Sclerodermacees 



West Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. June to October. On scieroderma. 

 ground under trees. Same habit as S. vulgare. Mcllvaine. 



S. verrucosum closely resembles S. vulgare. The distinctions are 

 noted in the description. It must be young, fresh and white inside, or 

 it is bitter. It is not of as good quality as S. vulgare. 



S. geas'ter Fr. resembling genus Geaster in its manner of opening. 

 Subglobose, sessile, peridium thick, rigid, almost smooth, splitting in 

 an irregularly stellate manner at the apex. 



Spores warted, i2-i6/x. 



Sandy places. Known by the peridium dehiscing in a stellate man- 

 ner; from 1-2 in. across. Massee, 



New Jersey, August. In sandy woods. Mcllvaine. 



I have found but few specimens. Those were edible and good. 



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