British Gastromycetss . 71 
Lycoperdongemmatum, Batsch, Elench. p.147; Hussey, 
i, pi. 54; ‘Science Gossip/ Dec. 1866 ; Berk., Eng. Flor. 304 
(including Z. perlatum ) ; Winter, Kr. FL 904; Sacc., Syll. 
vii, pp. 106 (in part) and 479. 
Lycoperdon gemmatum , (3 perlatum , Fries, Syst. Myc. 
iii. 37. 
Utraria gemmata , Quel., Champ. Jur. et Vosg. 358 ; 
Quel., Enchirid. 242. 
Exs. — Sydow, Myc. March, nos. 1208 and 685; Rab., Fung. 
Eur. 1217 ; Thum., Fung. Austr. 724 ; Thum., Myc. Univ. 1611. 
Amongst grass and ferns in woods and shady places. 
Highgate! Kew! Hereford! Scarborough! Carlisle ! — 
Europe ; N. America ; Himalayas (7-8000 ft.) ; N. W. India ; 
Somerset East (Africa) ; Swan River and Illawarra, Australia ; 
Tasmania ; New Zealand ; Solomon Islands. 
Distinguished from Z. perlatum by the obtuse apex of the 
peridium, the long, pointed, brown, spinose warts, the sparsely 
branched threads of the-capillitium, and the warted spores. 
Peridium 1-2 in. across, stem ii-2 in. long. 
There is a form in Herb. Berk. Kew from Sikkim Himalayas 
with the peridium fusiform, in some of the specimens elongated, 
and not much thicker than the stem ; but it agrees with typical 
forms in the capillitium and spores, and is connected by transi- 
tional stages from various countries. 
B. Spores Smooth. 
Lycoperdon pyriforme, Schaeff. (Fig. 61). Pyriform or 
subglobose, rather umbonate, peridium thin and flaccid, at first 
covered with minute pointed warts, becoming smooth, dehis- 
cing by a small torn mouth ; root of numerous white, long, 
branching fibres. Threads of capillitium thicker than diameter 
of spores, branched, continuous with the slightly cellular base, 
and forming a columella ; spores olive, globose, smooth, about 
4 [x diam. 
Lycoperdon pyriforme , Schaeffer, Icon. t. 185 ; Price, 
pi. 15 . ‘Science Gossip/ Dec. 1866 ; Fries, Syst. Myc. iii, 38 ; 
Hussey, i, pi. lxx ; Cke., Hdbk. n. 1089 ; Berk., Eng, Flor. 
