Lycoperdaceae 



diameter and 4-5 in. in height, but much larger specimens are some- Caivatia. 

 times met with. This species abounds in the woods of southern Ohio, 

 growing in great patches of numerous individuals. I do not know that 

 the edible qualities of this species have been tested. Morgan. 



Chester county, Pa. Springton Hills. On ground in mixed woods. 

 August to October. Mcllvaine. 



Not a frequent species with us. I have seen it only in the locality 

 named. The substance is very like that of L. pyriforme. When white 

 it has a strong but pleasant odor, and in this condition it is an excellent 

 fungus. The slightest change to yellow makes it bitter. 



C. rubl'O-fla'va Cragin reddish-yellow. Peridium obconic, taper- 

 ing gradually downward to the rooting mycelium. Cortex a very thin 

 furfuraceous or granulose coat, with a few short, scattered spinules 

 above; inner peridium thin and fragile, at first whitish, soon becoming 

 orange-red to orange-brown in color, after maturity the upper part 

 breaking up into fragments and falling away. Subgleba occupying 

 about a third part of the peridium ; mass of spores and capillitium red- 

 dish-ocher then olivaceous-orange ; the threads very long, rather thicker 

 than the spores, branched. Spores globose, even, 3-3.5^ in diameter, 

 sometimes with a minute pedicel. 



Growing on the ground. Kansas, Cragin, Kellerman. Peridium 

 1^3 in. in height with a breach of 12 in. The peculiar orange or 

 rather reddish-ocher color with which the whole plant is pervaded at 

 maturity is very remarkable. Morgan. 



III. STIPITAT.E. 



Peridium depressed, globose above, abruptly contracted below into a 

 long stem-like base; subgleba not definitely limited above, continuous 

 with the capillitium, persistent. 



C. sacca'ta (Vahl.) Fr. saccus, a bag or pouch. Medium size, 2-4 

 in. high, 12 in. broad. Peridium depressed-globose or somewhat lenti- 

 form, supported by a long stem-like base, furfuraceous with minute per- 

 sistent mealy or granular warts or spinules, often plicate beneath, white 

 or creamy-white, at maturity becoming brown or olive-brown, subshining 

 and very thin or membranous, breaking up into irregular fragments 

 which sometimes adhere to the capillitium for a considerable time, the 

 stem-like base cylindrical or narrowed downward, sometimes thick; 



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