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nitida. Stipes hypothallo tuseesccnti insidens, subulatus, ni- 

 tidus, äter, in columellam cylindraceam, apice trunoatam, 

 diinidium sporangium aeqvantem, prolongatus. Flocci capil- 

 litii mox varie furcati, reticulum dcnsuni formantes, (sporis 

 dispersis) albido. Sporae sphaeroideae, spinulosae, fuscae, 

 s. m. fuscidulae, diam. 10 mmm. 



Syn. Stemonitis violacea Fr. Syst. myc. III, p. 1 62. 



Hab. Supra corticera Betulae in par. Messuby et Tam- 

 mela legimus. Stipes sporangium longitudine vulgo aeqvans. 



3. L. columbina (Pers.) Rostaf. Sluzowc. p. 203. 

 fig. 61. 



Sporangia stipitata, sphaeroidea vel obovoidea, metal- 

 lica, nitida, coeruleo-vel violaceo-vel viridi-aenea, minuta. 

 Stipes sursum attenuatus vel subaeqvalis, rugulosus, äter 

 vel purpureus, nitidulus, longit. 1 mm. vel ultra, inträ spo- 

 rangium in columellam cylindraceam apiceqve conoideo-at- 

 tenuatam, medium attingentem vel longiorem, porrectus. 

 Flocci capillitii e columella enati, subfusci. Sporae sphae- 

 roideae vel subellipsoideae, spinulosae, atrofuscae, diam. 12 

 — 15 mmm. 



Syn. Mucor violaceus Leers Flor. Herb. n:o 1128. Trichia 

 violacea Hoffm. Veg. crypt. p. 5, t. 11, f. 1. 1'hysarum columbi- 

 iwiii Pers. Obs. myc I, p. 5 et Syn. Fung. p. 173. Ph. bryophi- 

 lum Fr. Syst. myc. III, p. 135. Stemonitis elegantula Kårst. in 

 Not. Sällsk. pro Faun. et Flor. IX, p. 354. 



Hab. In ligno pineo, rarissime in muscis, per Fenniam 

 et Lapponiam (Kola: ipse) raro obvia. 



4. L. arcyrioides (Somm.) Rostaf. Sluzowc. p. 206. 



Sporangia stipitata, sphaeroidea vel ellipsoidea, viola- 

 cea vel chalybea, metallica, nitens. Stipes hypothallo insi- 

 dens, brevissimus vel 1 mm. altus, fusco-ater, nitens, spo- 



