P o ly sa c cum o liv a c e um . Fr, “ Olive Polysaccum.”
Peridium roundish, olive, as well as the regular, minute
peridioli ; stem short, abrupt, almost rootless.—Fr. S.M. iii. p.
64. Sow. t. 425, a. h. Berle. Outl.p. 804.
On tbe ground. Very rare.
I t ia so extremely rare that neither the Eev. M. J. Berkeley nor ourselves
have seen a single specimen. An allied species is found in Lower Carolina,
(Fig. 117.)
CENOCOCCUM, Pr.
Peridium naked, tbick, carbonaceous, inde-
biscent, a t length bollow, witb the walls dotted
with dust-like spores.—Berk. Outl. p. S04.
E n g .F l.Y .p .3 0 7 . {Fig. 118.)
Eig. 118.
1 0 9 4 . Ceno co ccum g e o p h ilum . Fr. “ Ground Cenococcum.”
Black, even, within of the same colour, or ---------- , w , ..o-^/xAxxx vgi OCCUAC; v u i - v u i - j V I ud.aa.LrIkV bIL/rXoVVwV1n1 5; OspJ JoVriCeOs
subspherical, blackish, even (or sometimes reticulated ?).—Fr.
S.M. iii. p. 228. Tul. Hyp. t. 21, f . 8. Lycoperdon graniforme,
Sow. t. 270. Desm. exs. no. 1021. Bisch. f . 3685. Act. Turin.
1843, V. t. 3 ,f. 5. Fckl. exs. no. 1072.
In woods wbere tbe soil is peaty. Common.
Ahout the size of a vetch. Scattered upon the ground without any root.
(Fig, 118.)
Order X . M Y X O G A S T R E S .
toiro ustliapteitda tOe,T fareLes otor mcoinsfilnugeinttr autern'bduiat '^fo.nm„ e■ thfl^ s”di ^iff^u se, giving rise tosessriale-
ilneucltooshi nogf,t ewnh bennr smLr,a<t._u re /a d rrm ass’ to tthZreKadIs - “ ®“ "ranes. ¡:n7thKftekZrsTnr®Th\:alrvartfT'%” andTpores“ ®:* one or more spirals.—Aert. Introd. p. 335 sometimes containing
Larr ^ , sessile, more or less indeterminate.
S m m s t o g ^ ^ ®-‘® - l ly warty ormealy. .
Externally naked, fugitive
^ Externally floccose . . • . .
Peridium crustaceous. • • ■ . .
P e r i d i u æ : 7 e " h ? ' . " " f®l"^ •
Small s®metimes stalked, determinate ' Ihreads not a prominent feature
Spores free.
Peridium double, external smooth
rendium simple.
Bursting irregularly.
Scaly or floccose
Naked, smooth
^ Bursting longitudiuallv ’
Spores in groups.
Peridium naked, or mealy
Threads congested. j • . .
Peridium cup shaped, operculate
Threads prominent at length more or less exposed,
mv delicate, evanescent.
Ihreads springing from columella
liireads springing from stem
Ihreads dependent from disc
Peridmm veined from innate capillitium'
Peridium persistent below.
Capillitium netted, free above .
Capillitium elastic, banded or nodulose
Peridium bursting irregularly.
Threads free, spiral
Peridum bursting longitudinallV.
I hreads of two kinds
x S e ^ splitting horizontally.
Threads o b s o l e t e . .....................................................
Peridium membranaceous.
Bursting irregularly
Splitting horizontally
Lycogala.
Reticularia»
ÆthaÀium.
Spumarla.
PPttVycihogaster.
Diderma.
Didymium,
Physarum.
Angioridium,
Badhamia.
Craterium.
Diachoea.
Stemonitis.
Enerthenema.
Dictydium.
Crihrana.
Arcyria.
Trichia.
Ophiotheca,
Perichoena.
Licea.
Phelonitis.