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Peckiella Sacc. 



308. P. Baiiniiigiae (Peck) Sacc. Bushnells Basin, rare, not tested. 

 Sub-class Ba.sidiomvcete.s. 



Cohort Gastromvcetks. — Gr. — gasteron, a sac. 



Family I. — Phalloide.i:. 



Ph.m.lu.s Mich. 



309. riialliis Ravenelii B. and C. Rochester. Pittsford, edible when in the 



egg state. Has a very bad odor when full grown. 



MuTiNUS Fr. 



310. Mutiniis caiiiniis Fr. (Phallus caniuiis Berk.; P. iiwdorus Sow.) 



Rochester, Pittsford, edible in the egg state. 



Family II. — LYtopERDACE.E. 



Geaster Alich. 



Gr. — the earth; Cr. — a star. 



311. (iJeastcr hjgrometrieus Pers. Pittsford, edible when young. This 



fungus is' known as being a natural barometer, spreading its stellate 

 covering on the grQund when moisture is in the air, and closing it 

 around its ])uffy body when hutnidity is absent. 



Tylostom.a. Pers. 



Gr. — a knob. 



312. Tjiosfoiiia niyeniainiin Kl. Rochester, Pittsford, edible. This species- 



is noted for having the entire peridium mounted on the apex of 

 the stem. 



Caia'Atia Fr. 



313. Calvatia gigaiitea Batsch. (Lycopcrdoii bovista Linn; L maximum 



Schaeff ; L gigaiitcum Batsch.) Rochester, Pittsford, edible. One 

 weighing 58 lbs. was found in Rochester a few years ago. 



314. C. cyatliiforiiiifs Bosc. — cup shaped. Pastures, orchards, Pittsford,. 



Bushnells Basin, common, edible. 



Lycoperdon Tourn. 



315. Lycoperdon Frostii Pk. Woods, Pittsford, edible. This fungus re- 



minds one of a chestnut burr when ripe and brown, edible. 



316. L. pyrifornic Schaeff.— pear formed. Pittsford, Adirondack Mts., 



edible. • 



