118 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



Peckiella Sacc. 



308. P. Banningiae (Peck) Sacc. Bushnells Basin, rare, not tested. 

 Sub-class Basidiom ycetes. 



Cohort Gastrom ycetes. — Gr. — gasteron, a ^ac. 



Family I. — Phalloide^e. 



Phallus Mich. 



309. Phallus KavMiHH B. and C. Rochester, Pittsford, edible when in the 



egg state. Has a very bad odor when full grown. 



Mutinus Fr. 



310. Mutinus caninus Fr. (Phallus caninus Berk.; P. inodorus Sow.) 



Rochester, Pittsford, edible in the egg state. 



Family II. — Lycoperdai k.k. 



Geaster Mich. 



Gr. — the earth; Gr. — a star. 



311. Geaster hygrometricus Pers. Pittsford, edible when young. This 



fungus is known as being a natural barometer, spreading its stellate 

 covering on the ground when moisture is in the air, and closing it 

 around its puffy body when humidity is absent. 



Tylostoma Pers. 



Gr. — a knob. 



312. Tylostoma myenianum Kl. Rochester, Pittsford, edible. This species 



is noted for having the entire peridium mounted on the apex of 



the stem. 



Calvatia Fr. 



313. Calvatia gigantoa Batsch. (Lycoperdon bovista Linn; L maximum 



Schaeff ; L giganteum Batsch.) Rochester, Pittsford, edible. One 

 weighing 58 lbs. was found in Rochester a few years ago. 



314. ('. cyathiformis Bosc. — cup shaped. Pastures, orchards, Pittsford, 



Bushnells Basin, common, edible. 



Lycoperdon Tourn. 



315. Lycoperdon Frostii Pk. Woods, Pittsford, edible. This fungus re- 



minds one of a chestnut burr when ripe and brown, edible. 



316. L. pyriforme Schaeff. — pear formed. Pittsford, Adirondack Mts 



edible. 



