, 
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often constricted above base so as to form a Circular groove, 
3-1 inch in diameter; spores .0040-.0045™™ 
Fig. 6. 
8. G. minimas Schw—lInner peridium subpedicellate, white ; 
the mouth plano-conic, ciliate (Fig. 7). 
Outer peridium with a vaulted base, white be- 
neath; the segments 7-9, “elegantly revolute,” 
brownish where they touch the soil, with an ex- 
panse of about % an inch: Inner peridium ovoid Fig. 7- 
with a plane base, glabrous, pure white, about 14 of an inch in 
diameter ; spores .0040-.0045™™ 
4. FiMBRIATI. 
Oxter peridivrsi multifid, the segments revolute ; inner peridium ` 
Sessile, the mouth ciliate-fimbriate. 
9. G. fimbriatus Fr— Inner peridium globose or depressed 
globose; the mouth inde- 
terminate, piloso-fimbriate 
(PIP 8)... - 
Segments of the outer 
Peridium 6-8, equal, acute, 
flaccid, the superior strat- 
um receding. Inner per- 
idium wanting the paler 
Circle in which the deter- 
> gx 
in diameter ; Spores .0030—.0035"™ ue 
10. G. vittatus Kalch.—Lower surface of the segments longi- 
