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ing, evanescent, sterile basal portion well developed, cellular, dense, 
free from capillitium ; spores dirty olive, globose, smooth, 5 p 
diam., frequently pedicellate. 
Amongst grass. Victoria. N.S. Wales. Queensland. 
1296. Lycoperdon Cookei. Mass. Trans. 11. M. S. t. 13, f. 
24. Sacc. Syll. vii., 1615. 
Hemispherical or globose (|-§ in. across), abruptly contracted 
into a short, thick, stem-like base, smoky brown above, white below, 
minutely areolato-furfuraceous, dehiscing by a small, irregular 
mouth ; capillitium continuous with the well-developed, whitish, 
cellular sterile base, threads varying in thickness, simple, firm; 
spores bright citrine, then olivaceous umber, globose, smooth, 
sometimes stipitate, 4 /j. diam. 
On the ground. N.S. Wales, 
V. Spores elliptical or subglobose. 
1297. Lycoperdon Sinclairi. Berk, in Herb. Sacc. Syll. 
vii., 1616. 
Globose (3 in. or more diam.), produced into a short, thick, 
rooting base, peridium smooth, almost polished, cortex rufous, 
broken into adnate patches by growth, and showing pale ochre 
between ; base reticulately plicate, upper portion evanescent, form- 
ing a large aperture with torn edge ; capillitium separating from 
the copious, slightly cellular sterile base, threads branched ; spores 
bright olive, smooth, broadly obovatc, frequently pedicellate, 5 X 
4 p. 
On the ground. New Zealand. 
b. Sterile basal stratum rudimentary or obsolete. 
I. Spores globose, rough, purple, lilac or broivn. 
None. 
II. Spores globose, rough, olive or yellow. 
None. 
III. Spores globose, smooth, purple, lilac or brown. 
1298. Lycoperdon australe. Berk. FI. Tasm. n., 266. 
Sacc. Syll. vii., 387. 
Sessile, globoso-depressed (1 in. or more diam.), densely 
covered with small pointed warts, which are smaller and granular 
towards the base, eventually disappearing and leaving the surface 
smooth and shining, dehiscing by a small raised mouth, root long, 
tapering, capillitium very dense, persistent, threads very variable in 
thickness, branched, axils rather acute, scanty, sterile base cellular ; 
spores umber, globose, smooth, generally pedicellate, 5 p diam. 
In sandy, turfy meadows. S. Australia. W. Australia. 
Victoria. N. 8. Wales. Tasmania. Queensland. 
