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depressed and nearly sessile, often plicate below, always urn- 
bonate, ochraceous or dirty brown, at first covered with stout, 
obtuse, short spines, each surrounded by a ring of smaller 
warts which remain after the former have fallen away, becom- 
ing smaller downwards, mouth small, at apex of umbo, stem- 
like base pale, slightly cellular and convex above. Capillitium 
forming a loose columella, threads rarely branched, flexuous, 
about equal in thickness to diameter of the globose, smooth, 
olivaceous spores, 4 /x diam. 
Lycoperdon perlatum, Pers., Syn. p. 145; Barla, pi. 46, 
f. 8; Vitt., Mon. Lyc. 194; Mass., Mon. Lyc. n. 31 ; Sacc., 
Syll. vii, pp. 107 and 479. 
Lycoperdon gemmatum , Fr., Syst. Myc. iii, 35 ; Fries, 
Sverig. Svamp. t. Ixxiii ; FI. Dan. MCXL ; Krombh., t. 30, 
f. 6; Cke., Hdbk. n. 1088 (including Lyc. gemmatum) ; Palist, 
Crypt. FI. t. 23 ; Karst., Myc. Fenn. 361. 
Lycoperdon constellatum , Sturm, t. 7 ? 
Lycoperdon gemmatum, var. per latum, Wint., Kr. FI. 904. 
Lycoperdon lacunosum, Bull., t. 52 ? 
Lycoperdon Mr turn , Bulk, t. 340 ? 
Exs. — Karst., Fung. Fenn. 920 ; Moug. and Nest., St. Civ 
577 - 
In woods and thickets. Kew ! Audley End, Essex ! Din- 
more ! Scarborough ! Carlisle ! — Europe ; United States ; 
Gippsland, Australia ; E. Nepal. 
Closely allied to L. gemmatum , but distinguished by the 
well-marked umbo, distinct columella, paler colour, and 
smooth spores. The peridium is often plicate below and the 
stem more or less iacunose. Often springing in pairs from 
the same base, sometimes in clusters of from four to seven ; not 
uncommon, solitary. Peridium 1-2 in. across, stem 2-3 in. high, 
i-i£ in. thick. Sometimes larger. 
Lycoperdon molle, Pers. (Fig. 65). Turbinate, base broad* 
abrupt, peridium papyraceous, collapsing, furfuraceous, becom- 
ing smooth, dehiscing by a small irregular mouth. Threads 
of capillitium thicker than diameter of spores, collapsing \ 
