7 § 
Massee . — A Monograph of 
G easier Bryantii , Berk., Engl. Flora, v, p. 300 ; Berk., 
Outl. p. 300; Cooke, Hdbk. n. 1073; Wint., Kr. FI. p. 91 1; 
Quel, Enchirid. p. 237; De Toni, Revis. Geast. n. 8, pi. 1, 
f. D ; Sacc., Syll. vii, p. 75. 
Geaster orientalis , Haszl. Grev. vi, p. 108, t. 98, f. 15. 
Lycoperdon , Bryant, Hist. f. 19; Schmid., Icon. t. 37, 
figs. 11, 12. 
Exs. — Berk., Brit. Fung. n. 198. 
On the ground amongst leaves, etc. Apethorpe, Norths. ! 
Ely! Chiselhurst ! Thorney, Camb. ! (Type in Herb. Berk. 
Kew, n. 4552.) — Germany; France; United States ; Ceylon. 
Distinguished by the groove round the top of the peduncle 
and the elongated conical, plicate peristome. From ii~2 in. 
across when expanded. 
Var. minor, Berk. 
Smaller than the typical form, when expanded from | to 
1 in. across. 
Geaster Sehmideli, Vitt. (Fig. 74). Exoperidium split to 
the centre into 5-8 subequal acute segments, whitish inside ; 
endoperidium globoso-ovate, lead- colour, pedicellate; peri- 
stome prominent, plicate, apex fimbriate, spores in the mass 
blackish-umber, globose, warted, 4-6 /x ; columella thick, half 
as high as the endoperidium, threads of capillitium simple, 
fusiform, 6-7 /x at thickest part. 
Geaster Sehmideli , Vitt., Mon. Lyc. p. 157, t. 1, f. 7 ; 
Winter, Kr. FI. p. 911 ; De Toni, Rev. Geast. n. 11, pi. i, M ; 
Sacc., Syll. vii, p. 76. 
Geaster Rabcnhorstii } Kunze, in Rab., Fung. Eur. n. 
201 1. 
Exs. — Rab., Fung. Eur. n. 2011; Kunze, Fung. Sel. 10; 
Syd., Myc. March. 7. 
On the ground. Ascot! — Europe. 
Distinguished by the whitish inner surface of the exoperi- 
dium, and the lead coloured endoperidium from all British 
species. 
