150 Lycoperdaeeae, Scleroderraese, Arachnion. 



pl. p. 219, t. 98, f. 2. — Peridio rotundato-difforrai, levi coriaceo, 

 extus ferrugineo, pruinosulo, sponte vix dehiscente; sporangiolis 

 aterrimis, rotundato-difformibus, primo lacte viscido, atramentario 

 farctis ; sporis compactis, nigrescentibus. 



llab. in Italiae restitibus, pr. MalmcB Sueciai nec non Paramatta 

 Australia? (WooLLs). — Peridium 2,5 cm. circ, latum. A P. subar- 

 rhizo omnino diversum. ^. 



Species rainus nota. 



15. Polysaccum conglomeratum Fr. Syst. Myc. III, p. 55, Lycoper- '•''^ 

 doules tuberosimi, flavescens, multiplex Mich. 1. c. f. 3. — Ma- 

 gnitudo P. iuberosi, sed hoc e pluribus tuberculis conglomeratis 

 connatum. 



Jlab. in agro Liburnensi Italia^. 



TESTICULARIA Klotzsch in Linnsea VII, p. 202 (Etym. a tesficulus) 

 MiUeria Peck. — Peridium sessile, papyraceo-corneum, ovatum 

 vel cylindraceum tenue, farinoso-floccosum, clausum, dein apice 

 irregulariter rumpens, sporangiolis rotundato-ovatis nudis farctum ; 

 sporne simplices, rotundata*, fusco-paliidae, floccis simplicibus spar- 

 sis intertext», — Fungi epiphyti, in glumis Cyperacearum. 



1. Testicularia Cyperi Klotzsch in Linna^a VII, p, 202, t. IX, f. A, ^o^ 

 Milleria herbatica Peck. 31 Rep. of the Bot. p. 40. — Peridio ova- 

 to vel ovato-conico, subobtuso, firmo, extus minute verrucoso vel 

 farinoso-furfuraceo, albido, massam sporangiolorum includente; spo- 

 rangiolis minutis, subglobosis vel leniter angulatis, una adhaeren- 

 tibus, extus nigris intus pallidis; sporis superficialibus, globosis, 

 12-16 !J.. diam., fuscidulis. 



Hab. in glumis Cyperacearum praecipue Rhynchosporae macro- 

 stachya^ iu America boreali. — Fungus Minutulus, usque ad 1 

 cm. diam. 



ARACHNION Schwein, Syn, fung. Carol, n. XIV, tab. 1, fig. 2. 

 (Etym. ab arachne). — Peridium subglobosum, cortice tenui eva- 

 nescente, internum, suberosum, irregulariter ruptum, refertum spo- 

 rangiolis numerosis appressis (nec connexis) polysporis, Sporae li- 

 bera^ aequales. Sporangiola friabilia, nullis floccis interjectis. — Ge- 

 nus referens sacculum aranete ovulis repletum, unde nomen, 



1. Arachnion Bovista INIont. Cent. VI, n. 27, sub Scoieciocat^po. — 

 Peridio globoso, papyraceo, levigato, plumbeo, nitido, vertice irre- 



