a smooth, white coat, drying up and becoming furfuraceous. Sterile 

 base none. Gleba olive. Capillitium of long, simple, snbhyaline threads- 

 about twice the diameter of the spores. Spores small, 3 mic. smooth. 

 This is a unique, little species, very rare we judge, growing in 

 moss on bark mostly of living trees and of a Southern range only. 



REFERENCES : Although there are no type specimens in Fries' herbarium, 

 there is no doubt it is the plant he described (Nov. Symb. p. 134), from Costa- 

 Rica (Orsted) and North Carolina (Curtis). He ascribed the name (incorrectly 

 we think) on information from Curtis, to Bosc. We do not find any similar plant 

 in Bosc' work. Morgan was the first recent author to correctly refer it to Fnes r 

 name. Berkeley, at one time evidently had a faint idea of it, for he sent a plant 

 to Montagne labeled "Lycoperdon acuminatum B. & C." but he did not remember 

 it, for he described the plant as a new species. Lycoperdon calyptriforme (Grev. 

 2-50) and Ravenel distributed it (E.xc. No. 14), as "Lycoperdon leprosum Berk. 

 & Rav." 



SPECIMENS IN OCR COLLECTION. 



Washington, D. C., F. J. Braendle; Ohio, A. P. Morgan. (We have also a, 

 collection, donor and locality unknown.) 



LYCOPERDOX FULIGIXEUM (Plate 64). Plants growing 

 on rotten logs. Sterile base slightly developed (or none). Sometimes 

 the plant is prolonged into a somewhat stem-like base, sometimes devoid 

 of base. Cortex of minute, fasciculate, dark spines. Capillitium thick, 

 hyaline, septate threads. Spores small. 4 mic. strongly rough. 



This plant seems to be confined to warm countries. It has the 

 general appearance, and the white, mycelial strands of Lycoperdon 

 piriforme, but is readily distinguished by its capillitium and spores. It 

 has a close relationship to Lycoperdon purpureum but the peridium 

 does not become pitted. 



_ REFERENCES : It was described from Cuba (Jour. Linn Soc. 10-345) and 

 again on the same page as Lycoperdon epixylon. Lycoperdon velutinum from 

 Venezuela with a reddish brown color I take for the same plant ; also Lycoperdon 

 confluens (Bull. Myc. France, 99-203) although growing on manured earth 



SPECIMENS IN OUR COLLECTION. 

 Florida, H. H. Hume. (We have it also from Brazil, Rev. J. Rick.) 



The "Polymorphum" Section. 



This section is characterized by the minute cells of the sterile base, the small 

 " furfur aceous cortex the yellowish cast of the plants and olive or" umber 

 C ' re <? capUitium and ?" snores smooth (or 



>me spec.es minutely rough). We do not have in the United S tat * Lvcoper- 

 cell /s y e m T I"" 1 typICa f EUI "T With its ^"-developed, sterile base o? small 

 frenJf P , 34 a ' ld ^ Most of our P Iants tak ^ the subglobo.se form 

 (cepaeforme) with a scanty sterile base. 



CEPAEFORME* (Plates 53 and 65). Plants 

 yellowish, small globose or subglobose, varying in size from I to i cm. 

 tex smoothf or of minute fasciculate or nodular spines. Sterile 



