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Badhamia foliicola List. Dr. E. Jahn, of Berlin, has sent me 

 a specimen of this species gathered at Jnngfernheide, near Berlin, 

 in July, 1900. He describes it as frequently appearing after heavy 

 rains with orange plasmodium on grass and dead leaves in woods. 

 It corresponds in all respects with the abundant growths in Wan- 

 stead Park in the autumns of 1896 and 1898, and at Lyme Regis in 

 1897, already recorded (Journ. Bot. 1899, 145). In September, 

 1900, Mr. James Saunders found B. fuliicola among straw in a 

 stack-yard at Chaul End, near Luton; it was limited in quantity, 

 but is identical in character with the original type. The species 

 has now been obtained from four localities. 



Badhamia ovispora Racib. Miss Hibbert-Ware adds another 

 station for the occurrence of this Badhamia ; it appeared in May, 

 1900, in considerable quantity on stable-manure in a cucumber- 

 house at St. Margaret's School, Bushey, Herts. Mr. Saunders 

 gathered it plentifully in September, 1899, in a stack-yard at Stops- 

 ley, near Luton, where it had been obtained in July, 1897, as before 

 recorded (Journ. Bot. 1897, 354; 1898, 161). 



Badhamia lilaoina Rost. As the habitat of this species is given 

 by most authorities as being on rotten wood and bark, it may be 

 interesting to record the localities from which the gatherings that 

 have come under my notice were obtained. In September, 1891, 

 Miss G. Lister came upon a mass of bright yellow plasmodium on 

 Sphagnum in a wide moor at Pilraoor, Yorkshire ; the moss was 

 carefully gathered and placed in a basket, in which it was carried 

 to London next day ; on reaching home, a perfect development of 

 Badhamia iilarina sporangia, many hundreds in number, had 

 taken place. In August, 1896, Mr. Saunders found bright yellow 

 Plasmodium on Sphagnum in a swampy wood at Flitwick, Beds ; 

 perfectly formed sporangia witli characteristic capillitium and spores 

 of B. lilacina were produced from this growth. In September, 1899, 

 some members of my family were travelling in Scotland, and noticed 

 yellow Plasmodium on Sphagnum on an open moor near Arisaig ; 

 careful protection was used, resulting in the formation of typical 

 sporangia of the species. There is a specimen of B. lilacina in 

 Greville's herbarium at Edinburgh, but we have no other record 

 of this species having been collected in Britain previous to the 

 Pilmoor gathering. 



Physarum calidris List. In August, 1900, I received from Mr. 

 D. MacAlpine, of the Department of Agriculture, Melbourne, 

 Victoria, a specimen of P. calidris found on dead plum-leaves. 

 I am not aware that it has before been recorded from Australia. 

 The capillitium consists of a network of broad bands charged with 

 lime, associated with numerous slender threads ; the stalks are 

 translucent, of the usual red-brown colour. 



Physarum contextum Bost. Mr. Cran gathered this species 

 near Rhynie in Oct. 1900. It is the orange-coloured form marked 

 in De Bary's collection at Strassburg " var. splendens." The upper 

 sporangium-wall is brittle, and there are vitreous flakes intermixed 



