BADHAMIA 33 



ii. Stalked, at least some of them 

 * Stipe when present black 



t Globose, small .5 mm. . . 6. B. affinis 

 tt Larger, spores strongly spinulose 



7. B. macrocarpa 

 ttt Discoidal or annulate . 8. B. orbiculata 

 ** Stipes membranous yellowish 



t Stipes long, sporangia iridescent 9. B. magna 

 tt Stipes short or none; iridescent 10. B. foliicola 



c. Sporangia grey, spores adherent 



i. Stipe when present yellowish < 



t Wall iridescent, spores uniformly marked 



11. B. utricularis 

 tt More calcareous, spores strongly marked on one side 



12. B. capsulifera 

 ttt Colorado, spores anon barred . 13. B. populina 



ii. Stipe when present black ... 14. B. papaveracea 



d. Sporangia brown, lilacine 



i. Sessile 15. B. lilacina 



ii. Stipitate, columellate . . . . 16. B. rubiginosa 



1. Badhamia ovispora Racib. 



1884. Badhamia ovispora Racib., Myx. Ag. Cracov., XII., p. 72. 



Sporangia sessile depressed-globose or plasmodiocarpous, white or 

 ochraceous, covered by dense calcareous scales; capillitium white, the 

 lime-granules sometimes aggregate at the center to form a pseudo- 

 columella; spores not adhering, brownish-purple ellipsoidal, 8 X 10- 

 10 X 15 II. 



Reported from Bohemia, England, Pennsylvania. 



2. Badhamia versicolor Lister. 



1901. Badhamia versicolor List., Jour. Bot., XXXIX., p. 81. 

 1911. Badhamia versicolor List., Mycetozoa 2nd ed., p. 35. 



Sporangia scattered or clustered, minute, .3-5 mm., grey or flesh- 

 colored, sessile, the calcareous deposits slight; capillitium white or 

 apricot-colored; spores ovoid, 8 X 10-9 X 12 /*, clustered, purplish, 

 and warted at the broader end, elsewhere colorless and smooth. 



This little species, as it comes to us, is grey, very uneven in size, 

 .2-.5 mm. and generally irregular in form and habit, perhaps scarce 



