582 227. Sclerod. 9. GASTEROMYCEiE. PL cell. apli. 
Scleroderma spadiceum, Persoon Syn. 155, 
Lycoperdon spadiceum, Dickson Crypt. 1,25. 
On the ground at the roots of trees. 
4. Scleroderma cepoides. Onionlike skin-litter . 
Sporangia roundish, depressed, rather smooth, shining ; 
stemlike basis short, thickest at bottom, scarcely fibrous. 
Lycoperdon cepae facie, Vaillant Bet . Par. 123. 
Tuber solidum, Withering Bot. Arr, 4,407. 
Scleroderma Cepa, Persoon Syn. 155, 10. 
In woods under oak-trees ; August. 
XXVII. 228. HYPOGiEUM. Persoon. Hypogeum . 
Sporangia globular, rootless ; peridia double, the outer 
adnate, warty, cracked ; sporidia in heaps, among the fiocci. 
—Grows under ground. 
Hypogceum cervinum. Stag hypogeum. 
Sporangium round or oblong ; peridium granulated. 
Lycoperdon cervinum, Lin. S. P. 1053; Sowerby Fungi, 269. 
Lycoperdastrum tuberosum, arhizon fulvum, cortice duriore Crasso et 
granuiato, medulla ex albo purpurascente, semine nigro crassiore, Micheli 
N. Gen. 220. 
Hypogseum cervinum, Persoon Dispos. 7. 
Scleroderma cervinum, Persoon Syn. 156. 
Under ground, near fir-trees. Perhaps a tuber. 
XXVIII. 229. BOVI8TA. Dillenius. Bull-fist. 
Sporangium globular, generally sessile, bottom rooted; 
outer peridium adnate to the inner, separating into lobes, 
tip bursting irregularly, vanishing; sporidia pedicelled on 
the fiocci, brownish-purple.— Grows on the ground, some- 
times half-sunk in it. 
1 . Bovista plumlea . Lead-colour lull-fist. 
Sporangium globular, umbilicated beneath, rooting, lead- 
colour. 
Lycoperdon ardesiaceum. Bull. Champ. 146. 
Bovista plumbea, Persoon Syn. 137,2. 
On fields and grassy places, after rain. 
Outer peridium white, becoming lead-colour, vanishing 
entirely, except at the base. 
2. Bovista nigrescens. Blackish bull-fist. 
Sporangium globular or roundish, brownish-black, be- 
neath plaited. 
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