The type specimen does not exist, as the only specimen in the Herbarium Can- 

 dolle which is labeled " Lycoperdon Corium" was collected (1813) five years after 

 the publication of the species. It is Scleroderma Geaster, and the original 

 " description," if clearly studied, will be found to apply to Sclerodenna Geaster 

 much better than it does to Mycenastrum Corium, and all Sclerodermas were in 

 those days known as Lycoperdons.t 



I was interested in finding in the Herbarium Caudolle the type specimens 

 of "Cyathus fimetarius, D. C.," as, although it is usually carried in European 

 works, it has become known as a " lost species." I had thought it might pos- 

 sibly be Cyathus stercoreus, which grows on manure, and has been found a few 

 times in Europe. Cyathus fimetarius is Crucibulum vulgare growing on 

 manure. This common species usually grows on chips, rubbish, etc., and ought 

 to confine itself there, because every time it comes on manure, although other- 

 wise it preserves the same characters to the most minute detail, it loses its 

 generic character for the new species makers, and has twice been described as a 

 new species of "Cyathus." 



In the Herbarium Delessert at Geneva are a number of nice specimens of 

 rare plants collected by Gaudichaud, Drege, and Zollinger, which were mostly 

 named at Paris. The Geneva specimens were all unnamed or misnamed, but 

 they are in reality "co-types," and mostly better specimens than the "types." 

 Tylostoma Leveilleanum (better specimens than the types), Catastoma Zeyheri 

 (the only other known is at Kew), and Tylostoma Berteroannm are all in the col- 

 lection. The most interesting specimen, however, is labeled " Bovista castanea," 

 and was collected by Drege in South Africa. // is Catastoma juglandczforme, 

 the curious conidial spored Gastromycetes we have already considered (cfr. Myc. 

 Notes, p. 199). // was Drege who collected the original "Bovista castanea," 

 now Catastoma castaneum, which has the same appearance and peridium as 

 Catastoma juglan<!seforme, but differs so markedly in the spores. When the 

 truth of this subject is finally known, we venture the opinion that Catastoma 

 juglandaeforme will be found to be the conidial form of Catastoma castaneum. 

 It is the only conidial gastromyces known. 



Fuckel's herbarium at the Herbarium Boissier is of interest, as Fuckel pub- 

 lished his determinations. Several of them are misdeterminations, but we can 

 only take space to consider the " new species," of which he only published two, 

 neither of any value. 



Geaster granulosus is Geaster minimus and Geaster calyculatus according 

 to his figure, and one of his collections is Geaster Bryantii, but he has also a col- 

 lection of Geaster pectinatus with the same label. 



Bonorden's eight " type" specimens in Fuckel's herbarium are of interest, 

 not because I think Bonorden ever described many new species, but because he 

 described thirteen that he called new, and until these eight specimens were 

 found no one had any idea what they were, although there has been a great deal 

 of guessing on the subject. I, of course, do not know Bonorden's handwriting, 

 but there are twelve specimens in Fuckel's herbarium, of the same writing, cer- 

 tainly not Fuckel's, and eight of them are Bonorden's species. There is also on 

 ione of them a memorandum, " Scripsit Bonorden teste G. C. D.," and on an- 

 other, "Bonorden Det. et Scripsit," but the writing seems English, not German 

 style, and six of the localities are " Herford," which has an English sound. As- 

 suming that these specimens are authentic, Bonorden's new species are as follows : 



Lycoperdon laxum=Lycoperdon velatum ! 



Lycoperdon foetidum. Appears to me to be L. nigrum. 



Lycoperdon depressutn=Lycoperdon pratense ! 



Lycoperdon fuscum=Lycoperdon spadiceum (Myc. Notes, p. 216). 



Lycoperdon cupricum=Lycoperdon fuscum (Myc. Notes, p. 210). 



Lycoperdon serotinum has probably been near enough guessed in Holl6s^ 

 work, which we followed, as stated at the time, so that it need not be changed. 

 JBut while the spores are smooth, the cortex rather tends towards nigrum. 



t"The name ' Mycenastrum Corium ' is absolutely untenable, in view of the evidence that 

 ;the plant is not the same as Lycoperdon Corium Guers, on which it is based. I therefore name 

 :t Mycenastrum Kuntzei, McGinty, in honor of our great master of nomenclature, Otto Kuntze, 

 who elucidated the laws governing: such cases. I also change the name Scleroderma Geaster, 

 [Fries, to Scleroderma Kuntzei, McGinty, according to the same laws. The name Scleroderma. 

 Corium can not be used, having been applied to another plant. N.J. McGinty." 



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