2, THIRTY-SECOND REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 
are found in one place. ‘The warts are very minute, and easily overlooked. 
They have a granular or almost mealy appearance, and, when old, usually 
become blackish. At first the capillitium and spores appear to haye a sul- 
phur-yellow color ; but when fully mature, if the capillitium is cleared of the 
spores, it is seen to be much darker. There appears to bea slight depression 
in one side of the spore, so that, when viewed in a particular direction, it 
appears flattened or depressed on one side, although viewed in a different 
direction it may appear globose. 
LyCOPERDON CALYPTRIFORME Berk. ConicaAL PUFF-BALL. 
Peridium about 6’ high, 3/—4" broad, ovate or subconical, sessile, whitish, 
furfuraceous with minute warts or sipinules; capillitium and spores olivaceous 
or yellowish-olivaceous ; spores smooth, .00U16 in diameter. 
Moss-covered rocks. Very rare. Adirondack Mountains. August. 
I have met with this very small and rare species but once, and then but 
two specimens were found. In these the apex was compressed or laterally 
flattened, instead of papilliform, as required by the original description of 
the species; but in all other respects they agree well with the specific charac- 
ters. The plant is very distinct from all our other species by its small size 
and ovate or conical shape. n 
In closing this report, grateful acknowledgments are rendered to those’ bot- 
anists whose names already appear in the preceding pages, for their kind codp- 
eration in the investigation of our flora, and for their generous contributions of 
specimens. 
When no name is added to the station or stations herein given, the plant has 
been found therein by the writer. Dates signify the time when the specimens 
were collected or the plants observed. 
Respectfully submitted, 
CHAS. H. PECK. 
ALBANY, January 4, 1879. 
