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carmine-brown ; net of the capillitium of cylindrical tubes -0042 

 mm. diam. ; thickenings in the form of a border of half rings or 

 spines, or half rings standing in rank, more sharp pointed than 

 stout, -0008 mm. ; spores smooth, -006--0075 mm. RtfkiMon., 275. 



On rotten wood. (Figs. 187, 199.) 



Clathroides purpureum, Mich., t., 94, f. 2 (1729). 

 Arcyria sessilis, Hill, p. 47 (1751). 

 Clathrus ramosus, a., Retz. Yet. Hand., 253 (1769). 

 Lycoperdon hypoxylon, Pallas., ii., 503 (1771). 

 Clathrus adnatus, Batsch., p. 141 (1783). 

 Stemonitis trichia, Roth. Fl. Germ., 1., 549 (1788). 

 Stemonitis lilacina, Schr., Fl. Bav., ii., 1784 (1789). 

 Stemonitis incarnata, Pers. in Gmel., 1467 (1791). 

 Trichia cinnabaris, Bull., t. 502, f . 1 D (1791). 

 Arcyria incarnata, Pers. Obs., t. v., f. 4, 5 (1796) ; Eng. Fl., 

 v., 318 ; Cooke Hdbk., 1171. 



Stemonitis carnea, Trent., p. 222 (1797). 



Stemonitis globosa, Trent., p. 222 (1797). 



Trichia fiexuosa, Schum. Saell., 1465 (1803). 



Arcyria lilacina, Schum. Saell., 1476 (1803). 



Arcyria carnea, Schum. Saell., 1477 (1803). 



Arcyria deutata, Schum. Saell., 1478 (1803). 



Arcyria rosea, Spr. 



Arcyria incarnata, ft flexuosa, Fr. S. M., iii., 179 (1829). 



Arcyria nutans /3 exigua, Bong, in Weinm., 609 (1836). 



Arcyria flexuosa, Rubh. Fl. Cry., 2158 (1844). 



Arcyria adnata, Rtfki. Mon. Supp., p. 36. 



88. Arcyria nutans. Bull. 



Sporangia cylindrical in the typical form, with a short, disappear- 

 ing stem, so as to be seemingly sessile ; capillitium much relexed, 

 drooping ; mass of spores and capillitium of a dull yellow colour, 

 resembling that of chamois leather, or more rarely brownish- 

 yellow ; tubes of the net of the capillitium when fully developed 

 of variable width, -0033-*0042 mm. ; thickenings in the form of 

 spines cover the thick tubes, amongst which others are met with, 

 dispersed without order, having rings or half rings ; spores "0075- 

 0083 mm. diam., smooth. Rtfki. Mon., 277. 



On rotten wood. 



Clathroides flavescens, Mich., p. 214 (1729). 

 Clathroides longissimum, Hall, p. 10 (1742). 

 Clathrus ramosus, /3. Retz. Vet Handl., 253 (1769). 

 Trichia nutans, Bull., t. 502, f. 3 (1798) ; Sow., t. 260. 

 Stemonitis nutans, Gmel., Sys., 1467 (1791). 

 Arcyria fava, Pers. Obs., i., 85 (1796) ; Grev., t. 309. 



