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and giauiules; eiidoperidium hiowi), inemhraiious, dehiscing by an apical, small, 
plane, tom stoma; sterile base prominent, forming the stem-like liase, cells 
large, pallid tan or yellowish; diaphragm absent. Gleba greenish-yellow, becom- 
ing ferruginous or olivaceous; columella prominent, subglobose ; capillitium threads 
olivticeous, s])aringly branched or .simple, continuous, not pitted, thick walled, 
about the diameter of the spores. Spores globose, 3.5 to 4.5. /r, ape<lieellate ; 
epis])ore pallid o]i\aceous, finely verrucidos('. Solitaiy, in groups, or caespitose 
on rotting w'OckI on the forest floor, or on decaying logs and stumps. — Cunning- 
liani. South .Australia — Ucaumont (doidrtful), National Park. Queensland. 
New South AVales. New Zealand. Eurojje. America. Japan. April, Alay, 
October. 
\ Photo, hi/ S. Too. 
Figure 68. — Li/cnperdon dopre/u/um Bon. (No. 488). 
On lawn, Adel, aide. 
('haracterized by the minute verrucae of the exoperidium, the (usually) pyri- 
form sha])e, fiiiely verrnculose spores ami habit of growing upon rotting wood. 
It is liable to confusion -only with L. p'^rlatum. from which it may readily be 
separated by these characters. — Cunningham. 
Lycoperdon perlatum Pers. {L. gc/nmat-um Batsuh). — lisually on vegetable 
df'bris on the forest flooi-. New South AA'ales. Tasmania. Now Zealaml. Not 
yet recorded for South Australia. 
490. Lycoperdon stellatum Cke. et Massee. (Ij., .Htellatus, star-shaped). — 
Peridium depressed-globose, i to Uin. (2 to 3 cm.) diameter, with a small rooting- 
base; exoperidium of stiout, thick, conuivent, pallid spines which fall aw'ay in 
small gi'oups but may persist towards the base; endoperidium bay-brow-n, or 
cream, smooth save at the base where the exo]ieridium is partially persistent, 
Tiiembranous, dehiscing by a small, plane, torn, apical stoma; sterile base occupy- 
ing the lower third of the jieridium, ferruginous, cells minute, scarcely visible 
unless magnified ; diaphragm absent. (Ileba ferruginous ; columella absent ; 
eapillitiuT'.; threads olivaceous, sijaringly branclual, continuous, thin walled, not 
pitted, about the diameter of the s])ores. Spores globose, 3.8 to 4.5 y, apedicel- 
late ; epispore olivaceous, tinelv and closely verruculose. Solitary on the ground. 
— Cunningham. South Australia — Israelite Bay, in sandy soil :it Encounter Bay. 
January, May. 
