No. 16.] [October, 1873. 



dmiltea, 



A MONTHLY RECORD OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY 

 AND ITS LITERATURE. 



NOTICES OP NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 



By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



(Continued from Page 35.) 



* Geaster saccatus. Fr.—C&v. Inf. No. 1600. New York, Sart- 

 well. No. 3458. Alabama, Peters. No. 3869, 3872. Ohio, 

 F. G. Lea. 



* Geaster fornicatus. P.— Car. Inf. No. 2301. 



328. Geaster radicans. B. & C— Peridio externo separabili de- 

 mum fornicato e fibris radicantibus oriundo, peridio interno laevi 

 brevissime stipitato ; ore sericeo. Car. Inf. Ravenel, No. 953. 

 Curtis, No. 3041. 



Outer peridium 2 inclies across ; reddish, separable into two 

 parts, the upper portion being ultimately lifted up, as in G. forni- 

 catus ; inner peridium about f of an inch across, very shortly 

 stipitate,. smooth, reddish; mouth silky, as in G.fimbriatus ; spores 

 globose, minutely echinulate. The same species occurs in Cuba. 

 No. 873. 



* Tulostoma fimbriatum. Fr. — New Mexico. Rio Grande, 

 Wright, No. 6370. Car. Sup., No. 983. Texas, Wright. No. 

 3151. 



* Tulostoma mammosum. Fr. — New Mexico. Rio Grande, 

 Wright. No. 6369. Fendler, No. 3096. 



* T. Tulostoma Meyenianum. KL— New Mexico. Rio Grande, 

 Wright. No. 3918. 



* Bovista lilacina. B.— Hook, Lond. Journ., 1845, p. 64. Car. 

 Inf. No. 2533. 



329. Bovista pila. B. & r.— Subglobosa pallida subtiliter tomen- 

 tosa, basi sterili nulla, capillitio sporisque brunneis. On the ground 

 amongst grass, which adheres close to the peridium. Wisconsin, 

 Lapham. No. 6213. 



About 11 inch across ; subglobose, pallid, very minutely tomen- 

 tose ; capillitium and globose shortly pedicellate even spores, 

 bright brown, spores -0002 in diameter ; pedicels about the same 

 length, soon breaking off. 



