100 BULLETIN DE l'hERBIER BOISSIER. (4) 



BOVISTA Pevs. 



B. abyssinica Mont., Syll. Crypt., n. 1051, Sacc, Syll. Fung., VII, p. 104, 

 P. Henn. in Engl. bot. Jahrb., XIV, p. 360. 

 Abyssinia. Col. Eritrea, in silvis ad viam inter Ginda et Girsa. 7, II, 1891. 

 Tab. I, flg. 2 et 2 a. 

 B. argentea Berk., Exot. Fung., p. 400, Sacc, Syll. Fung., VII, p. 102; 

 P. Henn. in Engl. bot. Jahrb., XIV, p. 361. 

 Abyssinia, Col. Eritrea, monte Amba prope Geleb (alt. 2200 m.), 13, IV, 1891. 



SCLERODERMACE^ 



SCLERODERMA Pers. 



Sc. (Sterrebeckia) Geaster Fr., Syst. Myc, III, p. 46, Sacc, Syll. Fung., 

 VII, p. 138. 



Var. socotrana P. Henn. 



Peridio sessili, depresso-globoso, firrao, brunneo, superficie levi, glabro, 

 subsericeo, basi rugoso, 5 cm. alto, 10 cm. diametro, apice usque ad basim 

 in 8-10 lacineis stellatis déhiscente, lacineis triquetro-lanceolatis, acutis, 

 revolutis, papyraceo-coriaceis ; capillatio obscure brunneo, floccis brevius- 

 culis, ramosis, spinosissimis, carneo-brunneis ; sporis globosis, atrofuscis, 

 dense verrucosis 10-12 ,«. — Peridio déhiscente 16-17 cm. diametro. 



Ins. Socotra, pr. Erik, Wadi Dilal, inter Euphorbias, IV, 1881. 



PHELLORINA Berk. 



Ph. squamosa Kalchbr. et Mac Ow. in Grev., Sacc, Syll. Fung., VII, p. 145. 



.Egyptus, Wadi Alor., 4, IV, 1877; 4, E, 1891. 



Abyssinia, Col. Eritrea prope Saati, 20, II, 1892. 



Var. mongolica P. Henn. in Engl. bot. Jahrb., XIV, p. 362. 



Peridio stipite continguo globoso, squamis squarrosis papyraceo-coriaceis 

 tecto, usque ad 9 cm. diametro ; stipite conico vel bulboso-clavato, intus 

 solido, squarroso 15 cm. alto, 8 cm. crasso; sporis globosis levibus, pallide 

 brunneis, 4-6 y-. 



JEgyptiis, Wadi Arabah, 22, IV, 1887. 



Arabia in arenosis prope Hodedah inter graminibus, 20, III, 1889. 



Abyssinia, Col. Eritrea prope Saati, 1, II, 1891. 



