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the extremities of the segments, which become inflexed at the apex 

 in drying ; inner peridium with a distinct pedicel, which corresponds 

 in length to the thickness of the fleshy layer. 



a. Mouth sulcate-plicate. 



i. G. FORNICATUS, Huds. Outer peridium subquadrifid, the seg- 

 ments 4 or 5, rarely more ; inner peridium obovoid, pedicellate, bluish 

 gray or brownish; the mouth prominent, conic, sulcate-plicate. Colu- 

 mella slender, subclavate ; threads of the capillitium thicker than the 

 spores, brown ; spores subglobose, minutely warted, brown, 4-5 mic. in 

 diameter. 



Growing on the ground among the leaves of Coniferae. • New 

 York, Peck; North Carolina, Schweinitz, Curtis-, South Carolina, Rave- 

 nel Inner peridium %-% of an inch- in diameter, the breadth of 

 the expanded segments 1-2 inches. This is G. quadrifidum of Schwein- 

 itz's N. A Fungi. 



2. G. campestris, Morg. Outer peridium multifid, the segments 

 8-10; inner peridium globose, pedicellate, verrucose, gray or brown- 

 ish ; the mouth conic, sulcate-plicate, seated in a circular marginate 

 disk. Columella globose, with a broad base ; threads of the capilli- 

 tium about as thick as the spores, hyaline ; spores globose, minutely 

 warted, brown, 5-7 mic. in diameter. 



Growing in clusters on the open prairie about Lincoln, Neb. Chas> 

 E. Bessey. This appears to be what Cragin refers to G. granulosus, 

 Fckl. Inner peridium yk~Y\ of an inch in diameter, the expanse of 

 the segments 1-2 inches. In many specimens the mycelium and 

 cuticle seem quite persistent, giving the outer surface a coating of soil. 



3. G. Bryantii, Berk. Outer peridium multifid, the segments 

 8-10 ; inner peridium broadly obovoid, gray or brown, tinged with 

 blue, with a projecting collar below encircling the apex of the long pedi- 

 cel ; mouth prominent, conic, sulcate-plicate. Columella globose, with 

 a thick base ; threads of the capillitium about as thick as the spores, 

 brown ; spores globose, minutely warted, brown, 4-5 mic. in diam- 

 eter. 



Growing on the ground in woods. New York, C/ias. H. Peck. 

 Inner peridium %-i inch in diameter, the expanse of the segments 

 2-3 inches. The collar or small inverted cup at the base of the inner 

 peridium into which the apex of the pedicel is inserted will distin- 

 guish this species from the others that are closely related. The cup 



