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polished surface ; capillitium persistent, threads slender, flaccid, 
barren stratum scanty, cellular ; spores pale yellowish grey, 
globose, smooth, 4 p diam. 
On the ground. Australia. N. Zealand. 
1305. Lycoperdon tephrum. Berk. Mass. Trans, li. M. S. 
Sacc. Syll. vii., 437. 
Sessile, globose (^-| in. across), peridium thick and rigid, 
brown, minutely velvety ; capillitium scanty, threads delicate, 
sterile base obsolete ; spores pale ochraceous olive, globose, smooth, 
3-4 p diam. 
On ? Queensland. 
1306. Lycoperdon pnsillum. Fr. Syst. Myc. m., 33. Sacc. 
Syll. vii., 325. 
Peridium subglobose, sometimes slightly attenuated below 
(|---| in. diam.), flaccid, persistent, with minute, adpressed, scurfy 
squamules, becoming smooth, dehiscing by a minute irregular 
apical pore, pale olivaceous ochre, furnished with a cord-like root ; 
capillitium dense, threads much branched, axils well rounded, lax, 
flexuous, sterile, base obsolete ; spores olivaceous ochre, globose, 
smooth, 4 p diam. 
On the ground. W. Australia. Queensland. N.S. Wales. 
King George’s Sound. 
V. Spores elliptical or subglobose. 
None. 
VI. Of uncertain place. 
1307. Lycoperdon mundula. Kalcli. Greo. ix., p. 3. Sacc. 
Syll. vii., 286. 
Peridium floccose, becoming smooth, white, size of a hazel nut ; 
spores and capillitium carneo-rufous, 4 p diam. (similar to 
L. pusillum, but colour of spores different). 
On the ground. Victoria. 
c. Species imperfectly known. 
I. Spores purple, lilac, or brown. 
1308. Lycoperdon nov® Zealand ice. Lev. Ann. Ser. Nat. 
1846, 164. Sacc. Syll. vii., 372. 
Peridium globose, sessile (2-3 in. diam.), papyraceous, evan- 
escent above, and opening by a very large mouth, at first covered 
with minute, white, shining warts, lacunose-plicate below, flesh and 
smooth spores violet. 
On the ground. New Zealand. 
II. Spores olive or yellow. 
1309. Lycoperdon Gunnii. Berk. FI. Tasm. ii., 265. Sacc. 
Syll. vii., 341. 
Sessile, subglobose (1-2 in. diam.), with very minute stellate 
warts. Columella short ; spores bright olive, globose, with long 
Pedicels in.). 
In pastures. Victoria. Tasmania. 
