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Balsamia platyspora, Berk, and Br., Ann. Nat. Hist, xiii, p. 385 (1844); 
Cooke, Brit. Fung., p. 747 (1871), Sacc., Syll., viii, p. 878 (1889). 
Ascophore irregularly subglobose, minutely warted, yellowish, warts darker, 
1-2 cm. diam., internal cavities minute. Asci oblong-ovate, with a slender pedicel, 
8-spored. Paraphyses slender. Spores elliptic-oblong, ends rounded, smooth, 
colourless, 24-30 x 8-1 1 /*. 
Hab. Under trees or bushes. 
Disir. Britain; France; United States. 
Type specimen in Herb. Kew., examined. 
* Globose, about the size of a horse-bean, rufous, with the interstices of the 
warts of a light yellowish tint, from the exposure of the internal substance. Cells 
minute ; sporidia [spores] broadly elliptic/ Berk. 
Balsamia fagiformis, Tub., Hypog., p. 125, tab. 4, fig. 3 (1851); Sacc., Syll., 
viii, p. 878 (1889); Balsamia polysperma, Tub, Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 2, xix, p. 397 
(1843); not of Vittadini, Mon. Tub., p. 31 (1831). 
Ascophore globose, usually regular in outline, densely covered with minute warts, 
which here and there become slender and hair-like, deep dusky brown or rusty 
1-5-3 cm - diam., cavities crowded. Asci ovate-oblong, sometimes almost sub- 
globose, with a slender pedicel, 8-spored. Paraphyses slender. Spores elliptic- 
oblong, ends rounded, colourless, 16-20 x 10-n /*. 
Hab. In clay soil. 
Disir. Britain ; France. 
Smell very strong at maturity, resembling that of Tuber brumale , Vitt. 
Only collected in this country as far as I am aware, by Broome, at 
Batheaston. 
Broome’s specimens are now in the Kew herbarium. I have not seen a type or 
authentic specimen, but Broome’s plant agrees well with the description and figures 
given by Tulasne. 
Hydnobolites, Tub, Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 2. xix, p. 278 (1843); Cooke, Brit. 
Fung., p. 746 (1871); Sacc., Syll., viii, p. 879 (1889); Oogaster , Corda, Icon. 
Fung., iv, p. 60, tab. 14, fig. 121 (1840). 
Ascophore fleshy, wrinkled or plicate, cells cavernous, sinuous, opening to the 
surface. Asci elliptic-oblong, 8-spored. Spores globose, reticulated. 
Hydnobolites cerebriformis, Tub, Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 2, xix, p. 278 (1843); 
Cooke, Brit. Fung., p. 746 (1871); Sacc., Syll., viii, p. 879 (1889); Oogaster cere- 
briformis , Corda, iv, p. 60, tab. 14, fig. 121 (1840). 
Ascophore subglobose, sinuously wrinkled especially below, base slightly de- 
pressed, at first entirely covered with delicate whitish down, soon becoming entirely 
glabrous and pale yellow, 1 -5-3-5 cm. diam., walls of gleba sinuous, covered with 
white tomentum continuous with that on the outside. Asci elliptic-oblong, 8-spored. 
Spores globose, reticulated, tinged yellow, 18-30/* diam. 
Hab. Attached to the ground under moss or fallen leaves in woods. 
Distr. Britain ; France. 
Exsicc . Roumeg., Fung. Gall., 2666. 
Smell weak. Specimen from Tulasne in Kew herbarium examined. The 
