Gasteromyceteee, Lycoperdaceee. Bovista 273 



dehiscens. Gleba lamellis tramse anastomosantibus cum endoperidio 

 continuis percursa. Columella et capillitium nulla. SporDe subglo- 

 bosa? continuae, raox pulverulentae. — Structura glebee cura Scle- 

 rodermafe, exoperidii cum Geasiere fere congruit; praeterea di- 

 gnoscitur defectu capillitii etc. 



1. Stefla americana Mass. Journ. Myc. 1889, p. 185, t. XIY, fig. 2. nzi 



— Exoperidio globoso-depresso, crasso, levi , ochraceo-brunneo, 

 apice in 4-6 segraenta suba^qualia stellatim dehiscente,- endoperi- 

 dio levi, tenui, brunneo, matura supra everso; tramae parietibus 

 albidis, evaiiescentibus ; sporarum massa umbrina; sporis globosis, 

 minute verrucosis, 6-7 a. diara. 



flab. ad terram, Carolina infer. Amer. bor. — Fungus 2,5-5 

 cra. diam., solitarius vel gregarius. 



DIPLOOERMA Link. — Syll. VII, p. 92. 



1. Dipioderma album Cooke et Massee Grev. XVI, p. 2, — Subglo- 1125 

 bosum, pallidum; peridio exteriore tenui, persistente, interiore al- 

 bo-cartilagineo ; capillitio simplici, radiato, contexto, nucleo cea- 

 trali suberoso; sporis globosis, levibus, hjalinis, 5 p.. diam. 



Hab. ad terrara, Cudgegong River Australi^ (Hamilton). 



2. Dlploderma fumosum Cooke et Massee Grev. XVI, p. 2. ~ Glo- 1126 

 boso-depressura, album; peridio exteriore, fibroso, interiore, pallido, 

 fragili, capillitio radiato, intertexto hjalino, attenuato ; sporis glo- 

 bosis, echinulatis, fumosis, 6-8 u. diam. 



Hab. ad terram, New South Wales Australice (F. Campbell). 



3. Diploderma pachythrix Cooke et Mass. Grevill. vol. XVIII, p. 50. 1127 



— Subglobosum; exoperidio tenui, fragili, cinereo; endoperidio sub- 

 cartilagineo, tenui, persistente, pallido; capillitii fibris parallelis, ex 

 hyphis fascicularibus, pachypleuris, e nucleo lignoso ceotrali endo- 

 peridium versus radiantibus ; sporis pallide ochraceis, ellipsoideis, 

 minute verrucosis, 9-10 ::: 4-5. 



Hab. ad terram, Tarwin, Victoria Australise, — Fungus subter- 

 ranens, circ. 2 ram. diara. 



BOVISTA DiU. - Syll. VII, p. 96. 



1. Bovista ochracea Wettst Vorarb. Steier. I, p. 50. — Globosa, 1128 



sessilis, rarius subdepressa; mycelio parvo, floccoso, insideate ; pe- 



ridio exteriore luteo vel albido raox dehiscente et in farinam te- 



Duem luteam, basira versus ochraceara dissoluto, interiore (saltem 



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