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]. L. giganteum, Batsch; peridium very brittle above and
obtuse, cracking into area;, evanescent, very widely open;
bark floccose, rather distinct; capillitium vanishing, together
with the dingy-olive spores.—Grev. t. 336; Him. i. t. 26.
In pastures. Local. Esculent when young. Attaining
sometimes a very large size. Used as an anaesthetic.
3. L. oselatum, F r .; peridium flaccid above, collapsing,
obtuse, dehiscent at the apex, at length open and cup-shaped;
barren stratum cellular; inner peridium distinct all round ;
spores dingy-yellow. (Plate 20, flg. 7.)—Huss. ii. t. 23.
In pastures, etc., often forming rings. Very common and
variable.
3. L. atro-purpureum, V itt.; peridium flaccid, dingy-rufous,
opening by a minute obtuse mouth; bark at first rough
with minute spines; sterile base cellular, continuous with the
capillitium; spores largish, pedicellate, brown-purple, echinulate.—
Vitt. Mon. t. 2. f . 6.
On downs. West of England, C. E. B.
4. L. pusillum, F r .; peridium entirely flaccid, persistent,
obtuse, always bursting by a narrow mouth; bark even, then
rimose witli adpresscd scales; sterile stratum obsolete, continuous
with the capillitium; spores olive.'—Bolt. 1.117. f. C.
In pastures. Not common. Lea, Lincolnshire, etc. A
small species.
5. L. saccatum, Vahl; peridium lens-shaped, scurfy, obtuse,
cracking into area;, fugacious, very thin, as well as the
adnate hark ; capillitium compact, persistent; spores dingy-
umber.—Huss. i. t. 14.
In thickets, or on their borders. Rare. Kent. Bath.
Laxton, Northamptonshire. Peridium plicate benoath.
6. L. gemmatnm, F r .; peridium membranaceous, persistent,
narrowed at the base, opening with an umbonate mouth;
bark farinaceous, adnate, covered with more or less spinulose
warts ; flocci forming a sort of columella ; spores yellow, inclined
to green.—Huss. i. t. 54.
In meadows, etc. The commonest species of the genus, and
very variable.
7. L. pyriforme, Schceff. ; peridium membranaceous, persistent,
somewhat pyriform, umbonate ; bark innato, covered
with minute fugacious scales; columella conical, greenish-
yellow, as well as the spores.—Huss. i. t. 70; Grev. t. 304.
On decayed stumps, etc. Common. Boot white, branched,
creeping.
67. SCLEBODBEMA, P.
Peridium firm, with an innate bark, bursting irregularly.
Elocci adhering on all sides to the peridium, and forming distinct
veins in the central mass. Spores large, granulated.
1. S. vnlgare, Fr. ; nearly sessile, irregular; peridium
hard, corky, bursting by an indefinite aperture ; inner mass
bluish-black; spores dingy. (Plate 15, fig. 4, in part.) —
Huss. i. t. 17.
On the borders of woods, etc. Common. Peridium variously
areolate, warty or scaly, sometimes nearly even.
2. S. Bovista, Fr. ; nearly sessile, irregular; peridium thin,
soft, bursting irregularly; bark inclining to peel ofl'; flocci
yellow ; spores dingy-olive.
On sandy ground. Not common. Known by its thinner
peridium and yellow flocci.
3. S. vermeosum, P. ; somewhat stipitate ; peridium
rounded, somewhat warty, thin above and brittle ; central
mass purple-black ; spores aud flocci brown.—Grev. t. 48 ;
Huss. i. t. 17.
On sandy ground, etc. Not uncommon. Care must be
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