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rose-yellmv, polished, shining; mass of spores and elaters dull-
orange; elaters cylindrical, 14—16 g thick, rather short, ending
in a very short, abrupt, smooth apiculus, spirals rather prominent,
distant, without spines; spores globose, with rather
large, rounded warts, 14—16 g diameter.
Trichia nitens. Fries, MS.; Mass., Mon. Trich., p. 333, fig. 11.
(Specimen from Fries in Herb. Berk., Kew, and named by
Fries “ Trichia nitens, Fr.”)
On wood. IJpsala.
A very fine large species, forming dense clusters 1 in. and
more across. Externally resembling Oligonema nitens, Eost.,
distinct from T. varia in the polished, shining, sporangia, and
the thicker elaters, with very short, abruptly apiculate tips.
Trichia inconspicua, Rost.
Sporangia very minute, hrown, shining, subspherical, collected
in clusters or scattered; hypothallus absent; elaters cylindrical,
2 2 g thick, tips pointed, 6— 7 g long, curved, sometimes with
elongated swellings near the ends, spircds 3—4, Ud slightly
prominent, rather close, spores delicately verrueidose, 10—12 g
diameter.
Trichia inconspicua, Eost., Mon., p. 259; Sacc., Syll., n. 1502 ;
Mass., Mon, Trich., p. 335.
Germany; France.
Trichia proximella, Karst.
Sporangia substipitate or sessile, circular or irregularly angular
from pressure, yellow or dingy oohraceous, polished; mass of
elaters and spores ochracecnis; elaters cylindrical, sometimes
branched, ending abruptly in a short, smooth, straight or oblique
apiculus, 4— 5 g thick, spirals prominent, distant; spores globose,
rather coarsely warted, 12—14 g diameter.
T?-ichia proximella, Karst., Myo. Fenn., iv., p. 139; Saco.,
Syll., vii., 1, no. 1507; Mass., Mon. Trich., p. 335.
On wood. Finland.
Allied to Trichia nitens, hut known by the much thinner
elaters. Forming crowded patches of considerable extent.
Trichia advenula, Mass. (figs. 142—144).
Sessile on a broad base, densely crowded or with a few outside
scattered sporangia, circular, or subangular from mutual
pressure, rather depressed, primrose-yellow, shining ; mass of
capillitium and spores orange ; elaters cylindrical, 4—5 g thick,
icsually inflated at one or both ends, and also with 1—3 interstitial
swollen portions, the swollen ends terminating in a thin, straight,
or usually flexuous slender spine, 15—20 g long, spirals very
close, hut little prominent, almost obsolete on the swollen
portions; spores globose, minutely verruculose, 12—14 g diameter.
Trichia advemda, Mass., Rev. Trich., p. 336, fig. 38.
On rotten wood. Glamis, N. B.
Sporangia ‘5 mm. diameter, forming densely crowded patches
1__2 inches across. Most nearly related to Trichia minima,
but distinguished by the long, slender tips to the elaters, and
the interstitial swollen parts ; in T. minima the capillitium and
spores are pale primrose in the mass, and not orange as in the
present species.
Trichia nana, Mass.
Sporangia scattered or aggregated in small clusters, rarely
exceeding -5 mm. in diameter, sessile on a broad base, smooth,
pale bright ochre, opaque, wall very thin ; mass of spores and
elaters pale primrose yellow; elaters cylindrical, short, 3—4 g
thick, spirals irregular, very distant, prominent, tipis abrupt, not
apiculate, the spirals usually running quite to the end ; spores
globose, minutely verruculose, 6— 8 g diameter.
Trichia nana, Mass., Mon Trich., p. 336.
(Type in Herb., Kew.)
On wood. Westbrook, Maine, U. S.
Sporangia hemispherical or sausage-shaped ; hy far the
smallest of known species, resembling superficially T. minima,
from which it differs in the distant and prominent spirals of