TEICHOGASTRES. 



375 



46. HussA.t. 17. Fl.Dan.t.l969,f.2. Vaillt.lQ.f.8. Bolt.t. 

 116. Bull. t. 270. Sow.t.2GS. Enj. Fl.y. p. oOo. BerJc.Outlt. 

 15,/. 4. Fai/.f.oOQ. 5c/m2. ^.14,/. 46-48. Tuber so Mum, With. 

 Hi. p. 459. Fcld. exs. no. 1253. 



On borders of woods. Common. [Maine, U. S.] 



The larger form is generally of a yellowish hue, with the surface warty, 

 or covered with squarrose scales, the smaller quite sessile, minutely warty, 

 and of a bright brown. The spores are collected into little heaps separated 

 by a few greyish flocci. — Eng. Fl. (Fig. 116.^ 



1091. 



Sclexoderma bovista. Fr. "Thin-coated Scleroderma." 



Subsessile, irregular ; peridium thin, soft, dehiscing irregu- 

 larly ; bark sub-seceding ; flocci yellow ; spores dingy olive. — 

 Fr.S.M.m.p.4.8. Mich. t.dd,f. 2. Batsch.f. 22d. Eng.Fl.Y. 

 p. 306. 



On sandy ground. [Low. Carolina.] 



Known by its thinner peridium, and yellow flocci. — J/. /. B. 



1092. Scleroderma verrucosum. Pers. "Warty Scleroderma." 



Substipitate ; peridium rounded, subverrucose, thin above and 

 fragile ; inner mass purplish-black ; flocci and spores brown. — 

 Fr. iS'.J/.iii.i?. 49. Grev.t.4.8. Huss.i. t. 17. Bocc.t. 305,/. 2. 

 Schceff. t. 188. Vaill. 1. 16, /. 7. Mich. t. 99, /. 3. Bull. t. 24. 

 Sow. t. 311. Nees.f. 123. Eng. Fl. v. p. 306. Fckl. exs. no. 1254. 



On sandy ground. [United States.] 



Stem thick, lacunose. Care must be taken not to confound this with sti- 

 pitate forms of the foregoing.— Jf. /. B. 



Gen. 72. 



POLYSACCUM, B.C. 



Common peridiimi simple, rigid, 

 bursting irregularly ; internal mass 

 divided into distinct cells, filled with 

 peridiola; spores mixed with the 

 threads. — Berk. Outl.p. 304. Eng, 

 FLy.p. 306. {Fig. 117.) 



Fig. 117. 



