j. saunders notes on the mycetozoa. 71 



Mycetozoa 01' Herts, Beds, and Bucks, 



The species included in the following lists have all been found 

 by myself or my son Edgar, except those marked C. C, which were 

 collected by Mr. C. Crouch. An asterisk is prefixed to the species 

 now fij'st recorded for Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire."^* All the 

 species from Buckinghamshire were collected in Ivinghoe "Woods, 

 and all are new county records. They include one species new to 

 Europe — Crihraria violacea — which is figured on Plate IV. 



Hertfordshire. 



'^Physarum sinuosum (Bull) Rest. Colne. — Caddington. 

 *P. citrinum, Schum. Lea. — Welwyn. 



P. comjjressum, A. & S. Lea. — Knebworth ; C. C. 



Crater ium vulgare, Ditm. Colne. — Redbourn. 



Leocarpus frag ills (Dicks.) Rost. Lea. — Sherrards Wood, Welwyn. 

 ^Fuligo septica (Link) Gmel. Colne. — Kensworth. Lea. — 

 Sherrards Wood, Welwyn. 



Badhamia panicea (Fr.) Rost. Colne. — Kcnsworth. 



Didymmm squamulosum (A. & S.) Fr. Colne. — Redboum. 

 *D. clancs (A. & S.) Rost. Lea.— Welwyn. 



Chondrioderma dijforme (Pers.) Rost. Colne. — Zouches Farm, 

 near Kens worth. Gibraltar, near Redboum. 



Comatricha Friesiana (De Bary) Rost. Colne. — Pepperstock. 

 *"C. pidchella (Bab.) Rost. Colne. — Ashridge. 

 *Spumaria alba (Ball) DC. Lea. — Near the Fulling Mills, 

 Welwyn (on nettles). 



Stemonifis fusca, Roth., *forma rufescens. Colne. — Redbourn. 



Enerthenema papiUatum (Pers.) Rost. Colne. — Caddington. 

 ^Retkularia hjcoperdon^ Bull. Ouse. — Lilley Hoo. 



Trichia frag His (Sow.) Rost. Colne. — Brickct Wood. 



T. varia, Pers. Lea. — Sherrards Wood, Welwyn. 



T. contorta (Ditm.) Rost, var. inco7ispicua. Colne. — Ashridge. 



T. affinis, De Bary. Lea. — Wheathampstead. Sherrards Wood. 



T. JacJcii, Rost. Colne. — Flamstead. 



Hemiarcyria clavata (Pers.) Rost. Lea. — Sherrards Wood. 



Arcyria cinerea (Bull) Schum. Colne. — Caddington. Lea. — 

 Sherrards Wood, Welwyn. 



A. incarnafa, Pers. Lea. — Sherrards Wood. Ashridge. 

 ^Lycogala epidendrum (Buxb.) Fr. Lea. — Sherrards Wood. 



Bedfordshire. 



^Phjsarum cinereum (Batsch) Pers. — Kitchen End ; C. C. Flitwick. 

 P. viride, Pers, { = Tilinadoche nmtahilis, Rost). — Mead Hook; 

 C. G. Limbury. Luton Hoo. 

 ^'P. contextum, Pers. — Flitwick; C. C. 

 *P. sinuosum (Bull) Rost. — Flitwick. Caddington. 

 *P. citrinum, Schum. — Caddington. 



* For previous lists for these counties see 'Trans. Herts Nat. Hist. See.,' Vol. 

 VII, pp. 144-146. 



