THE MYXOMYCETES OF PICTOU COUNTY. — MOORE. 189 



Total lieigiit about 12"'"\ Stipe black, about one-third the total 

 height. Columella dissolving in capillitial branches some dis- 

 tance beknv the apex. The interior scaffolding is made up of 

 strong, brown, geuerally uniformly thickened threads which do 

 not shew the same tendency to form Hat expansions such as are 

 exhibited in the two preceding species. Spores almost colorless 

 by transmitted lig^it, smooth, G — T ii in diameter. 

 Common in coniferous woods. 



Genus, Comatricha (Preuss) Eost. 



Sporangia isolated, cylinilrical, ovoid or spherical, stipitate. 

 Stipe continued up into the columella and giving off branches 

 Arhich anastomose more or less freely to form the capillitium, 

 the ultimate tips free. Peripheralnet generally wanting but 

 in some cases imperfectly developed. 



10. CoDiafriclta iiir/ia (Pers) Schroter. — Sporangia scat- 

 tered, erect, ovoid, stipitate. Stipe relatively long, slender and 

 tapering upward, about -""^ in length. Expanded capillitiimi 

 .a™™x.6°'''\ Peridium evanescent. Hypotluiilus none. Colu- 

 mella extending to about the middle of t^lie sporangium where it 

 dissolves in capillitial branches. Capillitir.iu consisting of a 

 tangled net of dark brown, stiff", uniformlv thickened threads 

 Avhieh arise fnnu all parts of the colur idla, lu'anching and 

 anastomosing to form the net. Free cr.ds and short peridial 

 processes are numerous at the periphery. Spores violaceous 

 brown by transmitted light, smooth or nearly so, 7 — O/x in 

 diameter. 



A very neat, trim looking little species f<mnd mi d(>caviua' 

 x\hies halsfuiira and otJier conifers. 



IT. ('oiiinfnrJid stcinoniiis fScop.) Sheldon. — Sporansi'ia 

 gvegai'ious, cylindrical, stipitate. Total height, .'} — V"\ Sti]ie 

 Idack and diiriing one-fourll) to one-third tlie total lioioht. 

 ITypothalhis distinct, (^dlln^'lhl reaching nearly to the sunnuit 

 of the sporangium^ becoming weak and flexunii^; in ]i< nnixT 



