BADHAMTA.] 



PHYSARACE.E. 



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C. Capillitium without lime-knots. 



Sporangium-wall of two layers more or less com- 

 bined. (9) CHONDRIODERMA. 



Fig. 17. Chondriodcrma testaceum Eost. 



a. Group of three sporangia ; in the upper one the 

 double wall is broken away in part and the 

 columella exposed. Magnified 9 times. 



Z>. Portion of the outer and inner layers of the 

 sporangium-wall ; to the latter the capillitium 

 threads are attached : three spores. Magnified 

 170 times. 



oO 

 Q 



Fig. 17. 



Sporangium-wall of one layer, fragile; sporangia 

 saucer-shaped. (10) TRICIIAMPHORA. 



Fig. 18. Tricham/pTiora pezi&oidea Jungh. 



a. Group of sporangia. Magnified 5| times. 



b. Capillitium with two spores. Magnified 140 



times. 



D. Lime confined to the stalk and columella, Rporangium-w T all 

 membranous. (11) DIACH^EA. 



Fig. 19. Diacliaa elegans Fries. 



Two sporangia, the one entire, the other deprived 

 of the spores and showing capillitium and colu- 

 mella. Magnified 22 times. 



Fig. 19. 



Genus 2. BADHAMIA Berkeley, in Trans. Linn. Sec., xxi., p. 1 53 

 (1852). Sporangia stalked, sessile, or plasrnodiocarps; sporangium- 

 wall single, with innate lime-granules sparsely distributed, densely 

 clustered, or forming a thick deposit ; columella present or 

 wanting ; capillitium consisting of a coarse network charged with 

 granules of lime (in B. panicea, B. detipiens, and B. nitens some- 

 times constricted here and there into narrow hyaline threads) ; 

 spores clustered or free, warted, reticulated, or nearly smooth. 



