Chondrioderma. 213 



3 4 jut at base, slightly attenuated upwards, forked, pale brown 

 or colourless; spores globose, smooth, dingy violet, 10 13 i*. 

 diameter. 



Chondrioderma difforme, Host., Mon., p. 177, figs. 137, 164, 

 165 ; Cooke, Myx. Brit., p. 39, figs. 137, 164, 165 ; Sacc., Syll., 

 1282; Raunk., 83. 



Chondrioderma Cubense (B. and C.), Host., Mon. Append., 

 .p. 19 ; Diderma Cubense, B. and C., Journ. Linn. Soc., v. x., 

 p. 347. 



Exsicc. Lib., PL Crypt. Ard., Fasc. III., 276 (as Diderma 

 liceoides) ; Fckl, Fung. Rhen., 2300 (as Diderma liceoides) ; 

 Rabh., F. Eur., 1423 (as Didymium Libertianum, De Bary); 

 Rab.-Wint., Fung. Eur., 3172; Roum., Fung. Gall., 1311 and 

 2956; Rab., Herb. Myc., 456; Roum., Fung. Gall, 243 (as 

 Diderma cand^d^^m) ; Sydow, Myc. March., 1497 ; Desm., Cr. 

 Fr., Ser. I., 370 (as Diderma difforme'); Fuckel, Fung. Rhen., 

 1464 (as Leocarpus calcareus, Link) ; Ellis, N. Amer. Fung., 

 1217; not typical, the spores smaller than in type, and the 

 inner wall bright grey. 



On twigs, leaves, &c. Britain (Elmsted, Kew, Northampton, 

 Rudloe, Twy cross, Carlisle, Scarboro', Linlithgow, Appin, N. B.) ; 

 France ; Germany ; Switzerland ; U. States ; India ; Australia. 



Sporangia 1 2 mm. across when circular, hemispherical in 

 section. 



(Rostafinski's Synonyms.) 



Eeticularia angulata, Pers. in Gmel., p. 1472 (1791). 

 Diderma difforme, Pers. Disp., p. 9 (1797); Icon. Pict., t. 12, 



f. 35 ; Nees, f. 105. 

 Licea caesia, Schum. Saell., 1500 (1803). 

 Physarum difforme, Link, Diss., i., 27 (1809). 

 Amphisporium versicolor, Fr., Gast., 19 (1818). 

 Licea alba, Nees, in Kze., Myk., Heft., ii., 66 (1823). 

 Lyeogala minutum, Grev., S. C. Fl., t. 40 (1823). 

 Reticu laria pusilla, Fr., Orb. Vet., i., 147 (1825). 

 Diderma cyancscens, Fr., S. M., iii., 109 (1829); Eng. Fl., v., 



p. 312; Cooke, Hdbk., No. 1115. 



