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TEICHOGASTEES. 



1088. Lycoperdon gemmatum. Fr. " "Warted Puff Ball." 



Peridium membranaceous, persistent, base narrow, opening 

 with an umbonate mouth ; bark farinaceous, adnate, covered with 

 sub-spinulose warts ; fiocci in the centre forming a columella, 

 persistent ; spores yellow with a greenish tinge. — Fr. S.M. iii. 

 p. 36. Bolt. t. 117. Huss. i. t. 54. Vaill. 1. 12, f. 15, 16. Mich, t 

 97,/. 1. Batt. t. 31, f. 4. Fl. Dan. t. 1120. Bull. t. 475, B-E. 

 Earz. t. 27. Chev. 1 10, f. 2. Schceff. t. 184. Fng. FL y. p. 304. 

 JSci. Goss. 1866,/. 253. Bisch.f. 3614. 



In meadows, &c. Common. [Cincinnati. Maine, U. S.] 



Very variable. Mouth prominent, umbonate from tbe club-sbaped colum- 

 ella ; spores small and smooth. 



1089. Lycopeidon pyriforme. Schcp.ff. " Pear-shaped Puff Ball." 



Peridium membranaceous, persistent, subpyriform, opening 

 with an umbonate mouth ; bark innate, covered with very thin 

 fugacious squamules, columella conical ; spores greenish-yellow. 

 — Fr.S.M. iii. 79. 39. Ray. Syn.ui. p. 19, no. 7. Huss. i. t. 70. 

 Grev. t. 304. Sclmff. t. 189. Bull. t. 32, &t. 435,/. 3. Fl. Dan. 

 t 1680,/ 1. Eng.Fl. y. p. 304. .S'a. 6^055.1866,/ 254. Cooke, 

 exs. no. 215. Fckl. exs.no. 1260. 



On decayed stumps. Common. [United States.] 



Generally much tufted. Eoot white, branched, creeping ; columella coni- 

 cal ; spores small and smooth. (Fi^. 115.^ 



Gen. 71. 



SCLERODERMA, P. 



Peridium firm, with an innate 

 bark, bursting irregularly ; flocci 

 adhering on all sides to the peri- 

 dium, and forming distinct veins 

 in the central mass ; spores large, 

 granulated. — Berk. Outl. p. 303. 

 Eng. Fl. v. p. 305. 



(Fig. 116.) 



Fig. 116. 

 1090. Scleroderma vulgare. Fr. "Common Scleroderma." 



Subsessile, irregular ; peridium corky, hard, dehiscing indefi- 

 nitely; inner mass bluish-black ; spores dingy. — Fr. S.M. in. p. 



