Notes on Lycoperdon sculptum Harkness 



William Albert Setchell 



(with plate 20) 



Mountains 



was first made known in 1885 by Dr. H. W. Harkness, in the 

 first volume of the Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 

 (page 160), with the general statement that it is "found only at 

 considerable elevations, 6,000 to 8,000 feet in the Sierra Nevadas." 

 In conversation several years since, Dr. Harkness told me that the 

 original specimens came from some locality on the eastern slopes, 

 but he seemed uncertain as to the exact locality. At that time, 

 " Harkness Collection of Fungi," which had been given to the 

 Academy, was not in order and I was unable to make any search. 

 The type, however, was preserved as a museum specimen under 

 glass with no data accompanying it. After the death of Harkness, 



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atorofthe herbarium and I made an examination of all the speci- 

 mens of this species contained in it with notes as to my results. I 

 found only one specimen with the locality marked and that came 

 f m near Summit in Placer County, at an altitude of about 6,700 

 feet. This is probably, then, to be considered as the type locality. 

 !n the herbarium of the University of California, there are 



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several good specimens of this species and with satisfactory data. 

 One came from Summit, our supposed type locality, where it was 

 collected by Mrs. Charles H. Shinn. One of the earliest speci- 

 mens to be received at the University was collected by Mr. D. T. 

 Fowler, in Sierra Valley, in Sierra County, at an altitude estimated 

 "" 'lim to be about 4,800 feet. He also reports finding several 

 specimens along the road between Sierra Valley and Truckee. 

 Th ese collections were reported by J. Burtt Davy in the " Reports 

 the work of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the Univer- 

 Clty of California for the years 1 898-1 901 " (page 353). under the 



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Several specimens in 



Perfectly ripe condition were collected by C. C. Dobie and myself 



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