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LYCOGALA Retz. Ac. Holms. 254. 1769.'^ 



10. Lycogala sphericum (Gled. ) 



Lycoperdon sphericum Gi^^D. Meth. 161. T753. 

 Lycogala sessile Retz. Ac. Holms. 1.54. 1769. 

 Mi(Cor lycogala Scot . Fl. Carta. 2:1645. 1772. 

 Mucor fragiformis Schff. Bar. n. 283. 1774. 

 Lycoperdon variolosum HuDS. Fl. Ang. 645. 1778. 

 Lycoperdon epiphyllum HuDS. Fl. Ang. 645. 1778. 

 Lycoperdon pysiforme Jacq. Misc. t. 7. 1788. 

 Galeperdon ejndendron WiGG. Fl. Hols. 108. 1780. 

 Lycoperdon chalybeumBATscH . Elench. Fung. 155. 1781. 

 Lycoperdon verrucosuvi BATSCn. Elench. Fung. 155. 1781. 

 Beticularia rosea DC. Bullet. Phil. f. 8, abc. 1798. 

 Lycogala miniata Pkrs. Obs. 2:26. 1790. 

 Lycogala punctata Pers. Syn. Meth. Fung. 158. 1801. 

 Lycogala plumhea Schum. Fl. Saell. 1408. 1803. 

 Lycogala ferruginea Schv:m. F'l. Saell. 1406. 1803. 

 Beticularia miniata PoiR. Ency. meth. 8:22. 1808. 

 Reticidaria punctata Voux. Ency. meth. 8:21. 1803. 

 Reticulariii rosea 'PoiK. Ency. meth. n. 4. 1803. 

 Lycogala epidendrum Fries Syst. Myc. 3:80 1829. 



On decaying wood at Big Island, Lake Minnetonka, Minn. 

 {Comvay MacMillan, 1889); on stumps near Minneapolis, Minn. 

 {E. P. S., Sept., 1889); on decaying stumps and logs near 

 Nichols, Aitkin county, Minn. {E. P. S., June, 1892); on de- 

 cayed wood, Vermilion lake, Minn. {E. W. D. Bolway, July, 

 1886); on old logs in the woods near Two Harbors, Minn. (E.P. 

 S., June, 1893); near Minnehaha Falls. Minn. {E.P. S., May, 

 1898); on under side of logs in woods near Lakeville, Dakota 

 county, Minn. {E. P. S., July, 1893); in the woods at Woodhull's 

 Grove, Dakota county, Minn. {E. P. S.. July, 1893). 



11. Lycogala flavo-fuscum (Ehrenb.) Rost. Mon. 288. 1875. 



Diplheriura flavo-fuscura Ehrenb. Sylv. Myc. Berl. 27. 1818. 

 On stumps in woods near Minnehaha creek, Minnehaha Falls, 

 Minn. {E. P. S., April, 1891). 



TRICHIA Haller, Hist. Stirp. Helv. 3:114. 1768. 



12. Tricliia miniata (Jacq.) 



Mucor miniatus J Acq. Misc. Aust. Bot. t. 299. 1778. 

 Lycoperdon aggregatum L,iL J Kii. Fl. Scand. 460. 1792. 

 Lycoperdon pusilwn H ED \v. Abh. t. 3, f. 2. 1793. 

 Ti-ichia fallax Pers. Obs. Myc. 3:t. 4, 5. 1797. 

 Physarum pyriforme Schum. Saell. 1448. 1803. 

 Trichia virescens Schum. Saell. 1459. 1803. 

 IrichiafulvaFuRT. Mid. Fl. 1534. 1817. 



(8) The genus Lycogala was first described by Miclieli, No%'. Gea. PI. 215, 1729, but 

 subsequent to 17,'i3 it was first used by Retzius. 



