Arc If rid. I43 



Fckl., F. Rhen., 1441; Karsten, Fung. Fenn., 378; Ellis N 

 Anier. Fung, 1114; Klotzsch. Herb. Myc, 671; ikv., Fung. 

 Car., 80 ; WentenJorp, Herb. Crypt. Belg., 81 ; Desm Cr Fr° 

 Ser. L, 1510. ' ■ ■' 



On rotten Avood. Britain (Poole, Woolwich, Kew, Chester 

 Searboro', Carlisle, Aboyne,N.B.); Europe; S.Africa; Ceylon- 

 S.Australia; New Zealand ; United States; Canada; Brazil. 



Gregarious, often springing from a common hypothallus 

 1-5-3 mm. high. Distinguished by the capillitium being 

 attached to the cup-like permanent portion of the sporangia! 

 wall, and the prominent, flattened half-rings arranged in a loose 

 spiral on the threads of the capillitium, ^which are otherwise 

 smooth. The threads of the capillitium are often compressed 

 or triangular, but not unfrequently terete. 



(Rostafinski's Synonyms.) 



Clathroidcs jmojmo'cum, Mich., t. 94, f 1 ] c (17-'>9) • Hall 

 pi 1, f. 6 (1742). ' ■ \ - J' 'V 



Clathrus 2Jcdiculatus, Guett., Obs. 1, 16 (1747). 



Arcyria pedimla, Hill, p. 47 (1751). 



Clathrus demidatus, Linn., Sp. PI., 1179 (1753). 



Tridiia, Hall, No. 2164, t. 48, f. 6 (1768). 



Mucor clathroidcs, Scop. Carr., ii., 492 (1772). 



Mucor injriformis, Leers. Fl. Herb., 1135 (1775). 



Clathrus pcdunculcikis, Batsch. FL, p. 141 (1783). 



Lyco2icrdon rufttm, Dicks Cry., fasc. i., p. 25 (1785). 



Stcmonitis dcnudata, Rehl. Fl. Cant. (1786). 



Emlolus crocatus, Batsch, t. 30, f. 176 (1786). 



Stcmonitis crocata, Willd. Fl. Ber., 1189 (1787). 



Stcmonitis coccinea, Roth. Fl. Germ., i., 548 (1788). 



Triclna dcnudata, Vill. Fl. Dauph., 1060 (1789) '• Purt Mid 

 Fl, t. 24,f. 2; Sow., t. 49. 



Trichia graniformis, Hoffm. V. Cr., i., p. 3 (1490). 



Trichia cinnabaris, Bull, t. 502, fig. 1, b. c. (1791). 



Stcmonitis crocca, Gmel Sys., 1467°(1791). 



Trichia rufa. With. Arr., iii., p. 478 (1795). 



