260 A Monograijli of the Mi/dcogastres. 



to the wall of the sporangium, dusky or almost colourless ; 

 spores globose, minutely vcrnoculose, lilac, 7 — 9 fx diameter. 



Diachaea kucopoda, Rost., Mon., p. 190, f. 178; Cooke, Myx, 

 Brit., p. 44, f. 178 ; Sacc, SylL, n. 1335. 



Exsicc. — Rab., Fung. Eur., 434 and 1071 ; Roum., Fung. 

 Gall., 3174 ; Klotzsch (Rab.), Herb. Myc, 86 ; Syd., Myc. March., 

 1900 ; Rav., Fung. Car., 80 ; Desm., Cr. Fr., Fasc. ii., 261 ; 

 Fckl, Fung. Rhen., 1451 ; Westendorp, Crypt. Belg., 1260. 



On leaves, twigs, &c. Britain (King's Cliff e, Carlisle, Lin- 

 lithgow) ; France ; Germany ; Belgium ; United States ; Cuba ; 

 Brazil ; S. Africa ; India ; E. Australia. 



Varying from 1'5 — 2 mm. high, characterized by the white, 

 acutely conical stem, and smooth spores not produced in 

 clusters. 



(Rostafinski's Synonyms.) 



Trichia kucopoda, Bull., t. 502, f. 2 (1791). 



Stcmonitis ekgans, Trent., in Roth., Cat., 220 (1797). 



Stcmonitis kucostyUi, Pers., Syn., 186 (1801). 



Stemonitis l&itcopoda, D. C, Fl. Fr., ii., 257 (1805). 



Diachaea ekgans, Fr., Stirp. Femsj., p. 84 (1825); Fr., S. M., 



iii., 156; Berk., Ann. N. H., n. 112; Cooke, Hdbk., 



n. 1154, f. 131. 

 Diachaea kucopoda, Rost., Mon., p. 190 (1875). 



Var. cylindrica, Mass. 



Sporangium cylindrical, elongated, stem cylindrical. 



Exsicc— mXiB, N. Amer. Fung., 336. 



On pine wood lying on the ground. United States. 



Differs from the type form in its larger size, 2'5 — 3 mm. 

 high; the longer cylindrical stem, and elongated, cylindrical 

 sporangium. 



Diachaea Hookeri, Mass. 



Sporangia spherical, slightly flattened or umbilicate below, 

 wall thin, pale ochraceoics or iviih a Jicsh tinge, slightly iridescent; 

 with minute granules in detached patches on the inside ; stem 



