316 FETCH : 



bearing a minute hyaline fungus (SpJiceronema ?), with hyahne 

 spherical spores. 



756. D.cinereum,'Fx. (Nos. 55, 135). On various decaying 

 substances. Nov., 1867. Spores "0005 in diameter. No. 135 

 is a very gregarious form, with larger spores, "0006. Substratum 

 farinaceous. 



55 is Physarum compressum, ex in British Museum 419 : it is 

 Physarum compressum, oc and Physarum nicaraguense in Kew 

 1244, where it is named Physarum lividum var. conglohatum by 

 Rostafinski : no specimen of 55 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



135 is Physarum nicaraguense and also Physarum didertnoides, 

 Rost. , in British Museum 420, and is Physarum didermoides in 

 British Museum 421 ; it is Physarum nicaraguense and Physarum 

 didermoides in Herb. Peradeniya. 



757. D. croceofljavum, B. & Br. Gregarium, sessile, extus 

 flavum farinaceuni, intus croceum ; floccis flavis ; sporis 

 fulvis (No. 143). On dead leaves, &c. Nov., 1867. Spores 

 •00045 in diameter. A very pretty species, easily breaking 

 up, and leaving behind a saffron cup dotted with the yellow 

 flocci. 



143 is Physarum incequale. Peck. , in Kew 1268, 1269, British 

 Museum 414, and Herb. Peradeniya. 



758. Angioridium sinuosum, Grev. (No. 129). On dead 

 bark. Nov., 1867. Spores -0005 in diameter. Peridium 

 reticidated. 



129 is Physarum bivalve, Pers.,inKew 1349, British MiLseum 

 451, and Herb. Peradeniya. 



759. Physarum nutans, P. (No. 25). On various decaying 

 substances. Nov., 1867. y aureum (Nos. 73, 574). On 

 decayed Polypori, &c. Dolosbage, May, 1868. 



25 is Physarwn nicaraguense, and is marked by Massee Tilmn- 

 doche echinospora, in Kew 1407. 



73 is Physarum viride, Pers., in Kew 1420, and in Herb. 

 Peradeniya. 



760. P. roseum, B. & Br. Stipite gracili, peridio globoso, 

 capillitio sporisque roseis (No. 1037). On dead bark, &c. 

 Peradeniya, Jan., 1860. Stem attenuated upwards: spores 

 •00025 in diameter. Near P. pulcherrimmn, which, however, 



