/ 



1902] 



THREE NE W GENERA OF TJIE HIGHER FUNGI 



43 



oped pileus covered by the gleba. Gleba dimorphic, the apical 

 portion traversed by numerous sterile, short, radiating plates ; 

 the lower portion with convoluted folds in the form of irregular 

 rings giving a latticed appearance to this portion of the gleba. 

 At maturity the folds of the latticed portion of the gleba uncoil 

 more or less and form long, irregu- 



lar, loose, netlike folds. 



Spores 



One 



spe- 



single celled, smooth.— 

 cies, Denton, Texas. 



Dictybole texensis Atkinson & 

 Long, n. sp. — Plants subterranean, 

 emerging by the elongation of the 

 receptacle, 7-1 o-^-" high. Recep- 

 tacle nearly cylindrical,' slightly 

 tapering downward, cream white, 

 firm; pileus not perforated at the 

 apex, usually pendent from apex of 

 receptacle, and upper part of volva 



often 



m contact. 



Gleba at first 



Fig. 3. — Dictybole texends. 



drab, then black; sterile plates in 



upper part of gleba numerous, short, and narrow, arranged in a 

 more or less radiating and imbricated manner; latticed portion 

 with large oblong rings (S-16?), the surface rugose, and in age 

 loosening out into a large open, irregular mesh. Spore bearing 

 tissue between the sterile plates and lying between and over 

 e lattice work. Spores pale olive brown, irregularly oval, 

 3-4 X 2-3 ;u, smooth. Volva large, white, circumscissle, rooting 

 at the base. The plant when fresh has a pleasant but strong 

 " amyl-acetate " odor. — In sandy soil. Denton, Texas. 



Botanical Department, Cornell University. 



th 



