1024 
CRYPTOGAMIA. 
2412. RHIZOPO'GON. Fr. Rhizopogon. Sp 1—4 
16341 albus Fr white flocculent | aut. Rufes. way sides 
Lycopcrdon gibbosum Dicks. 
Class XXIV. 
Bull, champ- t. 404 
Division III. Nidulanacees. 
2413. NIDULA'RIA. Nidularia. Sp.Z—V3. 
?^^o ^'^'^'^t^ -^"/^- striated gregarious | au. no. Brsh on rotten leaves 
16J4J campaiiulata Sibth. bell-shaped flocculent | su.aut. Ciner. shavings of wood 
163-14 Crucibulum Hoffm. crucible coriaceous \ su.aut. Oc.fer pine bark 
2414. MYRIOCOC'CUM. Fr. Myriococcum. 
16345 prse'cox Fr. early confluent 
Sp. 1. 
5 ear. sp. W 
2415. POLYAN'GIUM. Lk. Polyangium. Sp. 1. 
16346 vitellinum Lk. yolk of egg gregarious 0 au.oct. Y " 
dead leaves, &c. 
damp trunks 
Sow. t. 29. hirsuta 
Sow. t. 28 
Grev. crypt. 34 
Nees syst. f. 131 
2416. ATRACTO'BOLUS. Tode. 
16347 ubiquitarius Tode common 
Division IV. Carpoboli. 
Atractobolus. Sp:i. 
powdery 0 th. sto. W 
wood,Dones,stones,&c. Fung.meckl.p. 45. f.9 
2417. THELE'BOLUS. Tode. Thelebolus. 
16348 stercoreus Tode dung gregarious 
Sp. 1—2. 
aut. Ysh cow dung 
2418. PILO'BOLUS. Tode. Pilobolus. Sp. 1—2. 
16349 crystallinus Tode transparent very fugac. \ cool w. Bl horse dung 
/S ro'ridus Pers. frosted very fugac. § cool w. Pellu. horse dung 
2419. SPH^RO'BOLUS. Tode. Sph^robolus. Sp. 1—2. 
16350 stellatus Tode starry emerging 0 su. aut. Pa.Y wood, &,c. 
Nees syst. f. 363 
Bolton, 1. 133. f 1 
Bolton, t. 132. f 4 
Grev. crypt. 158 
Class 1 1. Pyrenomycetes. — Division 1. Sphcsriacei. 
2420. XYLA'RIA. Hill. Xylaria. Sp. 11—29. 
16351 hypoxylon Grev. 
16352 digitata Pers. 
wood 
fingered 
various 
tufted 
2 all sea. Bl 
2 all sea. Bl 
stumps of trees 
stumps of trees 
Sower, t. 55 
16353 polymorpha Grev. polymorph. 
16354 gracilis Grev. slender 
16355 entomorhiza Dicks, insect-root. 
16356 capitata Hobnsk. capitate 
16357 alutacea Pers. tan-like 
16358 hypoxylon Ehr. wood 
variable 
simple 
stalked 
tufted 
brittle 
2 aut. Bl stumps of trees Sow. t. 69. digitata 
3 aut. Br moist places Grev. crypt. 86 
2 aut. Fuse, deadlarvteof insects Dicks, crypt, l.t. 3.f3 
3 Sep. oc. Br on Scler. cervinum Sow.t.354.«^ar«ci'7o;-7«w 
21 au.oct. pa.tan dead pine leaves Sow. 1. 159. clav'ata 
gregarious | aut.sp. Wsh old trunks 
(3 cupressi/ormisWoodv. cj/press-like greganous | aut.sp. Wsh old trunks Bolton, t 129 f g 
16359 punctata Sowerby dotted gregarious f all sea. Sooty animal dung Sow. t. 54 " 
16342 16343 16344 
16350 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
cookery. Dogs are taught to find this fungus by the smell, and to scratch it up out of the earth. An instance 
is recorded of a man having possessed this power. It is brought to table either simply boiled, or stewed in 
various forms. It is reported to have a stimulating aphrodisiacal quality, which perhaps renders them more 
popular than their flavor, which is trifling. Truffles are found under the surface of the ground in various 
parts of Europe, where the soil is light and dry ; as well as in Japan and the East Indies. There are said to 
be numerous varieties of color. 
2412. Rhizopogon. Large or middle-sized Fungi, emerging from the earth, and resembling potatoes ; scarcely 
eatable ; but, according to Gleditsch, possessing aphrodisiacal qualities. On the outside covered with netted 
corymbose rooting fibres, whence the name, from piia,, a root, and ^uyojv, a beard. 
2413. Nidularia. A diminution of nidus, a nest. The plants consist of a leathery cup containing several 
lenticular bodies supposed to contain sporules, and all together resembling a bird's-nest with eggs. 
2414. Myriococcum. From ^v^/of, a thousand, and j£ox;;i(3?, a little capsule. Related to Sclerotium. The only 
species consists of superficial deformed confluent tubercles, 2-4-lines broad, at first sight resembling a white 
compound Spheeria with prominent brown orifices, j> 
2415. Polyangium.. Named by Link, from froXv;, many, and ctyywv, a capsule. Easily distinguished from the 
last by the internal grumous substance, which Nees and Fries consider unequal sporidia. 
2416. Atractobolus. From ar^otxroi, a spindle, and jSctXXu, to cast. The bladder which contains the sporules, 
is fusiform and closed, and is ^ected from the base of the cupule as soon as the operculum is thrown off". 
2417. Thelebolus. From S-'/jA^j, a nipple, and BxX^^m, to emit. The uterus protrudes a globose papilliform 
vesicle. This is found on the dung of swine, after rainy weather in June and July. Tode compares it to the 
