50 NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 



330. Bovista stuppea. B. — Ellipsoidea sessilis ; peridio externo 

 tenuissimo albido, interno spadiceo ; capillitio stuppeo spadiceo ; 

 sporis parcis pedicellatis. Texas, C. Wright. No. 3153. 



Ellipsoid, longer diameter 2 inches, shorter, \\ ; outer peridium 

 extremely thin, whitish ; inner, bright reddish- brown ; flocci very 

 abundant, woven into a tough mass ; spores few, pedicellate, '0002 

 in diameter. Unfortunately I have only a single specimen, the 

 peridium, which is thin and papery easily splits and separates from 

 the spongy mass within. 



331. Bovista circumscissa. B.& C. — Minor subglobosa ; peridio 

 exteriore subcoriaceo secedente, interiore furfuraceo, ore subsericeo ; 

 sporis globosis minimis argillaceis. In gardens. Maine. Rev. 

 J. Blake. No. 6315. 



About \ inch in diameter ; outer coat leathery, splitting off, leav- 

 ing a ring-shaped portion at the base, inner furfuraceous ; orifice 

 minute, silky ; spores globose, even, at length slightly rough, sessile, 

 •00016 in diameter; clay-coloured. 



332. Lycopexdon calyptiifoime. B. — Minus e basi radicante 

 oriundum ; peridio ovato apice papillaeformi furfuraceo, capillitio 

 sporisque globosis la?vibus argillaceis. Car. Sup. Curtis. No. 557. 



About J of an inch across, springing from a rooting base ; ovate, 

 with a papillseform apex, furfuraceous or minutely warty ; threads 

 and the globose even spores about -00016 in diam. clay-coloured. 



* Lycopexdon fragile. Vitf. — Car. Sup. No. 124, 554,559,560, 

 Closely resembling Bovista lilacina. Lycoperdon cyathiforme. 

 Bosc., is apparently the same. Car. Inf. Rav. No. 192. 



333. Lycoperdon Curtisii. B. — Minus subglobosum pallidum 

 verrucis echinatis exasperatum capillitio sporisque Isevibus globosis 

 argillaceis. Car. Sup. Curtis. No. 558. Connecticut, Wright. 

 No. 5613. 



About -J of an inch across, springing from a short rooting base ; 

 globose, rough with echiniform warts, pallid ; flocci, and the 

 smooth, globose spores, -0001 in diameter clay-coloured. 



334. Lycopexdon Wxightii. B. <k C— Globosum, primum subti- 

 liter echinatum, verruculiscito secedtntibusglabrum ore sericeo aper- 

 tum, capillitio sporisque globosis laivibus argillaceis. Connecticut, 

 Wright. No. 5633. 



Sessile, globose, § inch in diameter, at first clothed with minute 

 echinate warts, which soon fall off and leave the peridium smooth, 

 with a minute silky orifice. Capillitium and spores -00016 in dia- 

 meter; clay-coloured, but more inclined to cinereous in two fore- 

 going species. 



335. Lycopetdon calvescens. B. # C— Subglobosum, primum 

 echinalo-verruculosum, verruculis cito secedentibus subtiliter vel li- 

 thium ; capillitio sporisque globosis Isevibus argillaceis. Connec- 

 ticut, C. Wright. No. 6366. 



