refers it where he calls it "typicum" and Trelease has it right in his paper. 

 Morgan misled by some bad work that had preceded him changed from Peck's 

 and Trelease' determinations and called it Lycoperdon Curtisii.t This was doubly 

 unfortunate for Morgan 'gave the best account and figure of it that have been 

 given. 



SPECIMENS IN OUR COLLECTION. 



Canada, ]. Macoun. T. N. Willing; Massachusetts, Simon Davis, S. S. Crosby, 

 R. B. Mackintosh, Geo. B. Fessenden, C. W. Jenks ; A ; c' York, Chas. Peck, W. N. 

 Clute; Pennsylvania, Caroline A. Burgin, Dr. Wm. Herbst ; AVtv Jersey. J. B. 

 Ellis; West Virginia. C. G. Lloyd; Washington. D. C., F. J. Braend'e; Wisconsin, 

 R. H. Denniston; Minnesota, Dr. N. M. Cook. E. P. Ely; Michigan, L. E. Weld; 

 Indiana, Wm. Stuart; Illinois, Dr. W r . S. Moffatt ; Ohio.C. W. Dawson, W T illard 

 Moore, C. G. Lloyd, M. G. Bohn ; Kansas, E. Bartholomew ; Missouri, C. H. 

 Demetrio, B. M. Duggar ; loiva, R. E. Buchanan, L. H. Pamme! ; Texas. W. H. 

 Long, Jr. ; Colorado, E. B. Sterling. 



LYCOPERDON SUBINCARNATUM (Plate 63). Plants with 

 a rather firm, globose depressed peridium, opening by a rather large, 

 (2-3 mm.) circular mouth. Cortex of small, fasciculate spines, falling 

 away and leaving the peridium most characteristically marked with little 

 depressions, like the surface of a thimble. Sterile base of large cells. 

 but very scanty (or none). Gleba olive then brown. Capiilitium of 

 mostly simple, long, septate, thick, subhyaline threads about twice the 

 diameter of the spores. Spores 4 mic. slightly rough. 



This unique little species visually grows on logs,f and when young 

 has the general appearance of Lycoperdon piriforme, and the same 

 w r hite, mycelial threads permeating the rotten wood. After the sepa- 

 ration of the cortex, the denuded surface takes a light color, but I think 

 is not well described as "flesh color" and I feel it is a pity the plant does" 

 not bear a name referring to the peculiar pitted surface which no other 

 species has. It is rather a rare species, rarely met excepting in moun- 

 tains or northern localities. 



REFERENCES : The plant is only a color form of Lycoperdon purpureum, but 

 if it were identical'y the same plant we should use Peck's name in preference 

 to Berkeley's for Peck gave a good description of it and Berkeley never had 

 material from which he could derive a knowledge of the characters of the plant, 

 even the peculiar, pitted surface. Lycoperdon purpureum was originally collected 

 in the Bonin Islands (near Japan) and we found it last winter (in the mountains 

 only) in Samoa. Ripe specimens cannot be distinguished from the American 

 plant and young specimens only by the dark purplish black co'.or. 



SPECIMENS IN OUR COLLECTION. 



Canada, Rev. P. Lemay; New Hampshire, Miss Alice Theobald; Massa- 

 chusetts, H. Page ; New York, Chas. Peck, S. L. Schumo, W. H. Long, Jr. ; Penn- 

 sylvania, Hugo Biljgram (several fine collections); West Virginia, C. G. Lloyd; 

 Washington, D. C., F. J. Braendle; Virginia, S. L. Schumo; Ohio. A. P. Morgan. 



LYCOPERDON ACUMINATUM (Plate 64). Peridium ovoid 

 (or globose) || very small, rarely over one half cm. Cortex at first almost 



t Lycoperdon Curtisii is based on some young specimens of a large species (probably 

 cruciatum just emerged from the ground, an<l should never have been determined, much less 

 "named" and " described." 



J Very rarely we have collected it on the ground in woods. 



II Morgan states globose when young then ovoid, and he has observed it growing. We do 

 not know. All the specimens we have (see plate 64 are decidedly acute. We have seen, how- 

 ever, little globose specimens from Java (Lycoperdon pisiforme, Montsumia, p. 158 (not Eng. 

 Jahrb, 23, 556} Lycoperdon Henningsii. Sac. vol. 14 , which we take to be a globose form. 



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