$2 Massee. — A Monograph of 
Geaster fimbriatus , Fries, Syst. Myc. iii, p. 16 ; Berk., 
Outl. p. 300, pi. 20, f. 4 (mouth of endoperidium not correct) ; 
Cke., Hdbk. n. 1075 ; Grev., ii, pi. 17, f. 2; Wint., Kr. FI. 
P- 3 l 3 5 Quel., Enchirid. p. 239 ; De Toni, Rev. Geast. n. 28 
(excl. Geaster australis , Berk.) ; Sacc., Syll. vii, p. 82 ; 
Morgan, Americ. Geast. p. 967, f. 8. 
Lycoper don geaster, Batsch, Elench. p. 151. 
Exs. — Rab., Fung. Eur. 431 and 165; Zopff and Sydow, 
Myc. March. 8 ; Cke., Fung. Brit. 213 ; Roumeg., Fung. Sel. 
Gal. 510 ; Fuckel, Fung. Rhen. 1266; Thum., Myc. Univ. 
411 ; Kunze, Fung. Sel. 8. 
On the ground. Audley End, Essex ! Bristol ! Milton, 
Somerset! Castle Howard, Yorks. ! Cork! — Europe; North 
America; Cuba; Himalayas; Tasmania; New Zealand; 
S. Australia; Brazil. 
Agreeing with G. hygrometricus , in the indefinite mouth of 
the endoperidium, but distinguished by the segments of the 
exoperidium not becoming incurved when dry, and the almost 
smooth spores. The latter character and the non-dentate 
mouth separates it from G. rufescens . 
Geaster rufescens, Pers. (Fig. 79). Exoperidium rigid, thick, 
split nearly to the base into a variable number of acute segments 
which become revolute ; endoperidium sessile, sub-ovate, pale, 
peristome dentate ; spores in the mass blackish-brown, globose, 
verruculose, 3-5 ju ; columella short, sub-globose; threads 
of capillitium simple, fusiform, 8-13 /x thick at widest part. 
Geaster rufescens^ Pers., Syn. Fung. p. 134 ; Fries, Syst. 
Myc. iii, p. 18 ; Berk., Outl. p. 300 ; Cke., Hdbk. n. 1077 ; De 
Toni, Rev. Geast. n. 41, pi. ii, f. 9 ; Sacc., Syll. vii, p. 88 ; 
Grev., ii, pi. 19, f. 2 ; W. G. Smith, in Gard. Chron., Oct. 1875, 
Fig. 1 16 ; FI. Dan. t. 1433 ; Quel., Enchirid. p. 238 (in part) ; 
Wint., Kr. FI. p. 914. 
Lycoperdon stellatum , Bulk, Champ, t. 471, f. 1. 
In pastures and woods. Wrekin Woods, Salop ! Chisel- 
hurst, Kent ! Ascot ! Leicester ! King’s Cliffe ! — Europe ; 
Balearic Isles; United States; S. California; Cuba; S. Aus- 
tralia ; New South Wales. 
