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leave smooth circular spots surrounded by minute granules, thus giving a spotted or 

 reticulated appearance to the surface as in L. eckinatum and L. gcmmatum. According 

 to -Morgan (Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist. 14: 15. 1891) this is the L. eckinatum of Peck's 

 United States Species of Lycoperdon, while the true L. eckinatum is treated as L. con- 

 stcllatum by Peck and by Trelease. In the Ellis collection at the New York Botanical 

 Garden are plants from Peck (N. V.) labelled L. eckinatum which are L. Peckii. 

 (See Morgan, above cited, and Lloyd, Myc. Notes, p. 223.) Lycoperdon Peckii is 

 not recognized by Lloyd, but we cannot reconcile our plant with any other species 

 and refer it to C. Peckii as it seems to agree well with Morgan's description and with 

 the above-mentioned plants from Peck. To all appearances this might represent the 

 L. nigresccns of Europe to which it might be referred except for the light color which 

 is retained at all ages (see Lloyd, Myc. Works, pi. 123, figs. 1-6). It differs from L. 

 eckinatum in the shorter pale spines and much smaller olivaceous spores; from L. 

 pidcherrimum in the much shorter spines, the pale surface of the inner peridium and the 

 smooth, olivaceous spores; from L. eximium in stouter, longer spines and the smaller, 

 spherical spores; from L.fuscum in the paler, stouter, longer spines with granular or 

 scurfy material between. The most important differences between the present species 

 and L. gcmmatum, which is nearest, and of which this might be treated as only a variety, 

 is the tapering fascicled spines with tips united, and the smooth spores. In these 

 characters it agrees with the plants from Peck above-mentioned, which are also similar 

 in the small, dot-like warts between the spines. As L. Peckii is described as having a 

 smooth surface (not spotted) after the spines fall off, a divergence from our plant in 

 this respect is indicated; Peck's specimens above-mentioned are, however, like ours. 

 A difference in age of plants might easily account for such a discrepancy. Our oldest 

 plants were found soon after opening and only a part of the upper surface was denuded. 



North Carolina. Blowing Rock. Coker and party, August 1922. No. 5654. On rotten chestnut 

 wood. No. 5655. Among frondose leaves in woods. Spores smooth or nearly so, 3.5-4.2m 

 with a short pedicel. No. 5801. Under white pines. (U. N. C. Herb.) 

 Linville Falls. Coker and party, August 1922. No. 5749. Among leaves under rhododendron, 

 chestnut, etc. (U. N. C. Herb.) 



Pennsylvania. Buck Hill Falls. Mrs. Delafield, coll. (N. Y. B. G. HertO. 



Canada. Ontario. Dearness, No. 3026 c. (U. N. C. Herb.) Spores olivaceous in mass, smooth 

 or nearly so, 3.2-3.8/x. 

 Newfoundland. Waghorne, coll. (N. Y. B. G. Herb., det. by Peck). Spores smooth or nearly so, 

 3.4-3.8/1 thick. 



Lycoperdon pedicellatum Pk. 

 L. caudatum Schroet. 



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Plants depressed-globose, plicate below, sessile or with a small stem, attached by 

 delicate fibers. Cortex pale, grayish then ochraceous to rather light ochraceous brown, 

 composed above of rather stout spines about 0.5-1 mm. long, single or arranged in 

 fascicles with the incurved tips united and the bases separated by a thin, glabrous 

 cortex of the same color. The spines fall off singly and each carries its own area of the 

 thin cortex, thus exposing the pale brown, smooth and shining, inner peridium which is 

 faintly pitted or wrinkled, or in a form distinctly reticulated. Subgleba very scanty 

 in nearly sessile forms or more obvious when there is a distinct stalk. 



Spores (of No. 5668) dull brown at full maturity, subspherical to short oval, 

 3.7— 1.8/i thick, minutely rough, furnished with a long persistent pedicel which is about 



