British Gastromycetes. 77 
Sub-Gen. Myriostoma. Orifices and peduncles indefinite in 
number. 
Geaster eoliformis, Pers. (Fig. 66). Exoperidium multifid, 
segments unequal, acute, indexed, reflexed, or expanded ; en- 
doperidium spherical or depressed, supported on numerous 
slender pedicels which are often more or less compressed and 
branched ; orifices numerous, ciliated ; spores in the mass 
umber, globose, warted, $-6-5 /x, threads of capillitium simple, 
equal, often flexuous, 5-6 /x diam. 
Geaster eoliformis , Pers., Syn. p. 13 1 ; Berk., Engl. FI. 
v, p. 299; Berk., Outl. p. 210; Cooke, Hdbk. n. 1070; Fries, 
Syst. Myc. iii, p. 12; Grev., ii, t. 15, f. 1; Winter, Kr. FI. 
p. 909; De Toni, Revis. Geast. n. 1, pi. 1, f. A ; Sacc., Syll. 
vii, p. 73. 
Lycoperdon coliforme , Dickson, Plant. Crypt. Brit, i, p. 2, 
t. 3, f. 4; Sow., Eng. Fungi, t. 313. 
Myriostoma eoliformis , Corda, Anleit. t. D, f. 16-17. 
Exs. — Fuckel, Fung. Rhen. n. 2291. 
In sandy places. Norfolk !— Europe. 
Readily distinguished by the numerous peduncles and ori- 
fices. Exoperidium from three to four inches across when 
expanded. The threads of the capillitium are equal with 
short tapering ends, and in some instances have a rudimentary 
branch near the tip. 
Sub-Gen. Eu-Geaster. Orifice and pedicel single, or the 
latter absent and the endoperidium sessile. 
A. Endoperidium pedicellate. 
Geaster Bryantii, Berk. (Fig. 56). Exoperidium coriaceous, 
cut into from 8-10 irregular acute segments, which are at first 
expanded, then involute ; endoperidium subglobose, pedicel- 
late, with a distinct permanent groove round the apex of the 
peduncle ; peristome conical, sulcato-striate ; spores in the 
mass dark brown, globose, warted, 4-6 /x ; threads of capil- 
litium subfusiform, variable in thickness, rarely with rudi- 
mentary lateral branches near the tips. 
