Gastromycetes 



Mycenastrum. dark purplish-brown ; the threads bent, curved and flexuous, subhyaline, 

 .2-. 7 mm. in length, about the same thickness as the spores, with a 

 few short branches, and with scattered prickles, which are most abun- 

 dant toward the acute extremities. Spores globose, very minutely 

 warted, opaque, 9-12/4 in. diameter, often with a minute or slender 

 hyaline pedicel. 



Growing on the sandy soil of the western prairies. Wisconsin, Brown; 

 Dakota, Ellis; Nebraska, Webber; Colorado, Trelease; Kansas, Keller- 

 man, Cragin; New Mexico, Irish. 



Peridium 2-4 in. in diameter. The plants are said to grow together 

 in groups, sometimes of many individuals; after maturity they are 

 easily loosened from their place of growth and are then rolled about by 

 the wind. Morgan. 



No. report upon edibility. Probably good. 



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