588 235. Cyathus. 9. GASTEROMYCEiE. PL cell aph. 
4. Cyathus scutellaris. Saucer cup-mushronm. 
Sporangia globular, grey; inside pale whitish ; peridiola 
white, afterwards blackish. 
Cyathoidcs scutellatum, ore crispo, fructibus nigris majoribus Micheli 
N. Gen. 202,4. 
Cyathus scutellaris, Roth Cat. 1,217 ; Persoon Syn. 239. 
Cvathus complanatus, De Candolle Syn. 56 ? 
On the ground, in woods. 
Sporangia the size of a large pea, at first globular, then 
hemispherical ; edge not cut, 
Fam. X. 10. SARCOTHECEiE. Fungorum pars , Lin- 
neeus, Jussieu. Fungi sar cocarpi, Persoon. 
Vegetahilium fungosorum pars , Esenbeck. 
Thallus solid, entirely covered with a membranaceous 
or leatherlike epidermis; flesh becoming cellular; sporidia 
scattered in the substance of the flesh. 
A. Thallus solid, globular ; inside smooth. Sclerotidese. 
Thallus globular ; basis radiated Erysibe. 236. 
Thallus tuberous; basis creeping, 
rootlike Thanatophyton. 237. 
Thallus roundish ; basis not ex- 
panded Sclerotium. 238. 
B. Thallus globular ; inside cellular , or veiny. Tuberidese. 
Thallus subterraneous; inside veiny; 
sporidia pedicelled Tuber. 239. 
C. Thallus irregular , gelatinous fibrous , cellular ; sporidia 
scattered , immersed. Tremellidese. 
Thallus variously formed ; 
spor. in the inside only Tremella. 240. 
Thallus dilated, in folds; 
spor. internal and external Gyraria. 241. 
Thallus caulescent, slightly branched; 
spor. internal and external Coryne. 242. 
A. Sclerotide^. Thallus variously shaped, mostly 
globular, solid, obscurely cellular, covered with an epi- 
dermis. 
