ARCYRIA. 215 



Genus XV. ARCYRIA. 



Capillitiura free from the walls of the peridium or only 

 connected at the base ; threads with spines, warts or rings. 

 Sporangia simple without a columella. Flocci not spiral. 



A. punicea. Pk. Splendid Arcyria. 



Sporangia, stipitate, subovate, crowded, spores bright 

 purple. 



On rotten stumps in different locahties throughout the Valley. 



A. cinerea. Grey Arcyria. 

 Sporang^ia, ovate, cyhndrical, cinereous. Capillitium, 

 glaucous, as well as the spores. 



More common than the above-mentioned species , size about two lines 

 in height. 



