MYXOMYCETES. 6*5 



Lycoperdon gregarium, Retz. Obs. i., 33 (1769). 



Lycoperdon Javoginenm, Batsch., f. 173 (1786). 



Stemonitis pyriformis, Roth. Fl. Germ., i., 548 (1788). 



Sphcerocarpus chrysospermus, Bull. t. 417, f. 4 (1791). 



Stemonitis favoginea, Gmel. Sys., 1470 (1791). 



Trichia nitens, Pers. Obs., i., 62 (1796). 



Trichia favoginea, Pers. Disp., 10 (1797). 



Trichia chrysosperma, DC. Fl. Fr., 673 (1805); Eng. Fl. v. 

 320 ; Cooke Hdbk., No. 1187; Fungi. Britt., ii., 524, 527. 



Trichia turbinata, Purt. Brit., ii., 1115 (1817). 



Claihroides fiuvescens, Hall, t. 1, f. 7 (1742). 



Trichia, Hall, 2168, t. 48, f. 7 (1768). 



Lycoperdon aggregation, Retz. Fl. Scan., 1627 (1769). 



Lycoperdon epiphyllum, Light. Fl. Sc., 1069 (1777). 



Clathrus turbinatus, Huds. Fl. Aug., 632 (1778) ; Bolt., t. 94, 

 f. 3. 



Trichia pyriformis, Vill. Fl. Dauph., 1060 (1789). 



Stemonitis pyriformis, Pers., in Gmel. Sys., 1468 (1791). 



Trichia turbinata, With. AIT., iv., 480 (1792); Sow., t. 85; 

 Eng. Fl., v., 320; Cooke Hdbk., 1186. 



Trichia pyriformis, Pers. Disp. 10 (1797). 



Trichia olivacea, Pers. Obs., i., 62 (1796), in part. 



Trichia ovata, Pers. Obs., ii., 35 (1796) ; Schum. Saell., 1454; 

 Fl. Dan., t. 1313, f. 1. 



Trichia vulgaris, Pers. Obs.. ii., 32 (1799). 



Physarum context-urn, Spr. Sys., ix., 20 (1817). 



Genus 35. PROTOTRICHIA. E. 



Tubes of capillitium, with one end grown to the lower part of the 

 sporangium, the other running out into a free pencil of smooth 

 spines. Rtfki. Mon. Supp., 38. 



79. Frototiichia fiagellifer. B. % Br. 



Sporangia sessile, globose, reflecting metallic tints, grown to the 

 substratum by a very narrow base. Mass of spores and capillitium 

 flesh-red. Tubes of capillitium very broad at the base, imper- 

 ceptibly narrowed to the apex, expanding at the extremity into 

 several nearly smooth ends (spines), with four spires indistinctly 

 marked, or very narrow, preceding oftentimes broad depressions ; 

 spores smooth, '01 -'012 mm. Rtfki. Mon. Supp., 38. 



On spruce fir. 



Trichia flagellifer, B. & Br. Ann. N. Hist. (1866), No. 1143 

 t. 2, f. 4; Cooke Handbk., No. 1190. 

 JDermatricha fiagellifer. Cooke MSS. 



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