* Lyoopordaooa), Sclerodermeio, Pcleroilorma. l.T) 



Hull. Chainp. p. 15S, t. 270, L. fessulatuin Schum. SaoU. 2. p. \\)\, 

 S. citrinum et N. (uirantiacum Pers. Syn. p. 153, S. sqnamaturn 

 Chev. Fl. P. i>. o57, Li/coperclon majus etc. Vaill. Par. p. 122, 

 t. 10, r. 8. — Sulise>:sile, difforine; peridio suberoso, dnro, citrino 

 vel rufesconte, a:>tat(? expallente, indefinite et irregulariter dehiscen- 

 to, tnndem in i;elatinani subinde evanido. extus sa^pius areolato 

 aut squaniosn vel i^riina a^tate vorrucoso : gleba primo albida, mox 

 ca;ruleo-atra nigcave e fioccis albo-marmorata ; sporis globosis, 

 fuligineo-rufis . 



llaJ). ad terram, rarius ad truncos, in argillosis. graminosis, 

 collinis silvisque Europa}, in Algeria Africse, in America boreali, 

 Victoria, N. S. Wales, Queensland Australi?e, in Nova Zelandia. 

 — Magnitudine varium, fibris radicalibus compactis, fasciculalis. — 

 Var. spadiceum Pers. Syn. p. 155, Scleroderma spadiceum Pers. 

 Sclerodcrma Cepa Pers, loc. cit., Tuber solidum With. Arrang. 

 III, p. 459: minus, reniforme, subspadiceum, vorruculosum, riniu- 

 loso«-sinuosum ; gleba nigrella, doin brunneo-fusca; sporis majori- 

 bus, magis verrucosis. Ad terram sa^pius cum specio. PIuc forle 

 spectat Li/coperdon irrcgulare De Cand. — '^Scleroderma macro- 

 rhizon Wallr. Flor. Crypt. Germ. n. 2283, Scleroderma vulgarc 

 var. rnacrorliizum Fr. Syst. Myc. III, p. 17 : poridio rotundo, 

 magno, coriaceo, helvolo, in basim myceliis latescentibus implexis 

 longis ramosis albis fibrillosis sustentatam abrupte finientibus, ver- 

 ticis epidermide scissa tenuiter areolata; floccis pallide-flavescen- 

 tibus; sporis olivaceo-viridibus. Ad terram glareosam tersam area- 

 rum hortensium pr. Nordhausen. Germania^, et prope F^emsjo Sue- 

 c\\\\ — Mj-celia e basi latescente sensim tenuata, in fasciculura co- 

 mosum implexa peridium, Mytremvcetis instar elevant, noc ex tor- 

 Y?o sed ex natura^ conditione proficiscuntur. 



. Scleroderma Bovista Fr. Syst. ^Myc. III, p. 48, Lycoperdastrum 44r. 

 aulumnale /favescens Mich. Gen. t. 99, f. 2, Lycoperdon dcfos- 

 sum Batsch Elench. II, f. 229, Li/c. pohjrhizum Batsch Elonch. 

 p. 147. — Peridio obovoideo-sphffiroideo , substipitato vel potius 

 ])asi radicante verrucoso, lutescente (saltem sicco), vertice areolato- 

 tessollato vel rimoso doin irregulariter dehiscente; cortice soco- 

 donte; gleba sordide colorata; floccis luteis; sporis sphroroideis, aspe- 

 rulis, olivaceis, 14-15 ;/. diam. 



llal). ad terram prrocipue arenosam in herbosis silvisque Ilalia^ 

 Lusitani:^}, Germania\ Fennia\ Suecia*, in Algeria, in Amorica bo- 

 roali et australi, Victoiia, N. S. Wales, Queensland Australia^ — 



