EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIII. 



Clioiidiioihriua ^ioiiforiiu\ Bull. p. 149. 

 Fig. I. Sporangia of various age.s X i.S- 

 Fig. la. Spore of the same species X 1000. 

 Fig. \b. A capillitial thread X 1000. 



'J'iliiiadoc/ie oyrocrp/nila, (Mont.) Rost., p. 152. 

 Fig. 2. The sporangia X 10. 

 Fig. 2a. Spores x 7.S0 

 Fig. 2l>. Capillitiuni X 750. 



Lrocdipii.'i fnroilis, Dicks., p. 153. 

 Fig. 3. Sporangia X '''• 



Fig. 3«. A group of sporangia, natural size, to show habit. 

 Fig. 3/^. A single spore X iSoo. 



P/iyari'llii iiiii-dbilis, Pk. ( Tilmadorlic obloiioa, B. and C), p. I 57. 

 Fig. 4. A single sporangium X S. 

 Figs. j^(( and 4/'. Capillitium and spore respectively X 900. 



Cratcriiim Iciicoccphaluin, Pers., p. 144. 

 Fig- .^- Sporangia, the first closed X 'O. 



P/iy.<uriiin siviiosiiin. Bull., p. 157. 

 Fig. 6. Plasmodiocarp, natural size; Gd, X 4- 



I'liy-^drnm diliiiari, Rost., p. 155 

 Fig. 7. Groups of sporangia X 3 and by 8. 

 Fig. -](!. Spores X 750- 



A drawing illustrative of the capillitium of this species was by acci- 

 dent unfortunately omitted. 



l^ihuailoylic z'lritfis, Gmel., p. 152. 

 Fig. S. A suigle sporangium X 25; Sa, reverse. 

 Fig. Sd. The same after spore-dispersal. 

 Fig. Sf. Capillitium X 750. 



