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1 1 3 6 . P h y sa ium b u lb ifo zm e . Schum. “ Bulb-like Physarum.”
Peridmm hemispherical, umbilicate beneatb, erect, purpleblack
; stem attenuated, sulcate, wbitisb ; flooci and spores
brownish-black.—Fr. S .M .iii.p . 131. E n g .F l.r .p . 315. F l. Dan.
<.1974,/. 3.
On rotten wood.
1 1 3 7 . P h y sa ium zu b ig in o sum . Chev. “ Rusty Physarum.”
Peridium globoso-turbinate, rust-red, as well as the slender
even stem; floooi reticulated, w b ite; spores black.—F r. S.M.
iii.p. 137. Chev.p. 338. Eng. F l.r .p . 315.
On trunks amongst moss. Appin.
The stem penetrates the peridium, but from the close adherence of the
coat, not in such a manner as to form an evident umbilicus, nor distinct
columella, and it is not paler than the peridium, nor is the hypothallus
paler. The upper portion of the peridium is nearly white, as if bleached.—■
Eng. Fl.
1 1 3 8 . P h y sa rum lila c in um . Fr. “ Lilao Physarum.”
Crowded; peridia sessile, obovate, even, lilac, or flesb coloured;
flocci few, wbite ; spores black.—Dr. N.M. iii.p . 141. B . 4 -B r .
A n n .N .H .n o .2 l5 .
On decayed wood. Nov. King’s Cliffe.
The only English specimen was found on the smooth bark of a fallen oak
twig.
1 1 3 9 . P h y sa rum m e ta llic um . Berh. “ Metallic Physarum.”
Peridium subglobose, slightly depressed, a line or more in
breadth, sessile (not adnate), quite smootb, very delicate, of a
most beautiful metallic appearance, bursting irregularly. Flocci
and spores pink-grey.—Mag. Zool. / Bot. no. 29, t. 3 ,f. 8.
On a decorticated stick. Nov. Clifton, Notts.
This most beautiful plant conneatsEgmgala withFhysancm, inconsequence
of its bright-coloured sporidia. The peridium is, however, perfectly simple.
—M. J. B.
1 1 4 0 . P h y sa rum a lh um . Fr. “ White Physarum.”
Peridia very delicate, subrotund, depressed, even, whitish ;
flocci few, delicate, loose, black, as well as the spores.-—Fr.
N.M.iii. p. 147. Kl. exs.no. 456. Eng. F l . r . p . 316. Lycogala
minuta. Grev. t. 40. Fckl. exs. no. 1459.
On various substances. Common. [Low. Carolina.]
Sporidia, globose, or sub-elliptic.
1 1 4 1 . P h y sa rum a t ium . Fr. “ Black Physarum.”
Aggregated, crowded, confluent, black, peridia very delicate,
rounded; flooci none, spores black.—Dr. N.M. iii. p . 147. Berle.
Ann. N .H . no. 216.
On fallen oak brancbes. King’s Cliffe. [United States.]
Also a much smaller variety on cabbage stalks.
Gen. 8 2 . ANGIORIOIUm:, Grev.
P eridium membranaceous, opening
by a longitudinal fissure; flooci adhering
to the peridium on all sides,
reticulate, flat, ending above in the
inner peridium.—Berk. Outl. p . 308.
(Fig. 128.)
K g . 128.
1 1 4 2 . Aagioridium siuuosum. ¿7«». “ Twisted Augioridium.”
Peridia compressed, elongato-fiexuose, yenulose, whitish, cinereous,
splitting in a labiate manner, floooi capillary, white, reticulated,
spores black-brown.— Gr«r.<. 310. Physarum sinuosum.
Fr. S.M. m .p . 145. Eng. F l. r .p . 315. Bull. t. 446,f . 3. Sow
t. 6. Pers. Oh. i. t. l , f . 2. B is c h .f. 3623. Kl. exs. ii. no. 761.
Fckl. exs. no. 1466.
On various substances. [United States.]
Gregarious whitish. Peridium about | in. high, simple, sessile, papyraceous,
somewhat rigid, fragile, rugulose, varying in form sometimes exactly
like a roundish bivalve shell, at others lengthened out at each extremity iu
a creepng flexuose manner for a J in. or more, and either simple or divided
It IS , however, always erect, and vertically compressed, the summit forming
a sharp edge. When mature it bursts longitudinally, the two plates separat-
i" • sufficiently to allow the spores to escape. Spores globose,
blackish, formmg a compact mass.—Grev. (Fig. 128.)
Gen. 8 3 . BA DH A B IIA , Berk.
Peridium naked or furfur-
aceous. Spores in groups enclosed
at first in a hyaline sac.
'—Berk. Outl. p. 808. Linn.
Trans, xxi.y). 153.
{Fig. 129.)
Peridium simple, externally naked,
or very rarely snbtcmentose, apex at
length opening with a lacerated fissure,
flocci loosely reticulated, affixed
to the walls of the peridium, here and
jij log there expanded in lamina, frequently
■ triangular. Spores globose, or subangular,
at first included in a common sac, at length free, conglobato-ad-
nate.—J f . / .A .
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