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MYXOGASTEES. 



1101. 



JEthalium septicum. Fr, " "Wood ^thaliiim" 



Variously coloured, effused, external bark yellow, thin, de- 

 ciduous ; internal mass compact, black. — Eng. Fl. v. p. 309. 

 Fuligo violacea^ Pers. Ic. Pict. t. i.-, ]). 1. Pers. Syn. p. 161. 

 Bisch.f. 3631. Schuzl. 1. 15,/. 57-58. Kl. exs. no. 1027. 



In woods, on various substances. [United States.] 



{Fiff. 121.) 



1102. JEthalium vaporarium. Fr. " Stove Ji^thalium." 



Yellow, effused, in irregular masses ; spores at length black. 

 ^Pers. Syn.p. 161. Nee8.L 8,/. 92. SdKP.ff. 1. 192. Jacq. Misc. 

 V. t. 8. Mich. t. 96,/. 2. Rahh.F.E. no. 81. Fckl. exs.no. 1472. 

 Bolt.t. 134. Bull. t. 380,/ 1, t. 424. Sow. t. 399, / 1. Grev. t. 

 272. Gard. Chron. (1860), p. 409, with Jig. Eng. Fl. v. p. 309 



In stoves, on bark. [United States.] 



This species is always yellow, and is a great nuisance in hot-houses. The 

 two species have long been confounded together, but Fries and Mr. Berkeley 

 appear to be of opinion now that they are distinct, although the specific dis- 

 tinctions have not been well defined. 



Gen. 77. 



SFUMARIA, Fr. 



Peridium indeterminate, simple, 

 crustaceous, tlocculoso-cellular. Spores 

 surrounded by membranaceous, as- 

 cending, often sinuous folds. — Berk. 

 Outl.p.306. Eng.Fl.Y.p.SOd. 



{Fig. 122.) 



Fig. 122. 

 1103. Spumaria alba. D.C. ** White Spumaria." 



Effused, whitish, the internal plicate membrane branched in a 

 honi-like manner. — Fr. S.M. iii.p. 95. Bot. Zeit. 1848, t. 5, / 1- 

 Q. Fckl.exs.no.U71. Batt.t. AO,f. G.II. Bull. t. 326. Nees.f. 

 94. Grev. t. 267. Fl. Dan. 1. 1978, / 1. £"72^. Fl. i.p. 310. Sow. 

 t. 280. Bisch. f. 3630. 



