I 



878 Tuberoideae, Tuberacea, Genabea. 



tetro, quasi murino, acerbato; apud specimiQa iii spiritu sporidia 

 vini asservata, guttula unica instructa. 



2. Balsamia platyspora Berk. in Ann. Nat. Hist. XIII, p. 358, Tul. 

 Hypog. p. 124, t. 15, f. 2. — Mediocris, globosa, irregularis, aa- 

 fractuosa, ferruginea, crebre verrucosa; gleba albida, sparsim cel- 

 lulosa, cellulis ssepius subobliteratis; ascis inuumeris, oblongisWel 

 subovatis, obtusis, basi breviter attenuatis vel constrictis et fi- 

 lamento sequali septato suffultis, 65-76 ^ 32-38, 8-sporis ; spori- 

 diis varie dispositis, late oblongo-ellipsoideis utrinque obtusissirais, 

 levibus, 21 i^ 12-13, guttulara mediam crassissimam pluresque mul* 

 to minores includeutibus. 



Hab. plane subterranea in Britannia australi et Gallia. — Fun- 

 gus raagnitudinem avellanse v. nucis non multum superans; odor 

 interdum debilis, saepius gravis et idem ac ille Balsamice vulgaris, 



3. Balsamia fagiformis Tul. Hypog. p. 125, t. 4, f. 3, Bals. poly- 

 sperma Tul. Ann. Sc. Nat. 2 ser., XIX, p. 379 nou Vittad. Mo- 

 nogr. Tub. p. 31. — Exigua, globosa, regularis, dense verrucosa 

 et asperata, Iiinc inde piligera, saturate et obscure ferruginea; 

 gleba alba subimmutabili crebreque lacunosa, septis angustissirais, 

 opacis; ascis oblongis vel obovato-oblongis, vix paraphysibus bre- 

 vioribus vel aequalibus, 8-sporis; sporidiis oblongo-ellipsoideis, gut* 

 tulam mediam crassam pluresque multo rainores includentibus, 



16-17:^10-11. 



Ilab. in argillosis in Gallia. — Fungus magnitudine avellanao 

 vel raro crassior, maturus odore gravissimo quasi Tubens bru- 

 maiis, 



4. Balsamia polysperma Vittad. Monogr. Tuber. p. 31, Tul. Hypog. 

 p. 125, non Tul. Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 2, XIX, p. 379. — Minor, aa- 

 guloso-tuberculosa, papillis minutis, congestis, ferrugineis vestita; 

 gleba subalbida, cellulis minutissirais cavata, exsucca, septis albis, 

 opacis; sporidiis numerosissimis. 



Hab. in prov. Milano Ital. bor. — Fungillus magnitudine pisi 

 vel nucis avellanae, subrotundus, spisse ferrugineus; odor debilis, 

 peculiaris, specificus. 



GENABEA Tul. Giorn. Bot. Ital. ann. I, vol. II, pars I, p. 60 (1844) 

 [Etym. ab agro Genabensi ubi initio lecta], Hypog. p. 128, t. VHI, 

 f. 3 et tab. XVI, f. II. — Ascomata minutissime grauulata, hinc 

 illinc pervia v. anguste rimosa. Gleba lacunis angustis, gyrosis, ad 

 rimas v. aperturas externas pertingentibus, cavata. Asci nunc glo- 



