596 GasteromycetoB, Lycoperdaceae, Scleroderma. 



Hab. ad terrain iiiter Zea M a y d i s , in Lusitania. 

 Var. ellipsosporum Lloyd ap. Torreud loc. cit. — A typo diflfert spo- 

 ris ellipsoideis, 4-5 ^ 3. 



Hab. ad liguuiu graminosum, Val de Eosal, Lusitauia. 



LYCOPERDELLON Torrend, Broteria, ser. Bot. XI (1913) p. 92.— (Etym. 



a Lycoperdon cni affine genns). — Sessilis, basi fertili. Sporae ellip- 



ticae pedicello destitutae. Gleba rosea. 

 1. Lycoperdellon Torrendii (Bres.) Torrend, loc. cit. = Lijcogala Tor- 2198 



rendi Bres. — Syll. XXII p. 808 — an ■= etiam L. terrestris Fr., 



Syll. L c. ? 



SCLERODERMA Pers. — Syll. YII p. 134 et 489, IX p. 278, XI p. 167, 

 XIV p. 266, XVI p. 244, XVII p. 235, XXI p. 490. 



1. Scleroderma endoxanthum T. Petch, Gasteromyc. zeyl., in Ann. R. 2199 

 Bot. Gard. Peradeniya, v. 7., 1919, P. I, p. 76. — Epigeura, sessile. 

 Irregulariter depresse giobosum, verticalariter sulcatum usque 10 



cra. diam., olivaceo-nigrescens, aequalis, superficie minute Lacerato- 

 areolata ; mycelio basilari parco, flavo-sulpbnreo ; cortice usque 3 

 mm. crasso, uudique flavo-aurantiaco latericio, gieba purpureo-ni- 

 gresceute; sporis purpureo-brunneis, sphaeroideis, 6-8 jx diam., longe 

 acnte spinulosis, et snperficie reticulatis. 



Hah. ad terrara Peradeniya, Ceylon, Asia. — Scl.vulgariYAY.no- 

 voguineense proximnm. 



2. Scleroderma pseudostipitatum T. Petch, Gasterom. zeyL, in Aun. 2200 

 R. Bot. Gard, Peradeniya, v. 7., 1919, P. I, p. 77. — - Epigeura; el- 

 lipsoidenni v. giobosum usque 5 cm. diam., ])allide ochraceum, quan- 

 doque juventute purpurascens, aequalis, priraum leve, glaber, extus 

 deranm squamosulum; plernmque peduncnlatnra, nsque 3 cm. altum, 

 pednnculus usque 3 cm. altus, irregularis, lacunosus, saepe com- 

 pressus ; cortice iuterno alba demum fracta fnrfnrascente; massa 

 sporarum olivacea ; sporis brunneis, giobosis, 8-10 {i diam., reticu- 

 latim verruculosis. 



Rab. ad terram, Hakgala, Ceylon, Asia. 



3. Scleroderma Cepa Pers., Scl. vulgare Fr. ap. Fl. Dan. (1829), var. 2201 

 spadiceum Pers. — Sacc. Syll. VII p. 135. — Var. erythraeum Sacc. 

 2^otae Myc. XX, X. Giorn. bot. it. 23, 1916, p. 233. — Peridiis 

 fere penitus hypogaeis, minoribus, 1-2 cra. diara. e gioboso valde 

 irregulariter lobnlatis, cortice durissimo rugnloso 1 mm. cr., gieba 

 nigricante compacta ; sporis globosis 10-12 \i. diam. atro-fuligineis 



