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Stemonitis hicolor, Gmel., Sys., ii., 1469 (1701).
Sphaeroearpus luteus, Bull., t. 407, f. 2 (1797).
Sphaerocaipus viridis, Bull, t. 407, f. 1 (1797).
Sphaeroearpus aurantius. Bull, t. 484, f. 2 (1797).
Physanim aureum, Pers., Disp., t. 1, f. 6 (1801) ; Grev., t.
124; Ditm., t. 23.
Physarum viride, Pers., Syn., p. 172 (1801); Ditm., t. 24;
Nees., 1. 108.
Physarum aurantium, Pers., Syn., t. 3, f. 7 (1801).
Physarum luteum, Pers., Syn., 172 (1801).
Trichia viridis, DC., FL Fr., ii., 252 (1805).
Trichia aurantia, DC., FI. Fr., ii., 253 (1805).
Physarum nutans, g. viride, Fr., S. M., iii., 129 (1829) ; Cooke,
Hdbk., n. 1135, var. B.
Physarum nutans, y. awreum, Fr., S. M., iii., 129; Cooke,
Hdbk., n. 1135, var. y.
Physarum nutans, 8. coceineum, Fr., S. M., iii,, 129.
Physarum striatum, c. aurantiacum, Fr., S. M., iii., 131.
Physarum nutans, c. luteovirens, Rabh., FL Cr., 2268 (1844).
Physarum viride, Fr., S. V. S., 453 (1849).
Physarum aureum, Fr., S. V. S., 453 (1849).
Physarum coceineum, Fr., S. V. S., 453 (1849).
Tilmadoche gracilenta, Rost.
Sporangia globose, sligbtly umbilicate below, wall Uaeldsh-
Iroion, hoary with scattered particles of lime ; stem elongated,
thick at the base, which is expanded into a small hypothallus,
tapering upwards and usually slightly curved, dark brown below,
paler above, longitudinally wrinkled, filled with particles of
lime ; capillitium rather scanty, threads irregularly anastomosing,
nodes scattered, small, elliptical, containing eoloured granules
of lime ; spores globose, brownisb-lilac, very minutely verruculose
or smooth, 8—10 g diameter.
Tilmadoche gracilenta, Rost., Mon., p. 129; Saco., Syll., vii., 1,
n. 1246 ; Raunk., Myx. Dan., 76.
Gn bark and vvood. Britain (a specimen from Sowerby’s
Herbarium, named by Rostafinski) ; Europe ; United States.
Appears to be a variety of T. nutans, with a blackisb-brown
sporangial wall.
(Rostafinski’s Synonyms.)
Mucor, FL Dan., t. 467, f. 3 (1770).
Triehia nutans, Trent., I.e., p. 227.
Physarum solutum, Schum. FL Saell., n. 1446 ; FI. Dan., t.
1974, f. 1.
Physanim subulatum. Sebum., FI. Saell., n. 1437.
Physarum globosum, Schum., FL Saell., n. 1442.
Physarum furfuraceum, Sobum., FI. Saell., n. 1445.
Physarum globosum, Sommf., FI. Lap., p. 243 (1825).
Physarum gracilentum, Fr., I.e., iii., p. 133 (1829).
Didymium furfuraceum, FL, I.e., iii., p. 116.
Tilmadoche soluta, Fr., Sum. Veg. Scand., p. 454 (1849).
Tilmadoche columbina, Rost.
Sporangia globose, or spherico-depressed, usually more or less
umbilicate below, at first pale grey or whitish, delicately frosted
witb minute white particles of lime, dark grey and sligbtly
iridescent after the lime has been removed; stem 3—4 times
as long as height of sporangmm, snow-white, tapering upwards,
straight or sligbtly inclined above, longitudinally wrinkled, rigid,
filled witb particles of lime ; columella absent ; capillitium well
developed, threads thin, colourless, combinée! to form an irregular
network, furnished here and there with small, elliptical, interstitial
swellings containing colourless granules of lime; angles
of bifurcation not swollen ; spores globose, pale dingy lilac, very
minutely verruculose, 10—11 g diameter.
Tilmadoche columbina, Rost., Mon. App., p. 13 ; Sacc., Syll.,
vii., 1, 1249.
Didymmm columbinum, B. and C., in Herb.
(Type from which Rostafinski founded tbe species iu Herb.
Berk., Kew, n. 10,767.)
Gregarious on rotten wood. Venezuela.
About 2 mm. high.