14 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



Melanogaster variegatus, Tul., Fung. Hypog. 92, t. xi. f. 4, 

 anH t. xii. f. 6 ; Mass., Mon. Gast., p. 33, f. 10. 



Underground. 



Var. Broomeianus, Berk. Differs from type in not 

 having yellow or orange tramal plates. 



Melanogaster ambiguus. Tul. 



Subglobose or ellipsoid, foetid, pale olive becoming brownisb 

 when exposed ; septa vrhite, spores obovate or elliptical, apex 

 variable, acute or obtuse and papillate, brown, 13-15 X 

 7-S fi. 



Melanogaster ambiguus, Tul., Fung. Hyp. 94, t. ii. f. 5, and 

 t. xi. f. 5 ; Berk., Outl. 293 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 1048 ; Mass., 

 Mon. Gast., p. 35, f. 5. 



Under firs, the smell very strong, resembling assafoetida. 

 About 1 in. across. 



Var. intermedius, Tul. Spores obovate, obtuse, rarely 

 papillate. 



HYDNANGIUM. Wallr. (fig. 2, p. 11.) 



Peridium flesby or tbin, smooth or silky, sterile base 

 absent ; cavities minute, irregular, at first empty ; spores 

 globose or subglobose, echinulate. 



Hydnangium, Wallr., MS.; Mass., Mon. Gast., p;.36. 



Distinguished from Hydnangium, its nearest ally, by the 

 absence of a sterile base and the subglobose echinulate spores. 



Hydnangium carotaeoolor. B. & Br. 

 Irregularly oblong, peridium thin,r«gulose, dull red, orange 

 within; spores elliptic, pale, coarsely echinulate, 15-18 X 



11-13 fjL. 



Hydnangium carotaeoolor, B. and Br., Berk., Outl. 293 ; pi. 

 XX. f. 1 ; 'Cke., Hdbk., n. 1049 ; Mass., Mon. Gast., p. 36, 

 f. 6. 



Buried or half exposed, under trees. From ^ to | in. long, 

 of a bright carrot-colour within. 



Hydnangium carneum. Wallr. (fig. 2, p. 11.) 

 Subglobose or irregular, flesh-coloured, inside paler, un- 

 changeable ; spores globofee, pale pinkish-brown, with long, 

 slender spines, 11-12 /*. 



