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angiiiiu where it divides into tlie primary branches of the 

 capillitimn. These repeatedly divide and anastomose to form 

 a crisped net of purple brown threads. Free ends short. 

 Spores pale purplish grey by transmitted light, nearly smooth, 

 6 — T /A in diameter. 



On decaying Abies halsamea, not rare. 



Order III. 

 CRIBRAHIACE^. 



This order is characterized by the entire absence of a 

 capillitium and by tibe color of the spores which are either 

 pallid or some shade of brown without any violet tint. In the 

 les8 highly developed forms the fructifications are plasmodio- 

 carpous or sethaloid ; in the higher f onns they consist of distinct 

 sporangia. In these, too, the peridiiun becomes locally thickened 

 and at maturity the unthickened portions break away, leaving 

 the modified portions in the fonn of a closed net of flat bands 

 or plates. 



Family, LICE^. 



Fructification plasmodiocarpous. 



The family is represented in my collections by a single 

 species. 



Genus, Licea (Sclirader) Eost. 



The generic characteristies are well exemplified by — 

 19. Licea variabillis Schrader. — Fructification plasmodio- 

 carpous, irregular, annulate, repent, varjdng greatly in size, 

 dark red brown in color. The peridium is double, the outer 

 opaque, filled with particles of refuse matter ; the inner smooth, 

 delicate, translucent. Spores pale yellowish by transmitted 

 light, large, strongly spinulose, 13 — 14/x in diameter. 

 On decaying Pinus strohiis, not common. 



Family, TUBIFERE^. 

 Fructification sethaloid, the sporangia tubular, seated on a 

 M'ell developed hypothallus, closely appressed, numerous and in 



