586 231. Geastrum. 9. GASTEROMYCEAL PI. cell, aph. 
Lycoperdon stellatum, Bulliard Champ. 238. 
Lycoperdon reeolligens, Wood in Lin. Tr. 2, 58 ; Sowerby Fungi , 401. 
In woods ; spring and autumn. 
Outer peridium expands with moisture, and contracts 
again on drying ; contrary to the other geastra. 
6. Geastrum cylindricum. Cylindrical shell-puff. 
Outer peridium many-cut ; inner cylindrical, sessile. 
Lycoperdon cylindricum, Withering Bot. Arr. 4,411. 
In fir-plantations. 
XXXI. 232. POLYSTOMA. Pill-box. 
Sporangium globular or depressed, sessile ; outer peridium 
expanding starwise ; inner membranaceous, pedicelled ; 
pedicells and mouths many. 
Polystoma coliforme. Sievelike pill-box. 
Outer peridium many-cut; inner 5 or 6-pedicelled ; pe- 
cells short; mouths ciliated. 
Lycoperdon coliforme, Dickson Crypt. 24 ; Sowerby Fungi , 313. 
Geastrum coliforme, Persoon Syn. 131. 
On sandy banks. 
L. TuLOSTOMiDEiE. Peridia single, leatherlike; mouth 
cartilaginous, circular; sporidia conglobated, scattered 
among the flocci. 
XXXII. 233. TULOSTOMA. Persoon. Tulostome. 
Sporangium globular, pedicelled; peridium single, lea- 
therlike; mouth single, cylindrical, cartilaginous; sporidia 
conglomerated, among the flocci. 
Tulostoma brumale. Winter iulastome. 
Sporangium whitish ; pedicell slightly scaly ; peridium 
attached to the stem; mouth flattish. 
Lycoperdon pedunculatum, Lin. S. P. 1654; Sowerby Fungi , 406. 
Tulostoma brumale, Persoon Syn. 139. 
Among moss on walls ; autumn. 
M. PolyangidE-ZE. Peridium single, thin, membra- 
naceous, bursting irregularly, enclosing many peridiola ; 
sporidia grumose, naked, in the peridiola. 
XXXIII. 234. POLYANGIUM. Ditmar. Bud-mould. 
Sporangium roundish, sessile ; peridium membranaceous ; 
peridiola ovate, inside grumous. 
