Gastromycetes 



Lycoperdon. L. elonga'tum Berk. elongated. Peridium globose above, con- 

 tracted below into a stout thick base, more or less elongated and cylin- 

 dric or tapering downward ; mycelium composed of thick fibers. Cor- 

 tex a loose flocculose white or yellowish coat, drying up into a mealy 

 or furfuraceous persistent layer, which scarcely reveals the pale shining 

 surface of the inner peridium. Subgleba occupying more than half the 

 interior of the peridium; mass of spores and capillitium pale olivaceous, 

 then pale brown or finally purplish ; the threads much branched, the 

 main stem much thicker than the spores, the branches tapering. Spores 

 globose, distinctly warted, 5.5-6.5^ in diameter. 



Growing on the ground in damp woods. Ohio, Morgan. Peridium 

 1-2 in. in diameter and 2-3 in. in height, the base %-i in. in thick- 

 ness. In form it somewhat resembles L. gemmatum, but it has a cor- 

 tex like that of L. glabellum. Morgan. 



New York, Peck, 49th Rep. Closely allied to L. glabellum. Its 

 stout elongated base serves as a mark of distinction. 



Ohio, Morgan; Pennsylvania, Washington, Pa., Myc. Club. 



Not common. Sometimes tufted, three or four together. Edible, 

 good. 



L. el'egans Morgan elegant. Peridium large, depressed globose, 

 plicate underneath and sometimes with a narrow umboniform base, 

 which is continuous with the thick root. Cortex at first flocculose, 

 white or yellowish, drying up into a dense furfuraceous persistent coat, 

 which becomes ochraceous or brownish in color, and sometimes ob- 

 scurely areolate. Subgleba broad, convex above, occupying a third 

 part or more of the peridium ; mass of spores and capillitium olivaceous, 

 then pale-brown or finally purplish-brown; the threads much branched, 

 the main stem thicker than the spores, the branches long and tapering. 

 Spores globose, distinctly warted, 5-6> in diameter. 



Growing on rich soil on the open prairie about Iowa City, la., Prof. 

 T. H. McBride. Peridium 1^3 in. in diameter. In form and size 

 this species somewhat resembles Calvatia fragilis, but the threads are ar- 

 ranged in two sets as in Lycoperdon ; the cortex is similar to that of L. 

 glabellum; the mycelium forms a remarkably thick root. Morgan. 



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