72 FETCH : 



The cortex is cracked into red-brown polygonal areas, 

 some of which are powdery with minute warts. The 

 capillitium consists of rigid, branched, yellow-brown threads 

 3-5 [). diameter. The spores are globose, yellow-brown, 

 smooth, 3 [i diameter, with slender pedicels, 4-10 [k long. 

 This species has not been collected again. Its cortex 

 characters can be matched exactly in some of the Ceylon 

 specimens of Lycoperdon piriforme, but though the latter 

 has pedicels mixed with the spores, I have not found any 

 specimen in which the pedicel remains attached to the spore. 



Lycoperdon. 



Lycoperdon gemmatum Batsch. Thwaites's specimens, No. 192, 

 referred by Berkeley and Broome to Lycoperdon atropur- 

 pureum Vitt., var., in Fungi of Ceylon, No. 717, are Lyco- 

 perdon gemmatum. The specimens in Herb. Peradeniya are 

 labelled " Peradeniya." It is rare at Peradenij^a, but 

 common at Hakgala and Nuwara Eliya (5,600-6,200 feet). 

 No. 2139, Hakgala, September, 1906 ; det. Lloyd. No. 2371. 

 Namunakuli, April, 1907. No. 2411, Peradenij^a, June, 

 1907. No. 2653, Nuwara Eliya, September, 1908. No. 4571 , 

 Hakgala, May, 1912. No. 5570, Hakgala, December, 1917. 



Lycoperdon piriforme Schseff. On rotting stumps, Hakgala. 

 No. 2651, September, 1908. No. 4157, April, 1914. Nos. 

 5575, 5576, December, 1917. Ceylon specimens are more 

 globose than the European form, and examples A\ith well- 

 developed stalks are rare. 



Lycoperdon rubecula B. & Br. Described by Berkeley and 

 Broome in Fungi of Ceylon, No. 720, from Thwaites 311 

 cum icone, collected at Peradenij-a. Recent collections 

 are Nos. 2412, 2413, 2415, Peradeniya, June, 1907, det. 

 Lloyd ; No. 2455, Peradeniya, June, 1907 ; No. 2516, 

 Peradeniya, October, 1907 ; Nos. 2646, 2647, Hakgala, 

 September, 1908 ; No. 2138, Pattipola, October, 1906. 



Generally clustered, turbinate, or pyriform, or globose, 

 up to 4 cm. high, 3 cm. diameter, usually stalked, white or 

 yellowish, covered with minute spines, sometimes clustered 

 and converging, which become red-brown at the tip. Sterile 



