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Trichia ch-tysosperma, Rost., Mon., p. 255, figs. 209, 213, 240
Cooke, Myx. Brit., p. 65, figs. 209, 213, 240; Schroeter, p. 113
Sacc., Syll., vii., 1, n. 1498; Raunk., Myx. Dan., p. 69, t. 4, f. 1
Mass., Mon. Trich., p. 17, f. 10.
Exsicc.—Rah., Fung. Eur., n. 567.
On wood, bark, moss, &c. Britain (Highgate); Germany.
A rare species, characterized by the deep narrow ridges
forming a network on the epispore and the surface of the bands
not being punctate, and hy the narrow, raised lines running
parallel to the long axis of the elaters.
I t is amazing how Rostafinski managed to give so many
synonyms for the present species, considering that the specific
cliaracters require for their elucidation at least a xVfk oil
immersion objective, yet this is done, and without any query
as to their accuracy, although presumably not many of the
types, if indeed any, were forthcoming.
(Rostafinski’s Synonyms.)
Lycoperdon gregarium, Retz. Obs., i., 33 (1769).
Lycoperdon favoginetini, Batsch., f. 173 (1786).
Stemonitis pyriformis, Both. FL Germ., i., 548 (1788).
Sphaxroecirpus chrysospermus, Bull., t. 417, f. 4 (1791).
Stemonitis favoginea, Gmel. Sys., 1470 (1791).
Trichia nitens, Pers. Ohs., i., 62 (1796).
Trichia favoginea, Pers. Disp., 10 (1797).
Trixhia chrysosperma, DC. FL Fr., 673 (1805); Eng. FL, v.,
320; Cooke, Hdbk., No. 1187; Fung. Britt., ii., 624, 527.
Trichia, turlinaM, Purt. Brit., ii., 1115 (1817).
Clathroides fluvescens, HaU. t. 1, f. 7 (1742).
Trichia, Hall, 2168, t. 48, f. 7 (1768).
Lycoperd.om aggregatum, Retz. FL Scan., 1627 (1769).
Lycoperdon cpiphyllum, Light. FL So., 1069 (1777).
Clathrus turhinatus, Huds. FL Ang., 632 (1778); Bolt., t. 94,
f. 3.
Trichia pyriformis, Vill. FL Dauph., 1060 (1789).
Stemonitis pyriformis, Pers., in Gmel. Sys., 1468 (1791).
Trichia turbinata. With. Arr., iv., 480 (1792); Sow., t. 85;
Eng. FL, V., 320; Cooke, Hdbk., 1186.
Trichia pyriformis, Pers. Disp., 10 (1797).
Trichia olivácea, Pers. Obs., i., 62 (1796), in part.
Trichia ovata, Pers. Obs., ii., 35 (1796); Schum. SaelL, 1454 ;
FL Dan., t. 1313, f. 1.
Trichia vulgaris, Pers. Ohs., ii., 32 (1799).
Physarum contcxtum, Spr. Sys., ix., 20 (1817).
Trichia verrucosa. Berk.
Sporangia pyriform, hrown or chestnut, shining, passing downwards
into a long, slender stem, simple or hotryoid, scattered,
springing from a thick, broadly effused hypothcdlus; mass of
capillitium and spores ochraceous; threads of capillitium not
branched, cylindrical, 8—10 g thick, with smooth, tapering tips
of variable length, and straight or curved, spirals close, thin,
not prominent; spores globose, with narrow, raised fled bands
combined into a few large, irregular, polygonal meshes, bands not
ptmctate, 14—16 g diameter.
Trichia verrucosa. Berk., Flor. Tasm., p. 269; Mass., Rev.
Trich., p. 343, fig. 9.
(Type in Herb. Berk., Kew, n. 10906.)
On wood. Tasmania.
Differs from T. chrysosperma and T. dictyospora in the scattered
sporangia springing from a stout hypothallus, and also
in the characters of the elaters and spores. From 2—3 mm.
high. Usually not more than one complete polygon is present
on a hemisphere of the spore.
Trichia Kalbreyeri, Mass.
Sporangia crowded, sessile, often irregular from mutual
pressure, pale yellow, smooth; mass of capillitium and spores
pale primrose-yellow; threads of capillitium cylindrical, 9—10 g
thick, with short, smooth, tapering ends, spirals not prominent,
thin, close; spores globose, with raised, narrenu fled bands forming
an irregular,polygonal netvoork, bands not punctate, 11—14 g
diameter.