LYCOPERPACEAE 131 



6091. On the ground by a decaying oak stump, May 20, 1923. Fornicate form. Spores distinctly 

 MOted, 4-5. 1m thick. Capillitium threads straight, apparently unbranched, up to 7/i thick. 

 Also Nos. o84. 5903, 6074, B077, 7403, 7484. 



Raleigh. Wells, c.-ll N (..Herb.). 



Smith's Island, Couch and Grant, coll. No. 5965. In sandy soil, December 29, 1921. Minimus 

 form. Spores minutely warted, 4-5/i. 



"Carolina." Pine woods. M ichener Herb, from Schw. Herb., as G.fornicatus and G. strialus.) Also 



in Schw. Herb.. No. 2247, as (.'. tiiuuirindiini. 

 South Carolina. Aiken. Ravenel, coll. (Path, and Mve. Herb., as G. minimus, Fung. Am. Exs., 



No. 472). Also Fung. Car. Exs., No. 74. (Phila. Acad., as(.'. minimus.) 

 Society Hill, (Curtis Herb., as G. fornicatus, No. 2301.) 



Also a collection from South Carolina by Ravenel in lUichener Herb., asC. minimus. 

 Florida. DeFuniak Springs. Fisher, coll. (Lloyd Herb.). These plants have a distinct apophysis 



with a distinct edge as in one or more of our Chapel Hill collections, but is not exactly typical 



G. coronoJus as the sac particles arc dull and look more like specks of dust. 

 New Jersey. In very sandy soil. Ellis, coll. (N. Y. Bot. Card. Herb.). Lobes varying from 4-8; 



an imperfect cup attached in some, in others not. 

 New York. Mohawk. Mrs. Lobcnstcin. (N. Y. Bot. Card. Herb., as G.fornicatus.) 

 Massachusetts. Boston. Sprague, No. 42. (Curtis Herfa., aa G. m i ttimus .) There arc also two typi- 

 cal specimens of minimus from Schweinitz Herb, in the Curtis Herb. 

 Ohio. Lloyd, coll. (N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb., as(.\ minimus, and U. N. C. Herb.). Spores distinctly 



warted, 3.8-5.5/1 thick. Capillitium threads straight, up to 5.5/i thick. 

 Michigan. Agricultural College. Wheeler, coll. (Path, and Myc. Herb., as G. minimus). 

 Wisconsin. I Univ. Wis. Herb., asG. minimus, and U. N. C. Herb.) Spores distinctly warted, 3.7-4.4/1 



thick. 

 Texas. Wright, No. 326. (Curtis Herb., as G.fornicatus.) 

 California. Pasadena. McClatchie, coll. (N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb.). 

 Canada. Macoun, coll. (N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb., as G. minimus, and U. N. C. Herb.). Minute plants 



of both forms. Lobes varying from 4-8, rcvolutc, the earth mass attached in some. 

 Jamaica. A. E. Wright, coll. (Farlow Herb., as G. limbatus). One is covered with coarse white 



particles like Lloyd's G. calceus. 

 Mexico. Ymala. (Path, and Myc. Herb.) Minimus form with large granules like G. granulosus. 



Spores 3.8-5/1. 

 Ecuador. Millc, coll. (Lloyd Herb.). 

 Japan. Sapporo. Miyabe, coll. (Lloyd Herb). 

 New Zealand. Cunningham, coll. (U. N. C. Herb.). Spores strongly warted, 4.2-5.5/1 thick. 



GeasterleptospermusAtk. & Coker 



Plates 73 and 115 



Inner peridium nearly globular, 2.5-5 (rarely 6.5) mm. thick, pale gray to pale tan 

 in color, minutely dusted with fine whitish particles which also cover the inner surface 

 of the freshly opened rays; mouth very small, minutely fibrous, surrounded by a conical, 

 white disc which is distinctly outlined and radially fibrous (not sulcate). Fibrous 

 layer of the outer peridium splitting into 3-6 rays about half way down or more, the 

 rays recurving and the base becoming arched up (vaulted beneath), leaving the delicate, 

 fibrous, mycelial layer as a distinct, membranous, white cup beneath, with its margin 

 also rayed by slits, the rays attached to the rays of the plant above (typically fornicate). 

 Inner surface of the rays when freshly opened covered with a succulent, pale buff, 

 fleshy layer, which when dry forms the thin, tan or light brown, smooth and nearly 

 complete membrane over the fibrous layer; underside of the rays white and smooth. 

 Columella not obvious. 



