CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Lycoplrdon. 345 
Meadows and pastures, at Bucklebury, ten miles from Reading; about 
Wickham; near Bromley, Kent; Blackst. Near Doncaster, Tofield in 
FI. Ang. Near Norwich on the slopes of old banks in a loamy soil, 
mostly in an eastern, and next to that in a western aspect, commonly at 
the root of a shrub or tree. Bryant. On the Links, Newmarket Heath. 
Relh. Near Hanley Castle, Worcestershire. Mr. Ballard. (About 
Birches Green, near Birmingham. Mrs. Corrie. E.) Oct.—Jan. 
Lyc. becol'ligens. Wrapper many-cleft, expanding; segments 
equal: head globular, but flatted; stemless: mouth tapering 
upwards. Woodward, in Linn. Tr. ii. 58. 
(Sowerby 401. E.)— Schmid. 27 and 28. jf. 20 to 31— Bull. 238 and 471. 1— 
Mich. 100. 3. 5—Gled. 6. Ly coper don f. 2 — Bryantf. 3. 4. 5. 6. 10. 
The rays of the wrapper when fully expanded seldom exceed one inch andahalf 
in length, though 1 have found them twice that size. They are nearly equal, 
and regularly spear-shaped. Outer coat of a bright silvery white ; inner 
coat much thinner than in any other species, and does not crack and flake 
off, but soon dries, when it acquires a chesnut colour; smooth, rather 
shining. Head compressed ; yellow white or dirty buff, perfectly stem-, 
less. Orifice conical, ciliated. Segments of the wrapper when dry 
entirely enclosing the head, when moist expanding and perfectly flat. It 
may be made to undergo these changes at pleasure by putting it in a 
saucer with a very little water, when in an hour it will expand, and again 
contract if suffered to dry. This property it retains for years if kept in a 
dry place. Piants of L. stellatum often appear stemless, but in a few 
days they invariably show foot-stalks. The diameter of the expanded 
rays varies from one to four inches, and the size of the head from that of 
a pea to an inchin diameter. Woodward. 
(Sensitive Puff-ball. E.) Earsham, Norfolk, and Mettingham near 
Bungay, Suffolk. Mr. Woodward. 
Lyc. cylin'dricum. Wrapper with many ragged clefts: head cylin<* 
drical, stemless. 
Wrapper dark brown, torn into seven or eight unequal ragged segments. 
Head paler brown, smooth, cylindrical, opening at the top ; orifice plaited, 
puckered. Three inches high, and one inch and a half diameter. Inter¬ 
nal structure like a honeycomb, but less regular. 
(Cylindrical Puff-ball. E.) There is no published figure of this spe¬ 
cies, and I have not seen it, but have described it from a drawing made 
by Gregory Watt, Esq. from plants which he found in a plantation of 
firs in the neighbourhood of Glasgow. 
Lyc. flobifob'me. Wrapper manv-cleft, expanding: head globular; 
stem long, slender, cylindrical. 
Bull. 371. 
Plant leathery, pale straw-colour. The capsule splits open into five or six 
segments, which then resemble the petals of a flower. A woolly matter 
replete with powder comes into view, and under this a pear-shaped 
receptacle. Bull. 
(Flower-like Puff-ball. E.) Sphcerocarpus Jloriformis. Bull. This 
curious species was first discovered in England by Mr. Relhan, growing 
upon Hypnum prctfongum and rutabulum in Madingley plantations. Oct. 
