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to these localities, is found slightly altered in Texas, 

 Mitremyces has not occurred at present in Europe ; but it is 

 found far beyond its former limits, as in Khassya, Java, and 

 Australia. The curious genus Husseia has hitherto been found 

 only in Ceylon, and Broomeia only at the Cape. With these 

 and one or two other exceptions, the genera have a wide dis- 

 tribution, and perhaps further researches would much diminish 

 those cases which at present seem isolated. Nidularia, 

 though ascending far to the north, has many representatives 

 in warmer climates, and several species occur under a tropical 

 sun. Trichamphora, which was originally found in Java, has 

 lately been received from Tahiti, and it has also occurred in 

 South Carolina. Trichocotyle (Corda), formerly Trichocoma, 

 was also first found in Java ; but I have it both from the 

 Sikkim Himalayas and South Carolina. 



Fig. 75. 



a. Spore of Trichamphora Pezizoides, .Tuugli. From Tahiti. 



b. Cribraria intricata, Schrad, with a portion of the network and the 

 lower half of the peridium. From South Carolina. 



c. Enerthenema elegans, Bowman, with the bunches of spores. 



d. Portion of hymenium of Lycnperdon ccelatwn, with the threads. 



e. Sporophores and spores of Lycoperdon gigantewn. 



All more or less manrnified. 



1. Myxogastres, Fr. 



Whole plant at first gelatinous. Mycelium often veinlike, 

 forming reticulated or anastomosing strata, but sometimes 

 diffuse, giving rise to sessile or stipitate, free or confluent 



