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riier(^ arc ovidciitly tlii'ce coats, or layers, to the pcridhiiu instead of the 

 usual two. The liist or oiileriiinst coat, whicli may lie called the cortex, 

 is more or less rough or warty : the second or intermediate coat is tirm 

 and thick. l.r)-2 mm. : the third or innermost la.ver is thin and 

 memliraiuais. The illustration (Fiii'. 4) liriniis out the features of 

 the peridial coats. Tlie tliicliness of the peridinm proper suggests Myce- 

 intstriiiii l)ut the otiier coats and tlie capillitium and spores are very dif- 

 ferent. The presence of the thin papery inner peridinm seems to he 

 nnicp'e auKiUg putf-halls and so far as I h:ive heen ahle to learn only one 



Figure 4. CALVATIA LEPIDOPHUliA. 



Showing the roagh cortex, the thick iatermediate coat, and the thin in_^mbr;nou; inner lining 



which is now splitting and falling away in fiakjs. 



Species possessing this cliaracter has ever been described, viz., Lijcoiierdon 

 Jepidophonnii 101 lis and Ev. (Jour. Myc. 1:88. 1885). Mr. C. G. Lloyd, 

 to whom I have sent material, agrees with me in the opinion that our 

 siiecimens belong here, saying in a letter that "it is the second collection 

 known of this very rare species. Tliis is the first time I have ever re- 

 ceived it, and have only previously seen the type in the Ellis collection [New 

 York Botanical Garden]. The structure, spores, capillitium, and peculiar 

 inner niembiane covering the spores are exactly the same. The difference 



