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13. L. fucaium, Lev. Ann. Sci. Nat., 1844, 219. — Sessile, subglo- 

 bose, glabrous, white. Capillitium continuous with the cellular sterile 

 base, threads firm, thin, flexuous, frequently branched, axils rounded; 

 spores dark lilac, becoming vinous brown, globose, strongly echinulate, 



5 ytt.— Lev. in Yoy. Bonite, t. 140, f. 3. 



From 1-2 in. diam. On the ground and on old trees, &c. Monte 

 Video, New Mexico, East Nepal, Ceylon. 



14. L. fragile, Vitt. Mon., p. 180. — Peridium thin, very fragile, 

 evanescent above, subglobose or pyriform, more or less plicate below, 

 irregularly rooting, minutely warted or subtomentose, becoming almost 

 glabrous from ochraceo-cinereous to brownish purple. Capillitium con- 

 tinuous with the subcompact floccose basal sterile portion ; spores passing 

 from bright ochre to blackish purple, globose, minutely warted, 5 /n diam. 

 —L. hovista, Vitt. Mang., t. 3, f. 2. 



Vittadini says that it varies in size from a walnut to that of the closed 

 hand. When old the capillitium disappears, and the peridium stands up 

 like a cup, with the margin irregularly laciniated. 



Grassy places. Summer and autumn. Italy, Algeria. 



15. L. Caffrorum, K. & C, Grev., x. p. 109 (1882).— Peridium 

 turbinate- globose, 2-3 in. diam., base attenuated, rooting, at first almost 

 smooth, then broken up into minute scales, ferruginous brown. Capil- 

 litium continuous with the sterile base ; spores echinulate, brownish. 



Somewhat resembling L. Gardneri B., but smaller, deeper coloured, 

 and spores not so rough. 



Somerset East, South Africa. 



16. L. glabelliim Peck, N.Y. Nat. Hist. Mus. Bot. Eeport (31st), 

 p. 39. — Subglobose or turbinate, sometimes narrowed below into a short 

 stem-like base, yellow or brownish yellow, furfuraceous with minute 

 nearly uniform persistent warts ; capillitium and spores purplish brown, 

 columella present; spores rough, 0*0002-0 •00025 in. diam. (= about 



6 iJb). — U.S. Sp. Lycop., p. 20. 



From 2/3 to 1^ in. in diam. Ground in pine woods and bushy 

 places. United States, Somerset East, South Africa. 



17. L. asterospermum, D, R. & Mont., Fl. Alger., 379.— Peridium 

 obovate-pyriform, dirty rufous, rather rigid above, fiaccid below, covered 

 with minute crowded spiuose warts; dehiscing by a well-defined small 

 circular mouth; root long, tapering. Capillitium continuous with the 

 yellowish Hoccose minutely cellular sterile base, threads often nodulose, 

 branched, axils acute, varying in thickness, tapering; spores brownish 

 purple, globose, warted, 7 fx diam. 



Externally resembling L. pyriforme, about 1 in. across. In sandy 

 woods. Algeria. 



18. L. decipiens, D. R. & M., Fl. Alg., 380.— Peridium mem- 

 branaceous, flaccid, obovate at first with spinulose warts, becoming 

 smooth, dark grey and shining, dehiscing by a small lacerated orifice, 

 root tapering. Capillitium continuous with the copious very cellular 

 sterile stratum; threads branched, axils rounded, thinner than diameter 

 of spores, often verrucose, tapering ; spores purple-umber, globose, 

 warted, 6 [x diam. 



About 3/4 in. diam. On the ground. Algeria. 



