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Geaster, Micheli. 
G. hygrometricus, Pers. On the ground. A. 
G. fornicatus, Fries. On the ground. Q. 
SCLERODERMEAE. 
Scleroderma, Pers. 
S. vulgare, Fries. On the ground under trees. Common. 
S. verrucosum, Pers. On the ground. Common. 
S. Bovista, Fries. On the ground. A. Q. 
S. Geaster, Fries. On the ground. The species of Scleroderma 
are often mistaken for truffles, but are Srs distinct, and are not 
edible. The Tuberacee or truffle famil ily are absent from the 
grounds. A. Q. 
Quéletia, Fries. 
*Q. mirabilis, Fries. On the ground under trees. For an 
account of th me of this interesting fungus, see 
Grevillea, xxii, (1893), 42. A. 
NIDULARIEAE. 
Cyathus, Haller. 
C. striatus, Hoffm. On twigs and wood on the ground. 
ommon. This species, algne with the next,are popularly awi 
as the ** birds'-nest fungu 
C. vernieosus, DC. On the ground. Common. 
Crucibulum, Tul. 
C. vulgare, Tul. On wood and twigs. A. 
Nidularia, Zul. 
N. pisiformis. Zul. On wood. A. 
Sphaerobolus, Tode. 
S. stellatus, Tode. On damp d ina — house. A minute 
but very beautiful fungus, at first ball-shaped, then splitting 
bove into several teeth, and "iius to some distance a little 
yellow ball containing the spore 
Thelebolus, 7'ode. 
T. terrestris, Alb. & Schw. On heaps of dead leaves. A. 
