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raceous, persistent, at first covered with minute, granular wartsi 
becoming smooth and shining, persistently white, dehiscing above 
by a large, irregular opening, threads variable in thickness, often 
nodulose, tapering free from the large convex, cellular, sterile 
base ; spores lilac, globose, minutely warted, 6 y diam. 
On the ground. Gembrook Kange. (Fig- 1 1 9-) 
II. Spores globose, rough, olive, or yellow. 
1287. Lycoperdon bovistoides. Sacc. Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 
1889, 116, t. 14,/. 5. 
Peridiuin subsessile, adnate by a broad base, globose, then de- 
pressed, membranaceous, yellowish, sterile base distinct, yellow, 
rather compact; spores spherical, loosely warted (5-7 y diam.), 
ochraceous, then sooty ; flocci nearly hyaline (4 y thick), con- 
torted, sometimes shortly furcate. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
III. Spores globose, smooth, purple, lilac, or brown. 
1288. Lycoperdon nataleuse. Che. ff Mass, in Mass. Mon. 
Lyc. p. 9. Sacc. Syll. vii., 1610. 
Globose, sessile (i-| in. diam.), passing abruptly into a short, 
tapering root ; peridium thick, minutely warted, becoming smooth; 
mouth small, irregularly torn ; capillitium dense, free from the 
well-developed, convex, cellular, sterile base, threads very thick, 
firm, flexuous, simple ; spores olive, with a tinge of purple, globose, 
smooth (3 y diam.). 
On the ground. Victoria. 
IV. Spores globose, smooth, olive, or yellow. 
1289. Lycoperdon gemmatum. Batsch. Elen. 147. Sacc. 
Syll. vii., 320. 
Stipitate, subglobose (1-2 in. diam.), depressed above, or lens- 
shaped, obtuse, with prominent spinose warts of various sizes, 
which eventually fall off, leaving the surface smooth and shining, 
dehiscing by a small opening; stem stout, tapering downwards; 
capillitium continuous with the well-developed, cellular, sterile 
base, threads lax, rarely branching, axils acute, tapering ; spores 
olivaceous, umber, globose, smooth, 4 y diam. 
On the ground. W. Australia. N. 8. Wales. Queensland. 
Tasmania. 
1290. Lycoperdon Colensoi. Cooke Sf Mass. Trans. R. M. S. 
t. xii.,/. 1-3. Sacc. Syll. vii., 1612. 
Subcyliridrical (l^-2§ in. high, f in. across) ; peridium thin, 
collapsing, dehiscing by a small, apical, torn mouth above, with 
scattered, spinose warts, which become smaller, shorter, and more 
crowded downwards, ochraceous when dry ; capillitium dense, 
threads thicker than diameter of the spores, flaccid, basal sterile 
stratum well developed, very cellular ; spores olive-brown, smooth, 
globose, 4 y diam. 
On the ground. New Zealand. 
