British Gastromycetes . 79 
Geaster Berkeleyi, Mass., n. sp. (Fig. 41). Exoperidium 
rather thin, split to the centre into 7-9 unequal acute seg- 
ments, at first expanded, then slightly involute, inner stratum 
continuous; endoperidium supported on a short thick peduncle, 
broadly ovate, pale brown, coarsely papillose, peristome pro- 
minent, conical, sulcato-striate, surrounded by a smooth de- 
pressed silky zone ; columella short, hemispherical ; spores in 
the mass brownish-umber, globose, warted, 4-6 /j, threads of 
capillitium simple, fusiform, 10 fj. at thickest part. 
On the ground. Ascot! Lambley, Notts.! Laxton! — - 
S. Australia. (Type in Herb. Berk. Kew, n. 4550.) 
Allied to G. striatus , from which it differs in the depressed 
zone surrounding the peristome, its larger size, and the coarsely 
papillose endoperidium. Exoperidium when expanded 3-3 J in. 
across, endoperidium 1 in. high. 
Geaster limbatus, Fr. (Fig. 69). Exoperidium multifid, 
segments unequal, acute, endoperidium subpyriform, seated on 
a short, thick pedicel, peristome depressed, conical, subacute, 
fimbriato-ciliate, surrounded by a pale silky circle ; spores in 
the mass purple-brown, globose, warted, 3-5 \ u ; columella 
almost obsolete ; threads of capillitium fusiform, 8-10 j u, thick 
at the centre. 
Geaster limhatns , Fries, Syst. Myc. iii, p. 15; Berk., 
Outl. p. 300; Berk., Eng. FI. p. 301 ; Cke., Hdbk. n. 1074; 
Morgan, Amer. Geast. p. 996, f. 6 ; Wint., Kr. FI. 913 ; De 
Toni, Rev. Geast. n. 24, pi. ii, A ; Hussey, i, t. 2 ; Sacc., Syll. 
vii, p. 81. 
Geastrum coronatum , Pers., Syn. p. 132. 
Geastrum multifidmn , D. C., FI. Fr. ii, p. 267. 
Lycoperdon , Sow., t. 312. 
Exs. — Rab., Fung. Eur. 674; P'uckel, Fung. Rhen. 1599?; 
Syd., Myc. March. 103; Ellis, N. Amer. Fung. 1309. 
On the ground. Reading ! Lambley, Notts. ! Maidenhead ! 
Kent! Castle Howard, Yorks.! — United States; Canada; 
Somerset East (Africa) ; S. W. Australia ; Thibet. 
Differs from G. rufescens in the presence of a pedicel. 
