MOTANICAL GAZETTE 
MARCH, 1894. 
Some rare Myxomycetes of central New York, with notes on 
the germination of Enteridium Rozeanum. 
ELIAS J. DURAND. 
WITH PLATES IX AND X. 
The lake region of New York state is famous as a botani- 
cal collectingground. Inthe Cayuga region alone I, 278 species 
of phanerogams have been catalogued. Although flowering 
plants are so abundant, ferns, mosses, alge and fungi 
occur in great profusion. The Myxomycetes form no excep- 
tion tothisrule. The multitude of gorges and ravines, which 
render the region of Ithaca picturesque and unique among 
our lake valleys, presents an environment very favorable to 
the development of these singular organisms. 
A large number of Myxomycetes have been collected near 
Ithaca at various times, but especially during the last two 
years. Many interesting species have been found, several of 
which will be noted in this paper. 
I. Rare Myxomycetes. 
} pebrrnis MACROSPORA Peck, 34th Rep. of the N. Y. State | 
) %s. Nat. Hist., 1881, p. 43. — This species illustrates the 
Aaynersion objective. For example; the spores of 7richia 
‘or cele long been described as warted, but under the one- 
Miiculates objective, the epispore is found to be delicately 
repr, me, Dr, Peck evidently based his description of 
te macrospora upon observations made with the lower 
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