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2077. L. Cookei Mass. (after Dr. M. C. Cooke) a c.
Subglobose or flattened below and hemispherical, abruptly contracted
into a short stem, minutely furfuraceous, smoky-brown,
umber-salmon or umber with a faintly purplish shade. St. pale
spongy-cellular within. Cap. and Spores yellow- to olive-umber.
G reg a rio u s . S ep t. i j x I in. L ik e a sm a ll fo rm o f 2 0 7 1.
CXVI. BOVISTA Pers.
(From the German popular name, bofist, a fairy ball.)
Peridium double, external layer or cortex smooth, fragile, deciduous,
not remaining as adnate warts, except in 2C81 and 2083.
F ig . 132.— A, B , B o v ista nigrescens Pers ., entire and in section. One-half n.'itural size,
c , spores. X 750. d , thread o f capillitium. X 100.
usually falling away in flakes, inner layer smooth, dehiscing by a
definite or irregularly torn apical stoma. Sterile base absent.
Spores globose or elliptical. (Fig. 132.) Species 2078—2084
Spores globose. 2078^2083
Spores elliptical. 2084
2078. B. plumbea Pers. (from the lead-coloured inner layer of the
neridium : plumbeus, leaden) abc .
Globose Cor. thin, whitish, persistent towards base, inner layer
tough,’ thin, dehiscing by a small irregular somewhat promment
stoma, lead-colour, slate-whitish or purplish-slate. Cap. and
Spores brown.
Dry grassy aird heathy places, downs, rarely on stumps. July-Nov.
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2079 B nigrescens Pers. (from the at length black or blackish
’ c’olom of the inner layer of the peridium ; nigrescens, turning
SubSobole"! ^ 7 r. papery, whitish, inner layer thin tough,
déhiscing by an irregular somewhat prominent stoma, blackish,
brown-, slate-, olive-brown- or blue-black. Cap. and Spores
olive-brown then purplish-brown.
Dry pastures, heathy places. Jan.-Dee. 2® X 2® in.
2080. B. olivaeea Cooke & Mass. (from the at length ohve-coloured
capillitium and spores) a c. ,
Globose Cor. thin, fugacious, whitish or ochreous, inner layer
thick, soft, becoming brittle and breaking away in patches
above, white or ochreous. Cap. and Spores citrine then olive.
On the ground. Sept. 2 X 2 in.
2081. B. ammophila Lèv. (from the habitat, sandy places; Gr.
ammos, sand, phileo, to love) a. ■ ,
Broadly obovate, plicate below and tapering into a long stout
root-like growth. Cor. broken up into tomentose warts,
whitish, inner layer thin, dehiscing by a small irregularly torn
stoma, pallid. Cap. and Spores olive.
Sandy places. Sept. i | X i f in. without root.
2082. B. eepmformis Mass. (from the shape, hke a flat onion ; cepa,
an omovi, forma, shape) a. .
Subglobose, flattish, somewhat plicate below, f i r . minutely
furfuraceous, whitish to very pale buff imer layer dehiscing
by a small torn stoma, whitish or pale buff. Cap. and Spores
citrine. Myc. rooting, cord-like.
On the ground, ig X i® in.
2083 B pusilla Pers. (from the very small size ; pusillus, small) a b.
SubglLose. Cn/'. breaking up into minute scurfy squamules
pale yellowish-brown, inner layer flaccid, dehiscing by a small
stoma, pale yellowish-brown or ohvaceous ochre. Myc. cordlike,
rooting.
Pastures, hedgebanks. | X f m.
2084. B. ovalispora Cooke & Mass. (from the oval spores) a b.
Subglobose. Cor. very thin, subpersistent tow-ards base whitish
or ochreous, inner layer thin, flaccid, smooth dull ead-colour,
dehiscing by an irregular stoma. Cap. awds Spores
On the ground. Diam. 2 in. Formerly included with 2078 and 2 0 7 9 , but
differing in the oval spores and thinner cortex.
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