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Chondrioderma Sauteri, Rost. h*lt 



Sporangia sessile, irregularly ellipsoid, depressed, Hood-red, 

 shining; inner wall whitish-brown, dull; columella absent, 

 threads of the capillitium fasciculate but not forming a net; 

 spores pale violet, verruculosc, 8 12 fj. diameter. 



Chondrioderma Sauteri, Host., Mon., p. 181 ; Sacc., Syll., 1281. 



Tyrol. 



There is some difficulty in ascertaining the exact meaning 

 of the colour of the sporangium as given by Rostafinski, who 

 calls it " kawowo-mleczne." It is translated in Saccardo's 

 Sylloge as " sanguineo-lacteis." 



Chondrioderma vaccinum, Rost. 



Sessile, adnate, orbicular, outer wall thick, adnate, inner very 

 thin, evanescent; columella absent; threads of capillitium 

 hyaline, delicate; spores pale brownish-violet, 10 11 fj. diameter, 

 minutely warted. 



Chondrioderma vaccinum, Rost., Mon., p. 180 ; Sacc., Syll., 

 no. 1275. 



Diderma vaccinum, Dur. et Mont., Fl. Alg., p. 407, t. 22 bis., 

 f. 1 ; Mont., Syll., n. 1071. 



(Type in Herb. Mus., Paris.) 



On fallen branches of Opuntia. Algeria. 



Externally bearing a close resemblance to Chondrioderma 

 testaceum, but easily recognized by the absence of a columella ; 

 Chondrioderma sublateritium is separated from the present species 

 in having the upper surface of the sporangium broadly um- 

 bilicate, and in the presence of a columella. 



Chondrioderma simplex, Schroeter. thic 



Sporangia sphaeroid, slightly flattened, scattered, simple, 

 rigid, fragile, bright chestnut ; columella absent ; tubes of capil- 

 litium radiating, repeatedly dichotomous, violet ; spores smooth, 

 bright violet, 7 9 n diameter. 



Schroeter, Kr. Fl. Schles. Pilze, p. 123; Sacc., Syll., 1272. 



On dead trunks. Silesia. 



