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31. L. ACl'MiNATi'M, I^osc. Peridiuiii globose, then 

 ovoid, with a mycelium of fine white fibers. Cortex a white 

 soft delicate continuous coat, dr}-in,L; u]) into a thin furfura- 

 ceous persistent layer on the surface of the inner peridium. 

 Subgleba obsolete ; mass of spores and capillitium jiale-oliva- 

 ceous, then dirty gray ; threads simple, hyaline, two to three 

 times as thick as the spores; spores globose, even, 3 mic. in 

 diameter. Plate II, Fig. 8. 



Growing on the mosses of old logs and about the base of 

 living trees. New York, Peck : North Carolina, Curtis : South 

 Carolina, Rcvencl, Atkinson : Ohio, Moroan ; Costa Rica, 

 Oersted. Peridium %-% of an inch in height. The perid- 

 ium is at first globose, the ovoid form appears with the forma- 

 tion of the mouth ; both forms may be seen on the same 

 patch of moss. This species was first described under this 

 name in the Novae vSymbolae of P'ries ; it next appears under 

 the same name in Curtis's Catalogue, but incorrectly ascribed 

 to B. & C. L. ca/vptiaefo)nu\ Berk, and L. /cpios/iin, B. & Ra\-., 

 are synonyms of this. 



