A Mono(/)-aph of the Genus Lycoperdon. By G. Massee. 723 



Scarcely 1/2 in. across. Amongst moss on trunks. S. Carolina, 

 Georgia, Florida. 



103. L. iephrum, Berk., in Herb. — Sessile, globose, peridium thick 

 and rigid, brown, minutely velvety. Capillitium scanty, threads 

 delicate, sterile base obsolete ; spores pale ochraceous olive, globose, 

 smooth, 3-4 fi diam. 



From 1/2-2/3 in. across, sometimes with a branched rooting base. 

 Brisbane. 



104. L. scrohiculatum, Ces. Myc. Born., 12. — Subspherical, bay 

 coloured, scrobiculate. Sterile base inconspicuous, spores globose, smooth, 

 yellowish. 



Size and general appearance of Lycogahis epidendrum (Ces.). 

 On decayed grass stems. Sarawak. 



105. L. alhinum, Cke., in Herb. — Sessile, globose, white, minutely 

 mealy. Threads of capillitium scanty, slender, flaccid, sterile base 

 almost obsolete ; spores clay colour, smooth, globose, 3 /x diam. 



Peridium 1/2-1/3 in, across. On rotten wood and branches. Brazil. 



106. L. imsillum Fr. — Peridium subglobose, sometimes slightly 

 attenuated below, flaccid, persistent, with minute adpressed scurfy 

 squamules, becoming smooth, dehiscing by a minute irregular apical 

 pore, pale olivaceous ochre, furnished with a cord-hke root. Capillitium 

 dense, threads much branched, axils well rounded, lax, flexuous, sterile 

 base obsolete ; spores olivaceous ochre, globose, smooth, 4 fx diam. — 

 L. pusillum, Fr. S. M., iii. 33. Cke. Hdbk., 1U86. Eng. Fl., 304 

 (in part). Karst. Myc. Fenn., iii. p. 360. Batsch, Elen., f. 228, var. 

 Bolt, 1. 117, f. C. Schaeff. Ic, t. 294. Bull, t. 435, f. 2. Fckl. Exs., 

 No. 1261. Glohidaria pusilla, Quel. Champ. Jur. et Vosg., ii. t. 3, f. 7. 



From 1/4-2/3 in. diam. Europe, North America, Bonin Islands, 

 Lower Pegu, Hong Kong, Whampoa, East Nepaul, Kio Janeiro, Ceylon, 

 New Zealand, Melbourne, Somerset East (Africa), King George's Sound. 



107. L. ecdyptrseforme, Berk. Grev., ii. p. 50. — Ovate, apex paj)illate, 

 farfuraceous or with minute mealy warts, base rooting. Threads of 

 capillitium much thicker than diameter of spores, sterile stratum obso- 

 lete ; spores dirty ochraceous, smooth, globose, 3 /* diam. Plate XIII. 

 figs. 16 and 17. 



About 1/3 in. across. Upper Carolina. 



V. Spores elliptical or suhglohose. 



108. L. oblongisporum, B. & C, Cuban Fungi, No. 505, Journ. Linn. 

 Soc, X. 345. — Sessile, subglobose, pale brown, with minute persistent 

 warts. Capillitium continuous with the minute sterile base, threads 

 about equal to short diameter of spores, branched, axils acute ; spores 

 brown, smooth, elliptic-oblong, 6 x 3 /a diam. Plate XII. figs. 8 and 9. 



Up to 1 in. diam. Amongst leaves. Cuba. 



109. L. Songhongense, B. & C, Proc. Amer. Acad., 1859, 124. 

 — Pyriform or elliptical, with minute warts above, becoming smooth, de- 

 hiscing by an irregular apical aperture ; rooting. Capillitium reddish 

 ochre, sterile base obsolete ; spores subferruginous, elliptic, smooth, pedi- 

 cellate, 4-2 yu, diam. 



About 2/3 in. high. On the ground. Hong Kong. 



