p. 6”; Pers. Comm. p. 74; Pers. Syst. p. 134; Schweinitz’ Fung. Car. No. 328 r 
(the specimen in his collection is typical but sessile ).—(leader rufescens, Fries’ 
Syst. p. 18; Smith Card. Chron. 1873, p. 577, f. Ill, (Reproduced Grev. Vol. 2, 
t. 19, f. 2 ).—Lycoperdon recoiligens, Sowerby t. 80, (Usually here referred but I 
think more probably fimbriatus ).—Lycoperdon stellatum, Sowerby in index to 
same figure; Schaeffer t. 182, (mouth very poor ).—Lycoperdon sessile, Sowerby 
in text under t. 401, (referring to fig. t. 80 ).—Geaster multifidum, Grev. Flo. 
t. 306, (the expanded plant has the fleshy layer gone ami endoperidium dis¬ 
tinctly peduncled, the unexpanded plant is globose).—Geaster limbatus, Morgan’s 
Flora, p. 15, plate 1, f. B.; Ellis’ N. A. F. Exs. No. 1309 .—Geaster mammosus, 
Rabenhorst’s Exs. No. 814 .—Geaster Schoefferi, Yitt. Monog. Lyc. t. 1, f. 1, (a 
small plant). 
GEASTER SACCATUS. 
Geaster saccatus, Ellis & Ev. Fnng. Col. Exs. No. 1217; Myc. Notes, No. 
162 .—Geaster lageniformis, Morgan’s Flora, d. 19 .—Geaster capensis, Thiimen Myc. 
Univ. Exc. No. 715; Roumeguere Exs. No. 4548. 
GEASTER SCHMIDELII. 
Geaster Schmidelii, Vitt. Monog. Lyc. t. 1, f. 7 .—Geaster Rabenhorstii, Tre— 
lease Trans. Wis. Acad. Vol 7, t. 7, f. 3; Kunze Exs No. 10; Rabenhorst Exs. 
No. 2011; Zopff & Sydow Exs. No. 7 .—Geaster striatus, Peck’s 38th Rep. p. 94, 
(teste Trelease). 
GEASTER SMITHII. 
Geaster striatus, Smith Gard. Chron. 1873, p. 469, f. 88. (Reproduced Grev. 
Vol. 2, t. 16, f. 1 .)—Geaster umbilicatus, Morgan’s Flora, p. 16, (exc. reference to 
Ellis’Exc). 
GEASTER TRIPLEX. 
Michelius t. 100, f. 1, (Fries refers this to fimbriatus, Smith to Micheli- 
anus).— Geaster triplex , Morgan’s Flora, p. 18 ; Ellis N. A. F. Exs. No. 2735 ; Thii- 
men Exs. No. 1410 .—Geaster cryptorhynchus, Hazslinszky Grev. Vol. 3, p. 162, 
t. 47 .—Geaster Pellotii, Rose (teste Bresadola ).—“Geaster stellatus Linn.” Morgan 
in Jour, of Mycology, \ol. 8, p. 4. (*) 
GEASTER VELUTINUS. 
Geaster velutinus, Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist. Vol 18, p. 38; Cycloderma 
Ohiensis Grev. Vol. 11, p. 95 .—Geaster Lloydii, Myc. Notes, No. 117. 
(*) Linnaeus’ idea of ‘’Lycoperdon stellatum” was simply the genus Geaster as we now 
know it. He did not know any species of Geasters and referred to ‘-Lycoperdon stellatum” 
every figure of a Geaster he found, some half dozen different species. It is absurd in our mind to 
attempt to replace an established name of a species of Geaster on the authority of Linnaeus, a 
man who had no idea of any species of Geaster. M clielius who wr ite many years before Lin¬ 
naeus, had definite ideas of a few Geaste’s, but Linnaeus did not know enough of the subject 
to avail himself of the work of Michelius. Linnaeus apparently was not acquainted with, 
the work of Schmidel, a pre-Linnaean botanist, who well illustrated several species. 
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