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obsolete ; mass of spores and capillitium olivaceous, then 

 brown ; threads much branched, the main stem about as thick 

 as the spores, the branches tapering; spores elliptic, even, 

 5-6 X 3-4 raic, sometimes with a minute pedicel. 



Growing on the ground in dense woods. Wisconsin, Tre- 

 Icasc. Peridium -^8-1 inch in diameter. "This pretty species 

 previously known only from Cuba, is indistinguishable from 

 L. pKsillum when immature, the spores affording the only 

 really characteristic feature." 



29. L. CEP^SFORME, Bull. Peridium globose or de- 

 pressed-globose, plicate underneath, with a cord-like root. 

 Cortex at first a thin, white, minutely furfuraceous coat, this 

 soon becomes rimulose and at length breaks up into small 

 scales and patches, which finally disappear from the pale or 

 pale-brown surface of the inner peridium. Subgleba nearly 

 obsolete; ma.ss of spores and capillitium greenish-yellow, 

 then pale-olivaceous ; the threads very much branched, the 

 main stem thicker than the spores, the branches long and 

 tapering; .spores globose, even, 3.5-4 mic. in diameter, often 

 with a minute pedicel. Plate II, Fig. 9. 



Growing on the ground in meadows and pastures. Penn- 

 sylvania and Carolina, Sc/rccci>iitz : Alabama, Atkinson: Ohio, 

 Mori^an. Peridium y-z-i inch in diameter. Fries appears to 

 have included this species with L. pusillum, and the smaller 

 forms are certainly very liable to be referred to that species. 

 Saccardo includes these species and two or three others under 

 L. furfuracens, Schafi". We have been guided by Mas.see and 

 Quelet. L. prataisc of Schweinitz's N. A. Fungi we take to 

 be this species. 



30. ly. COLORATUM, Peck. Peridium, subglobose, i)licate 

 underneath, with a fibrous mycelium. Cortex a thin coat of 

 very minute persistent granules, whitish or yellow, becoming 

 reddish or pale brown, or finally dark brown with age. Sub- 

 gleba nearly obsolete ; mass of spores and capillitium at first 

 pale yellow, then brownish-olivaceous; threads very much 

 branched, the main stem thicker than the spores, the branches 

 tapering; spores globose, even, 3.5-4.5 mic. in diameter, 

 often with a minute i>edicel. Plate II, Fig. 10. 



Growing in low grounds in woods. New England, Monian ; 

 New York, Peck: Ohio, Morgan; Wisconsin, 7'ri/iasi\ Pe- 

 ridium }\i-i inch in diameter. 



