PL cell . aph. 9. G ASTEROM Y CEiE. 231. Geastrum. 585 
a. Inner peridium pedicelled . 
1. Geastrum quadrifidum. Four-cut shell-puff '. 
Outer peridium four-cut, arched; inner globular, pedi- 
celled; mouth blunt, ciliated, greyish. 
Lycoperdon fornicatum, Hudson Angl. 644; Engl. Bot. 198. 
Geastrum quadrifidum, Persoon Syn. 133. 
In pine plantations; autumn. 
2. Geastrum stellatum. Starred shell-puff. 
Outer peridium many-cut, brownish, outside granular, 
rather flat; inner globular, pedicelled, centre flattish ; mouth 
broad, conical. 
Geastrum coronatum, Persoon Syn. 132. 
Geastrum muUifidum jS, Persoon Disp. 1, 6. 
Lycoperdon volvam explanans, Schmidel Icon. 179. 
Lycoperdon stellatum, Sowerby Fungi , 312. 
In woods. 
<3. Woodvuardi. Sporangium small, flat above; mouth 
acuminated, ciliated ; cilice and stem long. 
Geastrum coronatum Woodward), Persoon Syn. 132. 
On dry banks, among ivy. 
Sporangium dark-brown ; does not exceed an inch and 
half in diameter. 
3. Geastrum pectinatum. Comllike shell-puff. 
Outer peridium many-cut, pale, arched; inner pedicelled, 
dark-brown; mouth pointed, conical. 
Geastrum multifidum a, Persoon Disp. 6. 
Geastrum pectinatum, Persoon Syn. 132. 
In fir-plantations. 
b. Inner peridium sessile. 
4. Geastrum rufescens. Reddish shell-puff. 
Outer peridium many-cut, reddish; inner sessile, bald, 
pale. 
Geastrum rufescens, Persoon Syn. 134. 
Geastrum sessilis ? Sowerby Fungi , 80. 
In fir-plantations. 
5. Geastrum recolligens. Retracting shell-puff. 
Outer peridium many-lobed, spreading, lobes equal, out- 
side yellowish, inside brown ; inner depressed spherical, 
sessile ; mouth conical. 
