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me puffballs seen by him at Crane Flat which certainly 

 must have belonged to this species. 



As will be seen, the sum of all our knowledge is small, 

 and it is hoped that much more information m.ay be 

 obtained of its occurrence in the Sierras, both north and 

 south, both as to higher and lov/er altitudes. The plant 

 is so readily recognized that there is little danger of 

 mistake, but if localities can be reported, accompanied by 

 small specimens, or even by one or two pieces of the 

 upper crust with the pyramidal elevations which are so 

 characteristic, all doubts will be removed. It is for 

 the purpose of enlisting the interest and sympathies of 

 the members of the Sierra Club in the attempt to gain 

 this more extensive and exhaustive knowledge that these 

 notes have been written. 



