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mingled granules, gray or brownish above, paler below; these 

 dry up and are a long time persistent, but they finally fall 

 awa}', leaving the inner peridium with a pale brown, smooth, 

 shining surface. Subgleba obconical, occupying nearly a 

 third part of the peridium ; mass of spores and capillitium 

 olivaceous, then brownish-purple ; the threads about as thick 

 as the spores, with slender tapering branches ; spores globose, 

 distinctly warted, 5.5-6.5 mic. in diameter- 



Growing on the ground in open woods. Ohio, Morgan ; 

 Nebraska, Webber. Peridium i-ij^ inches in diameter. A 

 very pretty species of regular form ; its glo.ssy cortex is quite 

 persistent. 



7- L. DELic.VTUM, Berk. Peridium subglobose, plicate 

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

 minute spinules and granules, gray or brownish above, 

 whitish below, finally falling away from the smooth, shining, 

 pale or brownish surface of the inner peridium. Subgleba 

 very small or quite obsolete ; mass of spores and capillitium 

 olivaceous, then pale or purplish-brown ; the threads rather 

 thinner than the spores, with slender tapering branches ; .spores 

 globo.se, distinctly warted, 5-6 mic. in diameter. 



Growing on the ground. Pennsylvania, Gentry. Peridium 

 1-2 inches in diameter. 



d. Cortex a furfuraceous persistent coat. 



S. L. GL.VBKLLUM, Peck. Peridium obovoid with a .short 

 pointed ba.se or turbinate, with a narrow tapering base ; the 

 mycelium slender, fibrous. Cortex a soft delicate flocculose 

 covering, white cream-color or yellow, which dries up at ma- 

 turity to a thin furfuraceous persi-stent coat, scarcely abraded 

 in occasional patches disclosing the pale, smooth, shining sur- 

 face of the inner peridium. Subgleba occupying nearly a 

 third part of the peridium ; mass of spores and capillitium 

 pale olivaceous, then pale brown or finally purplish-brown ; 

 the threads about as thick as the spores, with slender tapering 

 branches ; spores globose, distinctly warted. 5-6 mic. in 

 diameter. Plate I. Fig. 7. 



Growing on the ground in woods. New England, I'rost : 

 New York, Peck: Ohio, Morgan: Wi.sconsin, Trelcase. 

 Peridium \-\\-z inches in diameter and about the same in 



