Ohio, West Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. On ground in woods. August to October. McIlvaine.
L. atropurpureum is frequent, not abundant. It is edible, good.
(c) Cortex composed of minute spinules; denuded peridium smooth.
L. cu´pricum Bon.—coppery. Peridium obconic, depressed above and tapering downward, the base plicate, with a fibrous mycelium. Cortex gray or flesh-color, composed of minute spinules circularly arranged and convergent and coherent at the apex; these dry up, becoming dark purplish in color, and finally fall away from the smooth, shining, copper-colored surface of the inner peridium. Subgleba occupying nearly a third part of the peridium; mass of spores and capillitium, at length purplish-brown; the threads branched, the main stem thinner than the spores, with long, tapering branches. Spores globose, distinctly warted, 6–7µ in diameter.
Growing in sandy soil in woods. New Jersey, Ellis.
Peridium about 1 in. in diameter and an inch or more in height. The microscopic features are given from specimens received from Mr. Ellis. Morgan.
Near Haddonfield, N.J., 1891–1896. Sandy woods. McIlvaine.
Not frequent. Those found upon several occasions were eaten and found good.
L. asterosper´mum D. and M.—aster, star; sperma, seed. Peridium obovoid or pyriform (pear-shaped), the base short and pointed, with a slender fibrous mycelium. Cortex a thin coat of minute spinules with intermingled granules, gray or brownish above, paler below; these dry up and are a long time persistent, but they finally fall away, leaving the inner peridium with a pale brown, smooth, shining surface. Subgleba obconical, occupying nearly a third part of the peridium; mass of spores and capillitium olivaceous, then brownish-purple; the threads about as thick as the spores, with slender tapering branches. Spores globose, distinctly warted, 5.5–6.5µ in diameter.
Peridium 1–1½ in. in diameter. A very pretty species of regular form; its glossy cortex is quite persistent. Morgan.