f f
Arcyria Friesii, B. and Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 1602 (type
in Herb. Berk., Kew) ; Cke., Myx. Brit., p. 71, figs. 251 and 259.
fe ic c .—Fuckel, Fung. Ehen., 1440; Sydow, Myc. March.,
u. 1499; Rab., Fung. Eur., 369 ; Ellis, N. Amer. Fung., 1115.
On wood and bark. A variable species, from 1'5—4 mm.
high, the capillitium remains erect after expansion. In the
fasciculate form the sporangia are cylindrical and elongated,
2— 8 springing from a long, slender stem.
Britain (Lyndhurst, Swansea, Kew, Buhner, Scarboro’, Carlisle,
Appin, N. B.); Europe; United States; Brazil; Venezuela;
S. Africa ; Himalayas ; Ceylon.
(Rostafinski’s Synonyms.)
(Under A. cinerea.)
Clathrus recutitiis, Linn. Sp., 1649 (1764).
Trichia, Hall, No. 2166 (1768).
Trichia cinerea, Bull, t. 477, f. 3 (1791).
Stemonitis recutita, Gmel. Sys., 1467 (1791).
Stemonitis cinerea, Gmel. Sys., 1467 (1791).
Arcyria albida, Pers. Disp., t. 1, f. 2 (1797).
Stemonitis glauca, Trent., p. 221 (1797).
Arcyria cinerea, Schum. Saell, 1480 (1803) ; El. Dan., t. 1975,
f. 1 ; Eng. E l, v., 318; Cooke, Hdbk., No. 1172.
Trichia carnea, Wall, in litt.
Areyria cai'nea,'NaR. FI. Germ., 2234 (1833).
Arcyria trichioides, Corda Ic., ii., f. 86 (1838).
Stemonitis grizea, Opiz. in Lotos, 215 (1855).
Areyria pallida, B. and C. Grev. (1873), No. 365.
Arcyria strida, Rost., Mon. Supp., p. 36.
(Under A . pomiformis.)
Stemonitis pomiformis, Roth. FI. Germ., i., 548 (1788).
Stemonitis ochroleuca, Trent, in Roth., 221 (1797).
Stemonitis lutea, Trent., 221 (1797).
Arcyria umbrina, Schum. Saell, 1479 (1803); Berk. Ami. N.
Hist., No. 389 ; Cooke, Hdbk., No. 1174.
Arcyria silacea, Ditm., t. 8 (1817).
Arcyria ochroleuca, Fr. S. M., iii., 181 (1829); Berk. Ann. N.
Hist., No. 115 ; Cooke, Hdbk., No. 1175.
Arcyria lutea, Sohwz. Fung. Car., 2339 (1831).
Arcyria globosa, Weinm, teste Fr.
Stemonitis ochracea, Opiz. herb.
Arcyria cinerea. Var. crihroides, Raunk.
Tubes of the capillitium broader than those of the type
species, the inner meshes equal and of ordinary width, on the
surface of the capillitium, on the contrary, groups of very small
meshes and single larger succeed each other alternately.
Raunk., Myx. Dan., p. 107.
On decayed branches of fir. Denmark.
Arcyria digitata, Eost.
Scattered or gregarious, several sporangia, 3—7, fasciculate on
a common stem; sporangia shortly cylindrical, apex obtuse, basal
cup-like portion persistent; mass of capillitium and spores pale
opaque greyish-yellow, or with an oohraceous tinge; stem
elongated, equal, rather slender, expanded at the base into a
circular hypothallus; capillitmm dense, becoming very much
elongated after dehiscence, threads forming a network, meshes
very irregular in size; here and there minutely warted, varying
in thickness; spores globose, smooth, 7—10 g diameter.
Arcyria digitata, Rost., Mon., p. 274; Saoc., Syll, vii., 1
n. 1460.
Stemonitis digitata, Sz., Syn. Amer., n. 2350.
(Specimen from Schweinitz in Hb. Berk.)
Arcyria Lepricurii, Mont., Ann. Sci. Nat., Ser. IV., vol. iii.,
p. 141. (Type in Herb. Mus., Paris.)
Arcyria bicolor, B. and C., Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. x., p. .o49.
(Type in Herb. Berk.)
Exsicc.—F w g . Cub. Wrightian., 542 (as Areyria Ucolor,
B. and 0.).
On wood and hark. Cuba; U. States; Cayenne.