230 Gftsteromycetae, Lycoperdaceie. Gyrophragmium 



1. Cyathus elegans Speg. Fg. Arg. novi v. ci^it., p. 185 (1899). — 79i 

 PI1T.S mmusve dense gregarius; peridio papyraceo-rnerabranaceo, 

 tenac-^^llo, .sed vaide iiesili. eximie obconico v. calyciformi, 1-1 '/^ 

 cm. altc, 5-6 mm. lato, postice sensim iu pedicellum rarius deii- 

 cientem brevem 1-2 mm. longiirn atteuuato, apice primo conni- 

 venti-clauso alque obtuso rotundato, dein udo late aperto, velo 

 nuUo, aicco abrupte contracto-plicato, ore acuto integro minute 

 breviter dense<|ue fimbriato-ciliolato, extus levi, umbrino, subse- 

 riceo-nitente, non v. obsolete araneoso-subpubescente, intus gla- 

 berrimo ievissimo plumbeo nitentissimo : sporangiolis e discoideo 

 ellipticis e mutua pressione difformibus, supcrne appl^.natis, in- 

 ferne oonvexulis, minute umbilicatis, funiculo longiusculo albo ad- 

 fixis, extus atris nitentibus, tunica tenui facile a pulpa interna se- 

 parabili vestitis, intus albis carnosis; sporis non visis. 



HoJ). ad terram Jiumosam pr. La Plata et Tucuman Argenti- 

 na3. — Species pulclierrima distinctissima; an C. Lesneuni Tul. ? 



2. Cyathus niveo-tomentosus P. Henn. Hedw. 1898, p. 274. — Spar- '/91 

 sus; pei-idio obconico-cyatliiformi, crassiusculo papyraceo, primo 

 operculo albo tecto, sessiii v. substipitato, extus niveo sericeo, 

 dense tomentoso, margine integro crasso 3-5 mm. alto, 4-5 mm, 

 lato, intus aibo-iiavescente ; sporangiolis innumeris, lentiformibus, 

 planis, tenue tunicatis, cinnamomeis, sericeis, 1-1,2 mm. diam.; 

 sporis eliipsoideis, cbtusis, intus granulatis, hyalinis, 7-8*/^ * '^'/r 

 6'/,, episporio liyalino, tenui, levi. 



Hab. ad ramos putrescentes, Potter Valle}' Californise (A. Pur- 

 prs]. — C. pallido p.roxime accedit, sed notis datis distinctus. 

 8. Cyathus dimorphus Cobb Plant diseases, in Agric. G-az. New-South- ^ 

 AVaies 3892, p. 1005, f. 18-21. — Peridio campanulato, basi con- 

 tracto, cinereo, subglabro, prope medium horizontaliter obsolete 

 punctato; sporangiis discoideis, nigiis, crasse tunicatis, umbilico 

 exiguo; sporis quatevnis, ovoideis, hyalinis, 27-35*22-25. 



Hab. gregatim ad torram in Australia pr. Hawkesbury (C. T. 

 Musson}. — Mycelium hypogseum copiosmn. 



Fam. 3. Lycoperdacese Ehrenb. 



GYROPHRAGMIUM Mont. — Syll. VII p. 57, XI p. 157. 

 1. Gyrophragmium argentinum Speg. Fg. Arg. novi v. crit., p. 185 8( 

 (1899j. — Solitarium; pileo applanato-hemisplirerico; stipite e sa- 



