Badhamia 21 



7. Badhamia nitens Berk. Trans. Linn. Soc. 21: 153. 1853. 



Plasmodium yellow (Lister). Sporangia gregarious or clus- 

 tered, sessile, 0.5 to 1 mm. diam., subglobose, or forming short 

 plasmodiocarps, orange-yellow or greenish, rugose; sporangial 

 wall membranous, with included clusters of yellow lime-granules. 

 Capiilitium a coarse network of rugged strands with yellow lime- 

 granules. Spores adherent in small, close clusters, purplish 

 brown, spinulose with the spines coarser on the outer third, 

 10-12 fj. diam. 



Var. reticulata (Berk. & Br.) G. Lister, Trans. Brit. Myc. Soc. 5: 71. 1915. 

 Didymium reticulatum Berk, & Br. Jour. Linn. Soc. 15: 83. 1876. 



Sporangia forming simple or branched plasmodiocarps; spores 

 often less strongly crowned with spines, and less closely clustered. 



Type locality: England. 



Habitat: On dead wood and mosses. 



Distribution: *California, Colorado, *Michigan, *Montana, 

 Oregon, *West Indies; var. reticulata, *Iowa, *West Indies. 



Illustration: Lister, Mycetozoa ed. 3. pi. 5. 



The clustered spores, and yellow lime, are the distinguishing 

 characters of this species. It is very rare in North America. 



8. Badhamia versicolor Lister, Jour. Bot. 39: 81. 1901. (N. Y. 

 B. G. nos. 10629, 10630, 10631, authentic material.) 



Plasmodium hyaline (Lister). Sporangia sessile, scattered or 

 in small clusters, subglobose, 0.3 to 0.6 mm. diam., grayish white, 

 rugulose; sporangial wall with scanty deposits of lime, usually in 

 clusters. Capiilitium a network of broad or narrow strands 

 charged with white or apricot-colored lime-granules. Spores in 

 clusters up to 40, pale purplish brown, spinulose on the outer 

 surface but nearly smooth elsewhere, globose when swollen, 10- 

 12 /x diam. 



Type locality: Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 



Habitat: On dead bark. 



Distribution: Colorado, *Ontario. 



Illustration: Lister, Mycetozoa ed. 3. pi. 6. 



The description applies to various collections from Colorado 

 by Bethel, Sturgis, and Smith. The apricot-colored capiilitium, 

 mentioned by Lister in the original description as present in 



