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ELOBA OE NEW ZEALAND. 

 i. v. 3. p. 32. 



[Fungi. 



2. Lycoperdon calatum, Er. Sys 

 Hab. On the ground, Colenso. 



3. Lycoperdon ptisillum, Er. Symb. Gast. p. 7. 

 Hab. On the ground, Colenso. 



4. Lycoperdon reticulatum, n. s. ; globosurn, deorsum attenuatum, peridio subtiliter reticulato demum 



Hab. On the ground, Colenso. 



An inch or more in diameter, globose, attenuated below into a very short stem, which sends down a rather firm 

 root, finely reticulated, at length quite smooth and shining, opening above by a small, terminal, irregular orifice. 

 Capillitium olivaceous, at length bleached, and of a very pale French grey. Barren stratum confluent with the capil- 

 litium. Spores globose, about the size of those of L. pusillmn, from which it seems to be really distinct. 



5. Lycoperdon Novm-Zelandia, Lev. ; receptaculo globoso sessili papyraceo, cortice albo nitente ver- 

 ruculoso secedente obtuso subtus plicato-lacunoso, parenchymate sporisque violaceis. — Lev. in Ann. des Se. 

 Nat. 1846 {March), p. 164. 



Hab. On the ground, Raoul. 



The above characters are copied from Leveille. I have seen no specimens of this species. It is described as 

 thin and very fragile, covered with a white bark, sprinkled with little granulseform warts. It opens with a very 

 wide aperture ; the capillitium is of a beautiful violet, as are also the spores, which are very small and even. The 

 species seems to resemble Bovista fragilis, Vittadini. 



6. Lycoperdon microspermmm, Berk, in Kew Misc. 1851, ^j. 172. 

 Hab. On the ground, Colenso. 



The specimens are intermediate between the New Zealand L. pusillum, and the Sikkim-Himalayan I. miorosper- 

 mum, resembling, however, in habit and sculpture the latter, but with rather larger spores, which are also of a greener 

 tint, but this latter point depends much on age and circumstances. 



7. Lycoperdon gemmatum, Er. Syst. Myc. v. 3. p. 36. 



Hab. On the ground, as at the forest near Tehawera, Colenso. 



8. Lycoperdon pyriforme, Schseff. 



Hab. On decayed wet wood, Wairarupa, Colenso. 



Some specimens are almost sessile, but they have the columella characteristic of L. pyriforme. 



Gen. XXXI. SCLERODERMA, Pers. 



Peridium firmum, innato-corticatum, irregulariter dehiscens. Flocci peridio undique adnati, vacuolis 

 immixtis minutis, in quibus glomeruli sporarum apicibus floccorum oriundaram absque peridiolo nidulantur. 



The hard peridium and masses of naked spores separated by the reticulated capillitium, easily distinguish this 

 genus. When young the species are very firm, and, as they sometimes grow beneath the surface of the soil, are 

 often taken for Truffles, from which they differ altogether in structure. The species are for the most part very 

 generally diffused. (Name from o-kX^os, hard, and Sepfxa, skin.) 



1. Scleroderma Geaster, Er. Syst. Myc. v. 3. p. 46. 

 Hab. On the ground, Bay of Islands, J. D. II. 



A single specimen only. It is very common in Australia. 



2. Scleroderma vulgare, Er. Syst. Myc. v. 3. p. 46. 

 Hab. On the ground, Colenso. 



