Trichia.l FUNGI. 319 



glaucous as well as the sporidia. Fl. Dan. t, 1975. /. 1. Fr. 



Syst. Myc. v. 3. p. 180. — Trichia clnerea, Bull. t. All. f. 3. 



Clathrus recutitus, Liim.Suec. n. 1264. 



On wood. Appin. Captain Carmichael. 



4. A. nutansy Bull, {flaccid Arcyria) ; crowded peridia cylin- 

 drical, capillitium very long nodding dirty- yellow as well as 

 the sporidia. Fr. Sijst. Myc. v. 3. ;;. 180. — Trichia nutans, 

 Bull. t. 502. f. 3. JDiclis. 3. p. 23. With. v. 4. p. 366. Sou;. 

 t. 260. Furt. V. 2 ^ ^. n. 1116. t. 24. f. 1. Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 

 45. — Arcyria flava, Grev. Sc. Or. Fl. t. 309. 



On rotten -wood. Not common. — Varying much in the degree of 

 brightness of the sporidia. 



93. Trichia. Hall. Trichia. 



Peridiwn simple, persistent, bursting irregularly. Capilli- 

 tium densely interwoven, elastic. — Name, ^^/J, a hair. 



1. T. pyriformis, HofFm. {pear-shaped Trichia); suhfasci- 

 culate, peridia turbinate pyriform black-red, steins somewhat 

 elongated tawny, capillitium and sporidia safFron-tawny. Hoffm, 

 Cr. 2. t. I. f. 1. Fr, Syst. Myc. v. 3. p. 184.— T. Botiytis, 

 u. Pcrs. Sy7i. p. 176. Ic. Pict. t. 12. /. 1, 2.—SphcErocarpus 



fragilis, Soio. t. 279. Part. v. 8. p. 310. t. 24. f. 3. 



On rotten stumps. Not uncommon, especially in Scotland Peri- 



dium generally of a beautiful red inclining to black; occasionally, how- 

 ever, there is but a very slight ruddy tinge. The peridia arc sometimes 

 scattered. 



2. T. seroiiua, Schrad. (late Trichia) ; scattered, peridium 

 obovate bay even, capillitium and sporidia yellowish. Schrad. 

 Jour. Bat. 1799. 2. t. 3. /. 2. {fide Fr.) Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 3. 

 p. 184. 



On rotten wood. Appin. Capt. Carmichael. — 1 rely entirely on M. 

 Klotzsch for the correct determination of the present species, as 1 have 

 no op[)ortunity of inspecting the figures quoted by Fries. On the same 

 piece of wood is a single specimen o( 2'richia rubiformis, Pers. ; but 

 as it appears highly probable from its being [)!acecl in the Herbarium 

 with foreign specimens of tliat |)lant, that it has been attached by acci- 

 dent, I do not venture to record the species as British. 



3. T.fdllax, Pers. {irrcr/ular Trichia); gregarious, peridiinu 

 turbinate at first vermilion then clay-coloured, below plaited 

 as well as the stem, capillitium and sporidia dusky ochre. 

 Pers. Syn. p. 177. 3fofiy. ^)- Nest. n. 578. Grev. FL Ed. p. 

 455. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 3. p. 185. — T. decipiens, Pers. Obs. 1. 

 t. 3./. 4, 5. — Sphccrocarpus ficoidtSy Bull. t. 411. f. 3. — Trichia 



fulra, Pint. V. 3. n. 1534. 



On rotten wood. Not common. — Sowerbv's T. frafjdis, usually 

 quotetl here, from its bright red peridium when mature and highly 

 coloured sjtoridia, appears to me more probably a scattcreil form of 

 T. pyrifonnis. Tlie i)resent species when young is of a bcautit'ul ver- 

 milion red, which when ilricd prematurely it sometimes retains, though 



