Esculent species: P. acetabulum.
[In Genera 28 to 45, which conclude the first great division, Hymenomycetes, there are no esculent species.]
Division II. GASTEROMYCETES.
Bot. Char. The receptacle a close cavity with or without a hymenium; spores at last free and variously disseminated.
[In Genera 46 to 73 there are no esculent species.]
Genus 74. BOVISTA.[152]
Bot. Char. Peridium papyraceous, furnished with a distinct back, which at length peels off altogether, fertile within; capillitium equal.
Esculent species: B. plumbea.