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Var. B. aurea C. 



Sporangia densely coespitose, sub-globose or obovate, shining golden 

 yellow (resembling T. chrysosperma, but of .a brighter, deeper yellow). 

 Mass of spores and capilliiium of a deeper color, nearly orange. Elaters 

 cylindrical, obtuse at the ends, terminating in a smooth point about as 

 long as the diameter of the elater. Spirals three to four, with intervening 

 depressions rather wider, scarcely prominent. Spores globose, minutely 

 but thickly spinulose, •013 mm - diam. Cooke, Brit. Myx., tig. 258. 



On rotten wood. Portland, Maine (Fuller). 



126. Trichia abrupta Cooke. 



Sporangia clustered, globose or ovate, sessile on a delicate hypothallus, 

 ochrey brown, or pale bay brown. Mass of spores and capillitium of 

 nearly the same color. Elaters cylindrical, terminating in obtuse ends, 

 with one, two, or three diverging acute spines as long as the diameter of 

 the elaters. Spirals about four, with rather broader intervening depres- 

 sions. Capillitium and spores dull yellow under transmitted light. Spores 

 globose, delicately wartcd, -012 mm . diam. Cooke, Brit. Myx ,fi<j. 256. 



On rotten wood. Portland, Maine (Fuller). 



127. Trichia ciirysosperma Bull. Curt., Cat., pp. 113. 



Trichia nitens Pers., Obs., i, 62. Schw., Am. Bor., 2328. 

 Trichia turbinata.With., Ait., iv, ISO. Curt., Cat., p. 113. 

 Trichia ovata Pers., Obs., ii, 35. Schw., Am. Bor., No. 2326. 

 Spores -01— -012, rarely -015 mra . 

 On wood and sticks. Car. (Curt., Schw.) ; Maine (E. C. B.) ; California 

 (Harkness) ; Boston (Farlow) ; N. England (Russell) ; N. York (Peck) ; 

 Penn. (Schw.). 



INCERT^J SEDIS. 



128. Trichia angulata Schw., Am. Bor., 2333. 



Licea angulata Fries, S. V. S. 

 Inside fallen bark of Fraxinus. Bethlehem (Schw.). 



129. Trichia miniata Schw., Am. Bor., 2322. 

 On bark. Bethlehem (Schw.). 



130. Trichia punctulata Schw., Am. Bor., 2330. 

 On carious wood. Bethlehem (Schw.). 



131. Trichia difformis Schw., Am. Bor., 2334. 

 On rotten wood of Juglans niyva. Bethlehem (Schw.). 



