101) 



Sporangia grcgaria, coiifcrta vel fusciculata, spliaeroi- 

 dea, ellipsoidca vel ovoidea, sessilia vel stipitata, cocrules- 

 centia vel violascente livida vel virescentc nigra, opaca vcl 

 nietallica. Tubuli capillitii rigidiusculi, rcticulatiin conjuncti, 

 nodulis planis. Sporae sphaeroideae, liberae, spinulosae, vio- 

 lascente-atrae vel atrae, sub micr. violasccnte fuscidulac, diani. 

 10 — 12 mmm. 



Syn. Sphaerocatyiis utricularis Bull. Cbanip. Frnnc. p. 120, 

 1. 417, f. 1. Fhysarmn utriculare var. melalcucum Nyl. in Not. 

 Sallsk. pro Faun. ct Flor. Fcnn. Forli. IV, 1850, p. 12G. Jhul- 

 hamia utricularis Rostaf. Sluzowc. p. 141, f. 110 — 112. 



Hab. In cortice et ligno arborum frondosaruni, prac- 

 cipue Salicis, rarissime aceriferarum in rcgionibus australio- 

 ribus freqvens. Septentrionem versus saltem ad oppiduni 

 Wasa progreditur. Mensibus Martio, Majo, Junio, Augusto, 

 Septembri et Octobri legimus. 



Sporangia 0,5 — 1 nira. lata, lacvia vcl lcvitcr corrugata, ut 

 plurimum cocrulescentia vcl cocrulesccntc nigra, sporis delapsis all)ida, 

 vcl cincrco-alba. Stipcs nunc fcre uulhis (var. melalenca Nyl.), niinc 

 usqve ad 5 mm. altus, flaccidus, decumbcns, stramincus (var. Schini- 

 periana RoSTAp.), uuuc brevis, sporangium acqvaus (in formis: gc- 

 uuina et splendente, illa sporangiis ovoideis, violacco — lividis, 

 0,7 — 6 mm. latis, hac sporangiis exacto sphacroidcis vcl eliipsoidcis, 

 cocruloscentibus, lilacinis, opacis aut vireutc uigris, mctallicis, 0,5 — 

 0,8 ram). 



2. B. byalina (Pers.) Behk. in Lixn. Trans. XXI, t. 

 19, f. 3, 



Sporangia sessilia vel stipitata, fasciculata, spbaeroidca, 

 inflata, laevia, albida vel cinereo-alba, sporis expulsis nivea. 

 Stipes ramosus vel simplex, stramineus vel rufescens, rigidus 

 vel flaccidus, decumbens. Columclla nuUa. Sporac 5—20 

 conglobatae, episporio crassiusculo, spinuloso, violascentc 

 atrae vel atrae, diam. 10—12 mmm. 



