icg Gasteromyceteae, Lycoperdaceee, Lycoperdoo. 



vexa, y, V. plus peridii occupanti; capillitio olivaccc, e palHde 

 bruDneo demum purpureo-brunneo; filamentis ramosissimis, ramu- 

 lis longis, conicis; sporis globosis, veiTucosis, 5-6 (j. diam. 



Ilab. ad humum in pratis prope Jowa City Amer. bor. — Peri- 

 dium 3-6 cm. diam. 



3. Lycoperdon exjmium Morg. North Am. Fungi IV, p. 15, t. II, ^?i 

 f 3, _ Peridio obovato, raycelio fibroso ; cortice albo v. brunne- 

 scenti, aculeis longis gracilibus sa?pe carvatis ct ad apicem con- 

 vergentibus, demum decidentibus, superficiem internam peridii pal- 

 lidam, levem relinquentibus,; gleba parva V^ circ. peridii occupanti; 

 capillitio sporisque coacervatis flavo-grisois, deiu brunneo-olivaceis ; 

 sporis ovatis, ievibus 5-6:2 4-4,5, S(jIito pediceilatis. 



Hab. ad terram in Carolina australi. — Peridium 2-3 cm. diam. 



4. Lycoperdon Wuscorum Morg. North Am. Fuugi IV, p. 17 L. moUe ?£2 

 Peck nec alior. — Peridio turbinato, globoso v. superne depresso- 

 globoso, in basim stipitiformem deorsum contracto; mycelio filmen- 

 toso et fibroso; cortice tenui,albo v. flavido, membrana spinuloso- 

 granulosa usque ad apicem vestito, aculeis in superficie interiore 

 peridii pierumque raarcescentibus; gleba basim slipitiformera occu- 

 panti; capillitio griseo-flavido, dein brunneo-oHvaceo; sporis ver- 

 rucosis, 4-4,5 ^. diam. 



Hab. ad Muscos, New York, Araer. bor. — Peridiura 2-3 cm. 

 diam. 2-5 cm. alt. 



5. Lycoperdon Lauterbachii P. Henn. Fung. novoguin. II, p. 36. {Glo- ^ss 

 baria). — Peridio subsphaeroideo, sessili, radicato, papvraceo, per- 

 sistenti, osculo angusto dehiscenti l-l,-5 cm. diam.; squaraulis fa- 

 rinosis, acutis, pallidis secedentibus teclo, dein riudo, isabellino, ni- 

 tido , capillitio laxo subincarnato ; sporis globosis, levibus, 1-gut- 

 tati.s, pailide incarnatis. longe pedicellatis 4-5 ix., pedicello hyalino 

 8-11 p.. long. 



Ilab. ad terrara, Thursday-island Australige. — L. furfuraceo 

 affine. 



6. Lycoperdon trygosporum Veuill. in Rev. Myc. 1885, t. VII, p. 241, ^ 

 Ann. Soc. bot. Lyon t. XVII, p. 289. — Peridio turbinato, pur- 

 purascenfi, flocculoso, levi, areolato; basi sterili parura crassa; gle- 



ba albida, firma, raolliore, huraida vinosa; sporis violasceutibus, 

 sublevibus, rotundis 6 u.. diara. 



Hah. ad terram siliceara, in Gallia. — An L. nigresceniis vel 

 potius L. fra(jilis forraa, observante Quelet? 



7. Lycoperdon acuminatum Bosc in Fr. Noy. vSymb. p. 134, Morgan 9^^ 



