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GASTROMYCETES. 
PHALLOIDEAE. 
Aseróe, La Bill. 
*A. rubra, La Bill. On soil in a stove. A "r — 
fungus, resembling a stalked sea-anemone. The 8 pure 
white and the spreading rays bright crimson. As is sone in the 
m rs O 
mmersed in mucus, which has a sweet taste and a very disagree- 
bio smell. Numerous flies are attracted by the smell, and readily 
eat the mucus, and by this means the spores are dispersed. A 
introduced species; a native of Queensland. (Kew Bull. 1897, 
PI. 2, f. 1.) 
Phallus, Micheli. 
P. impudieus, L. On the ground. Readily detected by the 
smell, which is very offensive and observable at a distance. A.,Q. 
Mutinus, Fries. 
M. caninus, Fries. On the ground. Smell only slight. A., Q. 
LYCOPERDEAE. 
Lycoperdon, T'ournefort. 
L. echinatum, Pers. On the ground. A. 
L. atropurpureum, Vitt. Under trees. Q. 
L. saccatum, Vahl. Among grass under trees. Common. 
L. excipuliforme, Scop. On the ground. Q. 
L. perlatum, Pers. On the ground under brambles and ferns. Q. 
L. gemmatum, Batsch. Among grass under trees. Common. 
L. pyriforme, Scheff. On rotten wood. Common. 
L. coelatum, Bull. Among me As P. 
Pe Bovista, L. Among grass. e largest British puff-ball, 
metimes reaching a diner of E inches. Edible, having a 
s delicate flavour. 
Bovista, Dill. 
B. plumbea, Berk. Among grass. Common. 
B. nigrescens, Viti, Among grass. Common. 
B. pusilla, Mass. Among grass. A. 
B. ovalispora, Che. & Mass. Among grass. A. 
