TAB. CCCXI.
LYCOPERDON defossum. Batsch. 229. With. v. 4. p. 382.
LYCOPERDON spadiceum. Schæff. 188.
This Lycoperdon, which is often solitary, and somewhat variable, has been described under various synonyms. It is sometimes warty, and has a longish attenuated stem. It is very well figured in Vaillant, tab. 16. fig. 7. Batsch, tab. 42. has figured it without a stem, and with the root immediately springing from the head, as in one of my figures. His seems to be taken from a bleached specimen. Vaillant, tab. 16. fig. 5 and 6. and some of Schæffer's figures, which I can consider as no other than a variety of this plant, are called Tuber solidum by Dr. Withering, 3d ed. vol. 4. p. 372.
TAB. CCCXII.
LYCOPERDON stellatum. Woodw. Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 2. 54. With. v. 4. 374.
A curious species, similar in many respects to L. recolligens figured at tab. 80. of this work, from which it differs more particularly in having a support or stalk to the head above the volva, which however is hardly to be discovered in the recent specimen, on account of the great thickness of the volva while moist. The mouth is prominent, and generally fringed.
TAB. CCCXIII.
LYCOPERDON coliforme. Woodw. Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 2. 59. With. v. 4. 373.
I am obliged to T.J. Woodward, Esq. of Bungay, F.L.S. author of the dissertation to which I have already referred tab. 80. for excellent sfpecimens of this rare plant. It differs from the others of its tribe in having several orifices to emit the powder,as well as many little pillars or supports to the head above the volva.
