:6,5. 



Hah. in terra inter ramulos prope Clifton Anglia? mense fo- 

 bruario. — Fungus gregarius, subinde confluens, 1-2,5 cm. latus, 

 odore primo subnullo, mox graveolente nonnullarum Hyperici spe- 

 cierum simili ve\ Lycoperdi e\o\eti donsitus. Hysterangii claihroi- 

 di perraflinis. 



4. Hysterangium Thwaitesii Berk. et Br. in Ann. Nat. Hist. 1848, 5 

 p. 267, n. 377, Tul. Fungi Hypog. p. 82, Splanchnomyces Thwai- 

 iesii Corda Icon. VI. — Subglobosura, album, tactu rufescens, my- 

 celio albo, fibrilloso, membraaulas vix efformante modiceque ex- 

 panso instructum, subsericeum, globosum vel subirregulare; pe- 

 ridio membranaceo, siccitate plerumque secedente, lacerato, rufe- 

 scente; cellulis brunneo-olivaceis; sporis oblongis, apiculatis, 19- 

 19,5::; 6,5. 



Hab. inter ramulos ad terram prope Bristol Britanniae et in 

 California Americre borealis m. .Augusto. — Hysierangio c/athroi- 

 di proximum. 



5. Hysterangium fragile Vittad. Monogr. Tuber. p. 14, t. IV, f. 15, 5 

 Tul. Fungi Hypng. p. 83. — Minus, rotundatum, fibrillis radica- 



