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Lycoperdon Wrightii B. & C. Peridium is white, covered with 
rough polygonal warts. Figured in Mycologia, November, 1909. Sandy 
soil, Mile Bluff, June, Mauston. 
Bovista pila B. & C- Common in all pastures, September, Al- 
goma. 
Bovista plumbea Pers. Rare. F. Robinson’s pasture, June, 
Mauston. 
Geaster hygrometricus Pers. The rough spores and branched 
capillitium of this species have been made the basis of a genus, As- 
traeus, Morgan. On ground, Fish Creek, August. Not common. 
Geaster limbatus Fr. This is often described as a black Geaster, 
but that is the color of only the inner peridium. Hussey, Illust., fig¬ 
ures a form in Plate 2 which has a light gray inner peridium. Krohn’s 
Lake, August, Algoma. 
Geaster minimus Schw. The peristome and sharp beak are char¬ 
acteristic. Perry’s swamp, August; Belgian settlement, September, 
Kohlberg. 
Geaster rufescens Fr. Common. Krohn’s Lake, August, Algoma. 
Geaster pectinatus Pers. The inner peridium tapers into a slen¬ 
der pedicel which has a distinct collar at the base, and is marked by 
several striae or ridges as figured by Lloyd, Geastrae, p. 15, figs. 20 22, 
and Hollos, Gast. Ungar., PI. 8. Both writers report that the species 
is a rare one. Along lake bank, Alaska, August, 1905; on upturned 
stump, Krohn’s Lake, August, Algoma, 1909. 
Geaster saccatus Fr. Well illustrated by Lloyd, Geastrae, fig. 74, 
for a variety of this species. Otto’s woods, June, Algoma. 
Geaster triplex Jung. This is the most common Geaster at Al¬ 
goma. Schmeiling’s woods, August. 
.XI DU L ABIE AE. 
Crucibulum vulgare Tul. Common. On old sticks and on cow 
dung, Warners’ grove, August, Algoma; Mile Bluff, June, Mauston. 
Cyathus striatus Hoffm. Grows in dense clusters on old wood, 
Trumble’s ravine, June, Mauston. These were of the form figured by 
Rolland, Atlas Champ., PI. 109, fig. 246. A much less strigose form 
nearly gray in color was found in a garden, Fellows’, June, Algoma. 
Cyathus stercorarius Schw.) DeTon. On dung, Mile Bluff, 
Mauston. 
Cyathus vernicosus DC. Common. In grain fields, Algoma. 
