]?A Lycoperdfireae, Sclerodermeie, Scloroflermn. 



Ilob. ad terram \n Sibiria Asiatica. — • Inter //. lurhinafiroi 

 et //. pirifonne medium. Peiirliiirn usque ad 2 cm. altum, suporne 

 ?.5 cin , inferne 8-0 mni. crassnm. 



3. Hippoperdon piriforme Lev. Champ. Mus. Paris, p. 104. — My- 

 celio radiciformi, albo; peridio piriformi, cortico orlal^ro, albo. ni- 

 tente, secedente obtecto; gleba fulva; sporis concoloribu?, globosis, 

 levibus, 



Jlah. ad terram in insula .lava (Zollinger). — Peridium S-10 

 cm. altnm, 7-8 cm. latum. 



4. Hippoperdon Piia Lev. Champ. exot. in Ann. Scienc. Nat. 1841. 

 pag. 221. — Peridio globoso, supcrne non depresso, aibo. demnm 

 fuscescente: capiilitio spongioso: sjjoris globosis, levil)us, fuscis. 



Hah. ad terram, Montevideo Amoi". austr. (Gaudichaijd). — 

 Fungus capitis infantis magnitudino. 



h) Sporffi ecliinatae. 



5. Hippoperdon Crucibulum Mont. Syll. Crypt. n. 1057. — Subcylin- 44 

 dricum; peridio papyraceo, supra convexo-plano, deorsum cylin- 

 draceo. intus loto celluloso; floccis sporisque echinatis, violaceis. ■ 



Iloh. ad terram in silvis Cuba^ insula^ (Ramon dr la Saora) et 

 Minas Brasilia^ (Gardner). — Fiingus 1 cm. altus, peridium (1-8 

 cm. latum. Ab Ilippoperdo iurhinaio differt sporis echinatis, 

 violaceis. 



SCLERODERMA Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 150 em. (Ftvm. a scleros durus 

 et derma cutis). — Mycenasiriim Desv., Mi/casirum Raf.. Oma- 

 If/cus Raf. Aciic/ea Raf., Sclerangium Lev., Sicrreheckia Link. 

 p. p. — Peridium globosum, firmum, adnato-corticatum, coriaceum 

 rel suberosum, basi radicatum vel stipitatum, apice clausum vel 

 irregulariter aut stellatim dehiscens; cortex plerumque verruco- 

 sum; gleba compacta, cellulis oxcavata; spora^ globosfe, leves vel 

 verrucos:^, hyalina} vel colorata'. plerumque subsessiles, quaterna'' 

 in basidiis magnis, obpiriformibus. — Fungi majores, tarde crescen- 

 tes, persisfentes, soro demuin autumno maturi, sa^pe subterrestres 

 et arenicoli. 



Sect. L EuscJcrodcniia. 



Periilimn vcMMico irrcijnlnriier doliiscens. 



I. Scleroderma vulgare Ilornem. Flor. Dan. t. 1000. f. 2, Fr. Sysi. 44j 

 Myc. III. p. 4(>, /.. ccrriniiut l>olt. iMing. \. WCk L. mrra^iiiacum 



