THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 3OI 



Tilmadoche nutans, (Pers.) Rost. (Physarum nutans, Pers.) 



Common on moist dead wood not too far gone. 

 T. mutabilis, Rost. (Physarum vivide, Pers.) Lee Wood — J.N. 

 Physarum leucophseum, Fr. (P. nutans, var. leucopkaum, 



Lister, Myc.) On decaying wood in stack-garth, Hoyle 



House, Lightcliffe, 1892 ! 

 P. sinuosum, (Bull.) Rost. (P. bivalve, Pers.) On dead leaves, 



Mdgh., 1892— J.N. 

 Fuligo varians, Somm. (F. septica, Gmel.) Flowers-of-tan. 



" Woodhouse Wood near Hx., 1782 " — Bolton, Tab. 134. 



Common on rotten wood, tan, etc. Records many. 

 Craterium confusum, Mass. (C. pedunculatum, Trent.) On 



dead leaves, bark, etc., also swarms on to living plants, 



H. Gr., Cr. Dm, Mdgh., El. Pk. Wd.— J.N. \ 



C. leucocephalum, (Pers.) Ditm. On leaves, El. Pk. Wd. ! 

 Leocarpus fragilis, (Dicks.) Rost. (L. vevnicosus, Link). "On 



an Hair Grass, Hx." — Bolton, unpublished Tab. 212, 

 Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Collection. Almost always 

 swarms up grass, and other stems, twigs, etc., Sun W r d., 

 Ca. Wd., Cr. Va., H. Gr., Pck. Wd., etc.— J.N. ! I 



Chondrioderma difforme, (Pers.) Rost. (Didymium diffonne, 

 Duby.) El. Hall Wd. ; Shibden ; Pck. Wd. 



Diacha^a leucopoda, (Bull.) Rost. (D. elegans, Fr.) On leaves 

 of grass, etc, Pck. Wd., 1894 — J-N. 



DIDYMIACEiE, 



Didymium farinaceum, Schrad. Common on bark, leaves, 

 wood, etc., in moist shady places. 



D. squamulosum, Fr. Common on dead leaves, chiefly 



sycamore, El. Pk. Wd. ; Bn. CI. ; Cr. Dn., Hdc, etc. 

 Var. costatum, Mass. Upper Goat House CI., Rishworth ! 

 Var. virgineum, Mass. El. Pk. Wd. ; Pck. Wd. 

 D. Tussilaginis, Mass. On living leaves of colts' foot, Mdgh. 



and Cat-holes CL—J.N.\ 



STEMONITACE^. 



Stemonitis fusca, Roth. Not uncommon on rotting wood, 



Bn. CL— C. E. Moss. N.D.Wd.! Hdc, and Pck. Wd. 

 S. ferruginea, Ehr. " Grows in the hollows of old decaying 



stocks and roots of trees about Hx., 1789" — Bolton, 



Tab. 93, f. 1. 

 S. Friesiana, De By. (Comatricha obtusata, Preuss.) Common 



on moist dead wood. Records many. 

 Enerthenema elegans, Bowm. On wood, El. Pk. Wd. ! 



