52 LycopcrdacoiO, PoLlaxiiieto, Secotiiini. 



ifi-egularitur luargiiie inferiori ia laciiiias oruptiim ,• btipes ceiitra- 

 lis (Jibtinctiis, iiou cellulosus evolvatus, usque ad peridii apiceui 

 cxciirrens; volva demuin obliterata; gleba celluloso-spougiosa, iii 

 locula septis ineinbranaceis sinuosis, anastoinosautibus divisa; ca- 

 pillitiuin nullura; spora3 pleruinque ovatoe, colorata^, sterigmatibus 

 rultte, basidiis clavatis, obovatis aut cylindricis 2-1-sporis; cysti- 

 diis oblongis. Fuugi habitum Boleti referentes. 



1. Secotium Guinzii Kunze in Flora 1S40, pag. 322, Berk. Ou Iwo '^- 

 Hym. Fungi p. 2, t. Y, Corda Icon. F. VI, t. VI, f. 10-18. — Pc- 

 ridio subliemispliforico vel ovato, iaa^quali, volva pormanenti in- 

 duto glabro, albo, sicco areolato; stipite iiiferne obeso, molli, ela- 

 stico, filameutis subflaccidis constituto; volva universali, basim sti- 

 l>itis et peridium induente, glabra, alba, inferne tandem evauida: spo- 

 ris limouiformibus, 7 y.. diam., nucleatis apiculatis, flavo-brunneis; 

 basidiis tetrasporis; sterigmatibus longis, acutis. 



Hab. in arenosis prom. Bonai Spei (Gueinzius) et in Uitenhage 

 Africie australis (Zeiher), — Peridium 5-7 cm. latum ; stipes (J-7 

 cm. longus, sursum 1-1,5 cm. crassus. 



2. Secotium Szabolcsense Haszl. Gasterom. Huug. p. 11, in Vorh. ii3 

 y.oo\. bot, Ges. za Wieu. 1870. — Ovatum, circiter 7,5 cm. altuin, 

 leve, glabruin, griseo-albidum ; gleba matura castanei coloris; peri- 

 dio prope basim axis dehiscente ct verticaliter in lobos 10-12 ru- 

 bro, vertice fixo mauente; sporis ovatis in cellis cubicis nidulan- 

 tibus cum stipitello verruciformi dociduis, fuscidulis, 8-12 y.. loiigis. 



Ihib. in pratis uliginosis ])r. Minussiusk Sibiria; et in Iluiiga- 

 ria. — lu specimiue sibirico superficies exsiccatione leviter collicu- 

 losa apparet. 



3. Secotium Warnei Peck in BuII. Torr. Club. 18S2, n. 1, p, 2. — in 

 Peridio subgioboso, ovato vel oblongo, squamoso, albo, griseo aut 

 brunneo, sessili vel breviter stipitato, maturitate basi in 1-0 hi- 

 cinias longitudinaliter erupto; gleba primo albida, deiu flavida, 

 deinum olivaceo-brunnea ; sporis subglobosis vel late ovato-elli- 

 pticis 0-10 a. longis, coloratis. 



llab. iu campis et pascuis lHinois (Warne), Wisconsiu (P)UNr>Y), 

 .Jowa (Bessey), Nova Scotia (iNIc Kay), Pennsylvania (Baunett). — 

 Peridium 2,5-10 cm. altuin, 2,5-7 cin. latuin. Sccotio Szabolcsensi 

 Haszl. afliuis species (Peck). 

 i. Secotium Basserianum Mont. Flor. .\lg. I, p. 373, t. 22 bis, f. 5, M"» 

 Syll. Crypt. ii. 1013. — Ciespitosum; peridio pulviuiformi, levi, alu- 

 taceo, basi reflexa stipiti crasso ;oquaIi al!i.vo, taudem solubili, la- 



