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angium where it divides into the primary branches of the 

 capillitium. These repeatedly divide and anastomose to form 

 a crisped net of purple brown threads. Free ends short. 

 Spores pale purplish grey by transmitted light, nearly smooth, 

 C 7 /i in diameter. 



O'n decaying Abies balsamea, not rare. 



Order III. 

 CRIBKAEIACE^E. 



This order is characterized by the entire absence of a 

 capillitium and by the color of the spores which are either 

 pallid or some shade of brown without any violet tint. In the 

 less highly developed forms the fructifications are plasmodio- 

 carpous or aethaloid ; in the higher forms they consist of distinct 

 sporangia. In these, too, the peridium becomes locally thickened 

 and at maturity the unthickened portions break away, leaving 

 the modified portions in the form of a closed net of flat bands 

 or plates. 



Family, LICE^E. 



Fructification plasmodiocarpous. 



The family is represented in my collections by a single 

 species. 



Genus, Licea (Schrader) Rost. 



The generic characteristics are well exemplified by 

 19. Licea varidbillis Schrader. Fructification plasmodio- 

 carpous, irregular, annulate, repent, varying greatly in size, 

 dark red brown in color. The peridium is double, the outer 

 opaque, filled with particles of refuse matter ; the inner smooth, 

 delicate, translucent. Spores pale yellowish by transmitted 

 light, large, strongly spinulose, 13 14/u, in diameter. 

 On decaying Pinus strobus, not common. 



Family, TUBIFERE^E. 



Fructification aethaloid, the sporangia tubular, seated on a 

 v\cll dr-vclnpcd livpothallus, closely appressed, numerous and in 



