APPENDIX 1 
REFERENCES. 
These references are to plants and not to authorities for names of plants. 
They represent our views of the classification of plants. We do not present 
reference to the ownership or authority for names, as many authors do Thus 
our citation under Geaster asper of “Geaster granulosus Cragin in Bull. Wash¬ 
burn" does not indicate that Cragin named a plant “Geaster granulosus.” 
Whether he d'd, or did not, is of no possible interest to anyone save possibly to 
Mr. Cragin. The fact however, that he recorded a plant as “Geaster granu¬ 
losus” which plant is G. asper is of interest to every student of Geasters and 
these facts alone we have endeavored to cite. 
We give the names applied to plants since the adoption of the binomial 
system, and the fact that the same name has been applied to so many different 
plants by various authors we think should impress upon the student the impor¬ 
tance of turning his attention to the study of plants, rather than the study of 
names. Previous to the adoption of the binomial system, we have cited no 
“names” as we consider the polyglot adjectives applied by the pre-Linnaean 
botanists in the nature of descriptions rather than names. We have given a 
few references on the authority of Rev. Bresadola (kindly communicated to us 
in letters), and some on the published work of Dr. Hollos. 
Exc-pt when stated however, these references represent our views. We 
have cited very few references save where the plant is illustrated, or where 
we have seen specimens, for the citations of many authors are so conflicting 
that it is impossible to state what plant they have in view. Where an author 
gives an illustration of a plant that can be recognized, we accept that figure 
as representing the plant he had, though it may be in direct conflict to cita¬ 
tions that he has made. We have given no bibliography in explanation of 
th^se references, and refer those interested to the excellent bibliography of 
the Gastromycetes given by Massee in Yol. 4 of Annals of Botany. 
We feel and hope that most of our readers will study the plants that 
they meet, and that few will care to puzzle over these references. Those how¬ 
ever, who s udy names of plants, or rather, who study misnames of plants, should 
be prepared to interpret these references without the aid of a “bibliography.” 
MYRIOSTOMA COLIFORMIS. 
Doody in Ray. Syn. 2nd Ed. App. p. 340,— Lycoperdon coliforme , Dickson 
. Fasc. 1, t. 3, f. 4, (good) ; Sowerby t. 313 (fine); Geastrum coliforme , Pers. Syn. 
p. 131,— Geaster coliformis. Smith in Gard.Chron. 1873, p.469, f. 86 ; (Reproduced 
Grev. Vol. 2, t. 15, fig. 1); Massee Monog. Brit. Gast. fig. 66; Fischer in Eng. 
& Prantl. p. 321, fig. A . 
GEASTER ASPER. 
Michelius 1.100, f. 2 (more distinctly pedicellate but quite characteristic) ; 
Gleditsch Meth. t. 6, (copied from Michelius).— Lycoperdon stellatum. Purton 
Midland Flora Yol.3, t. 20, (a splendid figure and rarely cited).— Geaster asper, 
Myc. Notes, No. 151; Hollos Term. Fiizetek, (1902) p. 120; Geaster Berkeleyi , 
Massee Mon. Brit. Gast. t. 2, f. 41 (poor) ;— Geaster campestris, Morgan’s Flora, 
p 14; Ellis N. A. F. Exs. No. 1940; Hollos “Kill, a Term. Koz.” p. 23, f. 9;— 
Geaster granulosus, Cragin Washburn Bull.,p. 40;— Geaster pseudomammosus, Hen¬ 
ning Iledw. Yol. 39, p. 54, (teste Hollos) ;— Geaster pseudostriatvs, Hollos Math. 
Term. Ert. (1901), p. 505, (Specimen examined, see Appendix p.43). 
GEASTER BRYANTII. 
Geaster Bryantii, Berk. Eng. Flo. p. 300; Mass. Mong. Brit. Gast. t.4, f. 56 ; 
Smith Gard. Chron. 1873, p. 505, f. 94; Reproduced Grev. Vol. 2, t. 16, f. 2.— 
Geastrnm coronatum var. Woodwardii, Pers. Syn. p. 132.— Geaster ca.lyculatus, Fuckel 
Symbolae, t. 5, f. 3; ZopfT & Sydow Exs. No. 6; Rabenhorst Exs No. 2639.— 
Geaster Bryantii forma fallax, Scherffel Ber. Deut. Bot. Ges. 1896, t. 19, f. 3 (only) ; 
—Geaster Rabenhorslii, Haszl. Grev. Vol. 6, t. 98, f. 11 —Geaster Kunzei, Winter 
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