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Illustrations: Albertini and Schweinitz. Consp. Fung., pi. 1, fig. 3. 

 Boudier. Icon. Myc, pi. 185. 



Bruns. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Gattung Polysaccum. Flora 78: 67. 1894. 

 Hollos. 1. c, pi. 27 and pi. 28, figs. 1-6. 

 Lloyd. Lycoperdaceae of Australia, pi. 29. 1905. 

 Michael. Fiihrer f. Pilzfreunde 3: No. 345. 1919 (2nd ed.). 

 Micheli. Nova Plant. Gen., pi. 98, fig. 1. 

 Nees von Esenbeck. Syst. Pilze Schw., pi. 13, fig. 131 B. 

 Sowerby. Engl. Fungi, pi. 425 (as Lycoperdon capsuliferum) . 

 Vittadini. Monog. Lycoperd., pi. 2, fig. 8 and pi. 3, fig. 13. 



663. By path northeast of athletic field, November 26, 1912. 

 974. Among scattered pines on hillside pasture, Nov. 11, 1913. 

 4903. On ground in a yard, October 17, 1921. Spores spherical, densely but rather bluntly spiny, 



7-9.5/1 thick, rarely ll/i. 

 7090. In clay soil by road west of President's house, August 23, 1923. Plant 18 cm. high and 10.5 



cm. thick when gathered. 

 Also Nos. 686, 687, 723, 902, 2219, 5402, 7125, 8170. 



South Carolina. Marion Co. Sandy soil near Little Pee Dee River. Coker, coll. (U. N. C. Herb. 



No. 8136) . This seems to be an immature or conditional form. The spores are bluntly warted 



instead of spiny. 

 Florida. Gainesville. In sandy pine woods. Weber, coll. (U. N. C. Herb.). Spores spiny- warted, 



8.5-11.5^. 

 Alabama. Tuskegee. Beaumont, coll. (Curtis Herb.). 



