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(Type in' Herb. Berk.)
Physarum galhcum, Wingate, in E. and E., N. Amer. Fung.,
2491.
On moss, wood, &c. U. States.
Resembling in the long, slender stem, and small, elliptical
lumps of lime, some species of Tilmadoche from which genus
it differs in the presence of a columella. About 2 mm. high.
Physarum hians, Mass.
Sporangia stipitate, yellowish-red, then blackish, globose or
slightly elongated; stem reddish-brown, sulcate, expanding at
tbe base into a small, circular hypothallus, penetrating the
sporangium as a columella which reaches nearly to the apex;
threads of capillitium yellowish, witb violet tinge, forming a
somewhat dense network, nodes irregularly oblong, reddish-
yellow, spores violet, smooth, 8—10 g diameter.
Tilmadoche hians, Rost., Mon. App., p. 14. •
Tilmadoche minuta, Berl., Sacc., Syll., vii., 1, n. 1251.
On dead leaves. Belgium.
Tbe present species is removed from Tilmadoche on account
of the columella.
Physarum nifihasis, B. and Br., quoted by Rostafinski as a
synonym under the present species is quite distinct, hence the
Ceylon habitat of the latter is incorrect.
(Rostafinski’s Synonyms.)
Graterium mimdum, Kickx, non Er.
Physartim rufibasis, B. and Br., Fung. Ceylon, n. 762 (1873).
Chondrioderma inflatum, Rost., Mon., p. 425, n. 177 (1874).
See Kiokx’s description of Graterium minutum under Craterium.
Physarum Leveillei, Rost.
Sporangia lenticular, fuifuraoeous, golden, as is also the
upwards attenuated stem, threads of capillitium vanisliing;
spores globose, smooth, 10—11 g diameter.
Physarum Leveillei, Rost., Mon. App., p. 7; Sacc., Syll., vii.,
1, n. 1177.
On dead leaves. Chili.
Var. chrysoptis, Rost., stem and sporangmm golden-yellow,
1 mm. diameter; spores 10 g diameter, lime granules golden-
yellow.
Var. auripes, Rost.; stem golden, sporangium citrin.
Venezuela.
Var. Fuistingii, stem orange, sporangium rufous-brown.
Westphalia.
(Rostafiuski’s Synonym.)
Physarum aureum, ¡3. chrysopus. Lev., Ann. Sc. Nat., p. 116
(1846).
Physarum Kalchbrenueri, Mass. (n. sp.).
Scattered, stipitate, sporangia spherico-depressed, umbilicate
below, pale yellow-green, rough with minute particles of lime;
stem elongated, thickest below or fusiform, pale pink, rigid, filled
witb granules of lime; capillitium forming a very dense,
irregular network, nodes numerous, large, irregularly angular,
containing yellow granules of lime, internodes 6—9 g thick,
colourless, without lime, collapsing; spores dingy-lilac, smooth,
11—13 g diameter.
(Type in Herb., Kew, along witb Tilmadoche variabilis.)
On wood. Cape of Good Hope.
Superficially resembling a typical Tilmadvche in tbe long,
slender stem, but separated from that genus by the very thick
capillitium tubes, and the numerous large, irregularly angular
nodes. From 2 5—3 mm. high.
Physarum glohuliferum, Rost.
Sporangia globose, stipitate, greyish; stem equal to sporangium
or twice as long, rigid, fragile, white, sulcate; columella
large, cylindrical, obtuse, white ; capillitium well developed, rigid,
not collapsing, vesicles containing lime numerous, of variable
size, yellowish or reddish; spores globose, smooth, 9—11 g.
diameter.