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Massee . — The Structure and 
‘ The mycelium spreads for some distance on or within the soil, so that the 
plant is easily detected when the leaves are raked off. This vanishes when the peridia 
[ascophores] are perfect. One or more individuals are found in each patch of 
mycelium. In the young peridium [ascophore] the point of attachment is lateral. 
The sporidia [spores] are large, coarsely granulated, and much exceed in volume 
those of G. verrucosa ! Berk. 
Described from Berkeley’s type specimens, now in Herb. Kew. 
Genea hispidula, Berk., in Tul. Hypog., p. 121, tab. 12 fig. 2; tab. 3, 
fig. 3 (1851) ; Cooke, Brit. Fung., p. 748 (1871) ; Sacc., Syll., viii, p. 875 (1889). 
G. papillosa, Berk., Ann. Nat. Hist., xviii, p. 76 (1844 ) ; not of Vittadini. 
Ascophore subglobose, everywhere densely covered with bright brown, long taper- 
ing, thick-walled septate hairs, apical opening almost hidden, about 1 cm. diam. Aset 
cylindrical, apex obtuse, base abruptly narrowed into a short pedicel, spores 8, 
uniseriate. Paraphyses slender, septate. Spores globose or broadly elliptical, 
25-30 x 20-25 /x, or 20-26 /x diam. 
Hah. In the ground under chestnut trees. 
Distr. Britain ; France ; United States. 
The internal cavity is often almost simple. 
Described from type specimen in Herb. Kew. 
‘ The whole peridium [ascophore] is of a rich brown, and is densely clothed with 
brown bristles wherever it extends. The sporidia [spores] are very much larger and 
more coarsely granulated than in G. verrucosa ; the granules indeed being often bifid ; 
they often contain two nuclei [oil globules], but sometimes there is but one. From 
the size of a pea to that of a filbert. Odour faint, not peculiar.’ Berk. 
Berkeley’s remark that the warts are often bifid, means that when sufficiently magni- 
fied, they are of various irregular shapes, sometimes curved, at others forked or bifid. 
Balsamia, Vitt., Mon. Tub., p. 30, tab. 1, fig. 2, and tab. 5, fig. 6 (1831); 
Cooke, Fung. Brit., p. 747 (1871); Sacc., Syll., viii, p. 877 (1889). 
Ascophore not perforated, rather soft, warted, cavernose. Asci elliptic-oblong or 
subglobose, narrowed at the base into a long, slender pedicel. Spores 8 in the ascus, 
elliptic-oblong, smooth, colourless. 
Balsamia vulgaris, Vitt., Mon. Tub., p. 30, tab. 1, fig. 2, and tab. 5, fig. 6 
(1831) ; Corda, Icon., vi, p. 59, tab. 10, fig. 99 (1854); Tul., Hypog., p. 123, tab. 4, 
fig. 4, and tab. 15, fig. 1 (1851). 
Ascophore irregular in form, with wavy ridges and here and there deep depres- 
sions, very minutely warted, sometimes almost or quite smooth, dark coloured 
2-4 cm. diam., cavities of gleba large, sinuous. Asci ovate-oblong or very broadly 
ovate, obtuse. Spores cylindric-oblong, smooth, colourless, 25-35x9-12 /x. Para- 
physes slender, numerous. 
Hah. Under trees. 
Distr. Britain ; France ; Italy. 
Smell very strong and unpleasant. Apparently rare in England, having only 
once been collected by Broome at Chudleigh, Devon. 
Described from a specimen communicated by Vittadini, and now in the Kew 
herbarium. 
