NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 121 



We have specimens of what appears to belong to this 

 species collected at Penshurst in May, 1907, Dubbo in 

 August, 1908 (spores \\p with very minute stumps of 

 pedicels present), and Forbes in August, 1915, with well- 

 developed roots (spores smooth or very slightly rough, 5/s 

 sometimes rather oval, stumps of pedicels 1*8/* long). 

 Specimens of this species have been recorded by Lloyd (I.e.) 

 collected in Australia by A. G. Hamilton — these were prob- 

 ably collected in New South Wales. 



(27.) L. nigrum, Lloyd, Lycoperdacese (1905) 30. 



We have specimens of what appears to be this species 

 collected at Major Bay, Concord — spores 3/*. 



(28.) L. subincarnabum, Peck. Syn. L. purpureum, Lloyd, 

 Letter No. 31 (1911). 



Lloyd has kindly identified specimens for us. He says: 

 " This is a peculiar species characterised by the little pits 

 on the peridium like those of a thimble, and its hyaline, 

 septate capillitium. It is rather rare in the United States 

 and (excepting the common L. pyriforme) the only puff- 

 ball we have that habitually grows on logs. We collected 

 it in Samoa, and we believe that the scanty material repre- 

 senting Lycoperdon purpureum at Kew from Bonin Island 

 is the same plant, but the ' type' is too poor to consider." 

 On decaying logs, Otford (J. L. Boorman, March, 1901); 

 Bulli (E. Olieel, April, 1910); Lilyvale (A. A. Hamilton, 

 June, 1910); Mount Irvine, Blue Mountains, (J. B. Cleland, 

 June, 1915 — spores smooth, 3*5/*). 



<29.) L. pratense. Lloyd, Lycoperdacese (1905) 31, pis. 34 

 and 71, fig. 1, 2), and Mycol. Notes No. 21 (1906), 249. 

 Syn. L. furfuraceum, McAlp. non Schaeff., Rep. Dept. 

 of Agriculture, Victoria, May 14th, (1898), and Proc. 

 Liun. Soc. N.S.W., xxv, (1900) 702, pi. xlvii. 



