EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIII 



Diderma floriforme (Bull.) Pers., p. 105. 



Fig. i. Sporangia of various ages, >: 15. 

 Fig. i a. Spore of the same species. >: 1000. 

 Fig. i b. A capillitial thread, >: 1000. 



Tilinadi'che polycepliala (Schw.) Macbr.. p. 57. 

 Fig. 2. The sporangia, x 10. 

 Fig. 2 a. Spores, x 750. 

 Fig. 2 b. Capillitium, x 750. 



Leocarpus fragilis (Dicks.) Rost., p. 81. 

 Fig. 3. Sporangia, x 6. 



Fig. 3<7. A group of sporangia, natural size, to show habit. 

 Fig. 3 b. A single spore. ;: 1800. 



rhysareUii oblonga (B. and C.) Morg., p. 71. 

 Fig. 4. A single sporangium, x 8. 

 Figs. 4.a and 4/>. Capillitium and spore respect ivelv, x 900. 



Craterium leucocephalum (Pers.) Ditmar, p. 71. 

 Fig- 5- Sporangia, the first closed, ;: 10. 



Physarum siintosuin (Bull.) Weimm., p. 159. 

 Fig. 6. Plasmodiocarp, natural size ; 6<?, x 4. 



Physarum vircscens Ditmar. p. 33. 



Fig- 7- Croups of sporangia, x 3 and x 8. 

 Fig. 7(7. Spores, x 750. 



Tilmadoche viridis (Bull.) Sacc.. p. 59. 

 Fig. 8. A single sporangium, >: 25; S tf, reverse. 

 Fig. 8 b. The same after spore-dispersal. 

 Fig. 8 1'. Capillitium, x 750. 



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