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.
