In sandy ground. Aug. Spye Park, Wilts, and Chudleigh.
Esculent.
Depresso-globose 1-2 in. or more in diameter, fe rru /n o n a with a tinge of
vermillion,velvety, eribroso-porous at the base ; cells irregular, large, espe-
cially iu mature individuals, pubescent ; substance rufous ; asci oblong-
elliptic, containing eight globose spores, reticulated but not ecbinulate ; in
tbe centre of each reticulation there is a single globule. Closely resembling
Balsamia vulgaris Spores ’035 m.m. diameter.
{Fig. 349 sect. and sporidium.)
Gen. 315.
Fig. 850.
BY D N O BO L IT E S , Tul.
Integument replaced by white, evanescent
down ; hymenium complicated
with sinuose lacunse, ending at the surface
; asci elliptic ; sporidia globose.—
Tul. Hyp.p. 126. Berh. Outl.p. 377.
(Fig.850.)
2 2 5 3 . Hydnobolites ce reb rlfo rm ls. Tul. “ Brain-like
Hydnoholites.”
The size of a filbert, firm, even, smooth, pallid yellow ; asci
elliptic ; sporidia globose.— Tul. Ann. Sc. Nat. xix, p. 378. Tul.
Hyp. p. 126, t. 4 ,/. 5, t. 14,/. 2. B. & Br. Ann. N.H. xviii. y.
8, no, 10. Oogaster, Corda. Ic. vi. t. 16,/. 121.
In woods. Aug. Sept. Bristol and Wilts.
A small species, resembling a small lacunose truffle, but differs in having
no real peridium, as is the case also in Hydnotria. Sporidia 0192-'0224 m.m.
(Fig. 350 sect. and sporidium.)
Gen. 316. SFHÆROSOMA, Kl.
Fig. 351.
Common integument altogether
wanting ; hymenium
exposed, even or rugose, solid
or lacunose ; asci linear ; sporidia
spherical.— Tul. Hyp. p.
184. Berh. Outl.p. 377.
{Fig. 351.)
2 2 5 ^ . S p h s e r o s om a o s tio ia tum . Tul. “ Pierced Sphwrosoma.”
Globose, gibheroso-sinuate, ostiola apical, pervious, and more
or less excavated, smooth, rather soft, brown ; spores dark brown,
tuberculate.—TwhiL/p. i .1 9 , /1 . B.&Br. Ann. N.H. xviii.y?.
79.
Under leaves amongst loose mould. Near Bristol.
There is not the least trace of peridium in any stage of ç'owth. A very
curious ciroumstanoe sometimes occurs—th at there is more than one stratum
of hymenium. The asoi are m u c h shorter than the paraphyses. The adult
plant is strongly plicate, and of a rich mulberry brown. Sporidia perfectly
sphærical, -019--023 m.m. diameter, with thick, elongated, obtuse uMqual
warts. 1 ‘y-
Gen. 317.
Fig. 352.
B A L SAM IA , Vitt.
Common integument warty ; hy menium
complicated with distinct
laounfe not leading to the surface ;
sporidia cylindrical, orohlongo-elliptic,
even,pellucid.—Vitt. Tub.p. 30.
Tul. Hyp. p . 122. Berh. Ann. N.H.
xiii. p. 358. Berh. Outl. p. 311.
{Fig. 352.)
2 2 5 5 . B a ls am ia p la t isp o ia . B . <i- B r . “ Broad-spored
Balsamia.”
Small, globose, rufous, minutely warted, substance pallid yellow
minutely cellulose ; sporidia at first broadly ohlong-elliptic,
with a large globose nucleus, at length slightly elongated tri-
nucleate.—®. ÿ ®r. Awn. Nat. Hist. xiii. p. 358, no. 318. Tul.
Hyp. t. 15,/. 2.
Oct.—Dec. Rudloe, Wilts.
About the size of a horse bean, rufous, with the interstices of minnte
warts of a light yellow tint, from the exposure of the internal substance ,
rel s m M e f poridia at lirst broadly oblong-elliptic with a large£obose
nucleus and a number of minute granules ; in one specimen the poridia
were slightly elongated, with one large andtwo small nuclei. Smell strong.
Sporidia -0217 m.m. long, '0129 m.m. broad. (Tig- ‘»»'¡•I
Gen. 318. G EN EA , Vitt.
Fig. 353.
Common integument warty, with
an aperture at the apex ; hymenium
waved and sinuated, butnot
forming an intricate mass; asci
cylindrical; sporidia subglobose,
or- elliptical.— Vitt. Tub. p. 27.
Tul. Hyp. p. 118. Berh. Ann.
N.H. xiii.p. 356. Berh. Outl.p. 311.
(Fig. 353.)