Cribraria. 59 



Gregarious, 1'5 2 mm. high, resembling superficially G. 

 intricata, but distinguished by the nodes of the network being 

 almost circular in outline, and without the prominent angles 

 from which the delicate strands spring in the last-named 

 species. 



Cribraria intricata, Schrad. (f. 11 13). 



Sporangia globose, erect, stipitate, ochraceous brown, calyculus 

 occupying half the sporangium, margin dentate, nodes of network 

 numerous, containing granules, coloured, irregularly angular, 

 witli several large, pointed, marginal projections, connected by 

 very delicate strands, often arranged in more or less parallel 

 series; stem erect, attenuated upwards, brown, with usually a 

 purple tinge ; spores pale, globose, wall thick, smooth, 5 7 /x 

 diameter. 



Cribraria intricata, Schrad., Nov. PI. Gen., p. 7, t. iii., f. 1 ; 

 Rost., Hon., p. 237, fig. 27 ; Cooke, Brit. Myx., p. 59, f. 27 ; 

 Raunk., p. 50, t. ii., f. 7; Sacc., SylL, n. 1415. 



On rotten wood, especially pine. Britain (Lyndhurst, Wey- 

 bridge, Carlisle, Glamis, N. B.) ; Germany ; Sweden ; United 

 States. 



Gregarious or crowded, 2'5 3 mm. high; distinguished 

 amongst species with a large, hemispherical calyculus, by the 

 large, angular, irregularly stellate nodes of the network being 

 connected by slender bands, which are often arranged in 

 parallel pairs. 



(Rostafinski's Synonym.) 



Cribraria intricata, Schrad., Nov. PI. Gen., p. 7, t. iii., f. 1 

 (1797). 



Cribraria minima, B. and C. 



Sporangia globose, cernuous, stipitate, dusky ochraceous, 

 calyculus hemispherical, margin irregularly toothed, thickened 

 ribs rudimentary; nodes of network numerous, irregularly 

 stellate, coloured, not containing granules; stem elongated, 

 attenuated upwards, brownish; spores globose, almost colour- 

 less, smooth, 5 7 > diameter. 



