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PODAXINE^G FAMILY. 



Secotium. 



930. S. warnei, Peck. 



A remarkable species, little resembling anything else 

 and yet perhaps sometimes mistaken for some brown- 

 spored agaric which has failed to open or expand. 

 Very common in autumn about drift-wood in low 

 places and alluvial meadows. 



LYCOPERDINE.E FAMILY. 



Calvatia, (Fries) Morgan. 



931. C. bovista, (Linn.) Macbride. 



This is the ' ' giant puff-ball ' ' of all the world. It occurs 

 on meadows, lawns, pastures and sometimes in open 

 woodlands, and might be rather common save for the 

 perversity of some people who take pleasure in de- 

 stroying natural objects. 



932. G. pachtdermum, (Peck) Morgan. 

 Growing on the ground. Rare. 



933. C. cyathiformis, (Bosc.) Morgan. 



Growing on the ground in meadows and pastures, com- 

 mon and widely distributed. 



934. C. caelata, (Bull.) Morgan. 



Growing on the ground chiefly in open woods. Not 

 common. 



935. C. cranifformis, (Schw.) Fries. 



Formerly not uncommon in undisturbed woodlands; 

 now much less seldom seen. 

 Lycoperdon, (Tourn.) Morgan. 



936. L. pulcherrimum, B. & C. 



Very common everywhere in low grounds. 



937. L. atropurpureum, Vitt. 



Rare. Found occasionally in woods or sandy pastures. 



938. L. aster ospermum, Dur. and Mont. 



Not rare on the ground in open woods and orchards. 



