Gastromycetes 



Lycoperdon. with the Echinate Puff-ball, L. echinatum. Peck, 32d Rep. N. Y. 

 State Bot. 



Spores 6-7/4 Massee; globose, distinctly warted, 5.5-6/x Morgan. 

 Ohio, West Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. On ground in 

 woods. August to October. Mcllvaine. 



L. atropurpureum is frequent, not abundant. It is edible, good. 



(c) Cortex composed of minute spimiles ; denuded peridium smooth. 



L. cu'pricum Bon. coppery. Peridium obconic, depressed above 

 and tapering downward, the base plicate, with a fibrous mycelium. 

 Cortex gray or flesh-color, composed of minute spinules circularly ar- 

 ranged and convergent and coherent at the apex; these dry up, becom- 

 ing dark purplish in color, and finally fall away from the smooth, shin- 

 ing, copper- colored surface of the inner peridium. Subgleba occupy- 

 ing nearly a third part of the peridium; mass of spores and capillitium, 

 at length purplish-brown; the threads branched, the main stem thinner 

 than the spores, with long, tapering branches. Spores globose, dis- 

 tinctly warted, 6-7^ in diameter. 



Growing in sandy soil in woods. New Jersey, Ellis. 



Peridium about I in. in diameter and an inch or more in height. 

 The microscopic features are given from specimens received from Mr. 

 Ellis. Morgan. 



Near Haddonfield, N. J., 1891-1896. Sandy woods. Mcllvaine. 



Not frequent. Those found upon several occasions were eaten and 

 found good. 



L. asterosper'mum D. and M. aster, star; sperma, seed. Perid- 

 ium obovoid or pyriform (pear-shaped), the base short and pointed, 

 with a slender fibrous mycelium. Cortex a thin coat of minute spinules 

 with intermingled granules, gray or brownish above, paler below; 

 these dry up and are a long time persistent, but they finally fall away, 

 leaving the inner peridium with a pale brown, smooth, shining surface. 

 Subgleba obconical, occupying nearly a third part of the peridium; 

 mass of spores and capillitium olivaceous, then brownish-purple; the 

 threads about as thick as the spores, with slender tapering branches. 

 Spores globose, distinctly warted, 5. 5-6.5/4 in diameter. 



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