Lycoperdaceae-Gasteromycetes: taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Bottomley's 'doubtful, unknown and insufficiently described' species of Lycoperdon

Abstract

In her catalogue of South African Gasteromycetes, Bottomley (1948) listed nine species of Lycoperdon Pel's.: Pel's. as 'doubtful, unknown and insufficiently described'. During a recent taxonomic revision of the related genus CaLva/ia Fr. in southern Africa (Coetzee 2006), the opportunity arose to study the type material and more recent literature pertaining to most of these 'doubtful' members of Lycoperdon. Of the nine species in Bottomley's list, five could be indentified to species and two to at least generic level. The identities of only two entries remain completely unresolved.