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MrCOETNl. 



Gen. 268. 



HYDROPHORA, Tode. 



Threads erect, tubular, sparingly articu- 

 late, equal above, terminated by a vesicle 

 which is at first watery and crystalline, 

 then turbid, and at length indurated, and 

 persistent from the conglomeration of the 

 spores. — Berk. Outl. p. 407. Eng. Fl. v. p. 

 331. {Fig. 302.J 



1896. 



Tode. 



Hydrophora stexcoxea. 



" Dung Hydrophora." 



Fleecy ; flocci simple, very long, fuga- 

 cious, white, sporangia spherical yellow, at 

 length black. — Fr. S.M. iii, p. 314. Eng. 

 Fl. Y. p. 331. Mucor stercoreus, Grev. Fl. 

 Ed. p. 448. Corda. Icon. vi,/. 31 ? FcJcl. exs. no. 51. 



On dung. 



Distinguished by the crystallinej watery, not membranous, and dehiscent 

 sporangium, and the indurated mass of sporidia not falling away in water. 



Fig. 302. 



Gen. 269. 



ENDODROMZA, Berk. 



Vesicle very delicate, perforated by 

 the stem, filled with delicate, branched, 

 radiating threads and globose spores, 

 with a nucleus endowed with active 

 motion. — Berk. Outl. p. AOS.Hook.Journ. 

 ui.p.ld. {Fig. 303.) 



Fig. 303. 



1897. Endodxomia vitxea. Berk " Glassy Endodromia." 



Stem straight, slightly attenuated upwards, penetrating the 

 sporangium ; sjDorangium delicate, soon breaking up, filled with 

 globose, colourless sporidia, and radiating, branched threads ; 

 sporidia with a globose nucleus. — Bei^k. Hook. Journ. 1841, iii. t. 

 1,/. C. 



On fallen branches, especially ash. 



Very minute, scarcely to be distinguished without the aid of a high mag- 

 nifying power. Within each sporidium is a single globose nucleus, which 

 moves about with great activity. — M.J .B, {.Fig. 303 ) 



