tlion turbid, and at length indurated and persistent from the
conglomeration of the spores.
1. stercorea, Tode. On dung.
325. ENDODEOMIA, B.
Vesicle very delicate, perforated by the stem, filled with
delicate, branched, radiating threads, and globose spores, ivith
a nucleus endowed with active motion.
1. vitrea, B. ; Hook. Journ. I. c. p. 79, wit/i a Jig. On sticks, in
woods.
326. SPOBODINIA, Lk.
Stem dichotomously branclicd. Vesicles solitary, terminal,
at length splitting horizontally. Columella large. Spores
simple, growing on the columella.
1. dicliotoma, Cd. On decaying Fungi.
327. ACEOSTALAGMUS, Cd.
Flocci branched. Branches verticillate. Vesicles terminal,
pierced by the threads, from the tips of which the spores are
produced ndthin the cells,
1. cinnabarinus, Cd. On decaying plants. VerticiUium laterilium is a
form of this with naked spores. Arlolrogus, Mont., is tlie secondary
fruit of Peronospora.
328. SYZYGITES, Ehb.
Threads branched above. Vesicles of separate branches,
conjugating, and forming a distinct sporangium.
1. mcgalocarpus, Ehb. On decaying Agarics.
329. ENDOGONE, Lk.
Hypogæous. Flocci collected into a globose, spongy mass.
Vesicles globose, solitary, or collected in little fascicles at the
ends of the branches.
1. E. pisiformis, L k .; masses globose, dry ; vesicles large,
visible to the naked eye. (Plate 24, fig. 7.)—Ann. of Nat.
Hist, xviii. p. 81.
On the ground, amongst moss. Bristol.
3. E. laotiflua, B. and Br. I. c .; irregular, depresso-globosc,
white, then dirty flesh-coloured, fetid, filled with thick, reddish
grey milk; vesicles visible to the naked eye.
On the ground. Chudleigh, C. E. Broome.
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