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good illusti-atioii of the spfcies is also to be t'oniid in Ilard's Musliromn Hook, 

 p. 5;'3, Fifi. 'lis. Tlie iieridiniii is subglohuse or depressed iiyriforin. The 

 outer eoat. or cortex, consists of dense, soft warts or spines which fall 

 away after a time, exposing the sniootli, shining, thin inner coat. Tlie 

 spores are jtale cinnamon-brown, slightly oval. 8-4 x 4-.") //, smooth, witli 

 slender I),valine pedicels '.t-l.") a long. The ca]iillituim consists of separ- 

 ate, branched threads, :\-{\ // in diameter, the branches gradually tapering 

 to sharji jioints. Ellis and .Morgan described this species in ISn.j giving 

 it the specihc name of (/liicnsc l)ut referring it to the genus Miiccndxiniin. 

 In INS.S Deloni transfcire(i it to Sclrnidcnini in Saccardo's Sylluge Fun- 



Figure 2. CALVATIA BOVISTA 



k sp3cimen which weathered for nearly ti year in its place of growlh. This specimen is now about 



30 cm. in diameter, and weighs 4}^ ounces. 



gornni. .Morgan later used it as the type of a new genus, Boristclla, call- 

 ing tliis phmt Boristclhi OhUnsc. Tliis plant is more common southward 

 and our locality is ajiparently in the extreme northern part of its distri- 

 bution. .Tndging from the general distribution and from the Illinois and 

 Ohio localities it woidd seem that this species is likely to be met with in 

 the southern half of Indiana. 



A considerably larger s]iecies (lO-lo cm. in diameter), Miicenastnnn 

 spiiniloi^Hw, which has never been reported for Indiana In the Academy 

 proceedings, or elsewhere, so far as the writer Knows, was collected near 



