. Guide to Sowerby's models of British fungi in the Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History) . phal- (C)ne- size.) sjioree GUIDE TO THE MODELS OF FUNGI. 65 GENUS XXXL—GEASTER Mich. In Geaster the peridium is double, the outer one distinct, per-sistent, bursting and dividinginto several stellate lobes. TheGeasters are popularly termedearth-stars or starry are twelve British spe-cies ; three of these are repre-sented by models. 164. Geaster coliformisPers.—Known from the otherBritish species by its numerousciliated apertures and the slen-der supports of the inner p
. Guide to Sowerby's models of British fungi in the Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History) . phal- (C)ne- size.) sjioree GUIDE TO THE MODELS OF FUNGI. 65 GENUS XXXL—GEASTER Mich. In Geaster the peridium is double, the outer one distinct, per-sistent, bursting and dividinginto several stellate lobes. TheGeasters are popularly termedearth-stars or starry are twelve British spe-cies ; three of these are repre-sented by models. 164. Geaster coliformisPers.—Known from the otherBritish species by its numerousciliated apertures and the slen-der supports of the inner peri-dium ; outer peridium multifid,expanded. A rare species, found in sandy places. Fig. 65.—Geaster limbatus size.) (One-half 165. Geaster limbatus Fr.—Outer peridium leathery, expandedand multifid, while the inner is supported on a single, distinctstalk, and the fimbriato-pilose mouth is elongated and acute, with aslight depression at the base. One of the less common British species, found on the groundamong leaves. 166. Geaster mammosus Chev.—Outer peridium multipartite,rigid, hygrometric ; laciniae equal; inner peridium unstalked ; mouthciliate, acutely conical, surrounded by a circular disc. The rarest and smallest of the British species ; on the ground. GENUS XXXII.—BOVISTA Dill.
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