irregular fissures; sporangia enveloped in jelly, subrotund, or diso-sbaped,
their outline forming a broad elipse (almost a circle) witb a major axis of
about p of an inch, shining, of a rich dark brown colour, sometimes hollowed
inwards on one side, but not umbilicate, and showing no trace of an
elastic cord such as exists in Cyathus. Sporidia colourless, slightly varying in
shape, globose, pear-shaped, or elliptical, produced on sterigmata, 0'0002-
0 0003 iu. across.—F.C. (Fig. 144.)
SFHÆROBOLUS, Tode.
Peridium double, tbe inner a t length inverted
elastically, and ejecting a solitary subglobose
sporangium.—Berh. Outl. p . 312.
E n g .F l.r .p . 231. {Fig. 145.)
Sphaezoholus s t e lla tu s .
Sphærobolus.”
Tode. “ Stellate
Globose, pale yellow ; moutb regular, stellato-dentate.—
Berk. Outl. t . 21, f .2 . Eng. F l. r . p . 231. Fckl. exs. no. 1245.
Corda. Icon. r . f . 48. B isch.f. 3643. Tul. Fung. Hyp. t. 2 1 ,/. 11.
Babh. F . E . no. 36.
Autumn. [United States.]
Plants at first connected by a web, at length smooth, subglobose, yellowish
; outer peridium consisting of two substances, lined by the inner peridinm,
which is quite distinct and separated by some moisture, white, pellucid,
and shining, at length both split together in a stellate manner, and
the inner becomes suddenly inverted, while in general it still remains attached
by the apices ofthe stellate margin, and the sporangium is shot forth
to a considerable distance. Sporidia ,¡¿5 in. long, elliptic or curved
irregular. The rays of the outer peridium are orange within.—-F-Bnmg) FAti..
(Fig. 145.)
TH ELEBOLVS, Tode.
Peridium sessile, subrotund, ur-
ceolato-ventricose, moutb entire.
Sporangium papillseform. Spores
mucous.—Dr. S.M . ii.p. 307. Eng.
F l . r .p . 230. {Fig. 146).
1 2 0 3 . T h e leb o lu s te r r e s tz is. A. A S. “ Ground
Thelebolus.”
Hemispberioal, saffron-yellow, crowded, seated on a dense
tomentose subiculum.—A. / S. t. 2 ,f. 4. Nees.f. 364. Ann. N .H .
no. 964. Fckl. exs. no. 643. Bisch. f . 3646. Kl. exs.ii.no. 718.
Corda. Anl. t. D .f. 44, no. 9-11.
On fir leaves. Richmond, Yorks.
(Fig. 146.)
[T h eleb o lu s stekcokbus. Tode. Was inserted in English Flora on the
authority 01 Loudon, and has not since been confirmed.]
Gen. XOl.
Fig. 147.
FO L TA NG IU ia , Link.
Peridium subbemispberical, hyaline,
sporangia large in proportion, grumous
witbin.—Berk. Outl.p. 312.
{Fig. 147.)
1 2 0 4 . F o ly a n g ium v it e llin u m .
Polyangium.”
Ditm. “ Egg-yellow
Minute, scattered ; sporangia lemon yellow, sporangioles egg-
shaped, orange.—Dfem. Sturm, t. 27. Link. Obs. t. 2 ,f. 65. Berk.
Outl.p. 312. Gorda. Anl. t. C .f. 40, no. 1-3. Bisch. f . 3628.
On fallen trunks. Rare. King’s Cliffe.
[United States.]
[Fig. 147.)
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