DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXII 
SOME RARE EARTH-STARS 
Fig. i .—Myviostoma coliformis (— Geaster coliformis): mature plant, 
showing the lobed exoperidium, the inner peridium supported on more 
or less confluent stalks, and two of the round, slightly elevated mouths 
from which the spores escape. 
Fig. 2.— Geaster Bryantii, showing the circular groove at the junction 
of the inner peridium with its slender pedicle. 
Fig. 3.—Ditto, showing the sulcate, beaked mouth. 
Fig. 4 .—Geaster rufescens, an unexpanded plant, resembling a puff-ball. 
Fig. 5.—Ditto : mature plant, showing the cracked surface of the 
fleshy layer. 
Fig. 6 .—Geaster limbatus : mature plant, showing the constricted inner 
peridium. This species is black; G. rufescens is reddish-brown. 
(All natural size, after Lloyd.) 
