124 A Mono(jf?Yfph of the Myxogastres. 



containing numerous cell-like aggregations of protoplasm, while 

 the inner portion gives origin to the tubes of the capiUitium 

 which originate from the cell-like masses of protoplasm. 



Rostafinski's generic diagnosis of JDcrmodium is altogether 

 misleading, inasmuch as it implies that we are dealing with a 

 single sporangium, whereas in Rostafinski's own specimens the 

 plasmodiocarp structure is distinct. Furthermore it is very 

 doubtful as to whether the present species is anything more 

 than Lycogala epidcndrum. It is certain that Lycogala atropur- 

 picoxum, B, and Br., and Lycogala nitidum, B. and Br., referred 

 to the present species by Rostafinski, both belong to Lycogala 

 epideiidrum. 



On rotten wood. Sweden ; Germany ; Ceylon. 



(Rostafinski's Synonyms.) 



Lycogala conica, Pers., Syn., 159 (1801). 

 Lycogala conicum^ Fr., S. M., iii., 82 (1829). 

 Lycogala atroj^uriyurettm^ B. and Br., Ceylon Fungi, II., 

 n. 735. 



Lycogalc nitidum, B. and Br., Ceylon Fungi, II., n. 734. 



Lycogala flavo-fuscum, Rest. (fig. 123). 



Plasmodiocarp hemispherical or elongated, 3 — 9 cm. diameter, 

 cortex smooth or slightly wrinkled when dry, yellow-brown, 

 bright chestnut-brown, or greyish-umber ; mass of spores greyish- 

 umber or with a flesh-coloured tinge; tubes of capiUitium 

 rather scanty, almost colourless, 4 — 5 /x tliich, slightly rugidosc 

 01- with indistinctly raised lands, sparingly branched ; spores 

 globose, very minutely wartcd, 5 /x diameter. 



Lycogala jiavo-fuscum, Rost., Mon., p. 288; Cooke, Brit. Myx., 

 p. 76; Sacc, SylI.,.no. 1485 ; Zopf, p. 167. 



On stumps and trunks. Britain (King's Cliffe); Europe; 

 United States ; Ceylon. 



A large species, usually solitary, distinguished from L. epi- 

 dcndrum by the smooth cortex and the scanty capiUitium with 

 thinner tubes and rudimentary ornamentation. 



