838 NfyxoTn_vf>f't:p. Myxomycetaceae, Lamprosporfe, Reticnlaria. 



4. Comatricha caespitosa Sturgis, Journ. Cinc. Soc Nat. Hist. 1894. sno 

 p. 50. — Peridiis brevibus, clavatis, in liypotliallo delicato dense 

 confertis v. c£espitosis; tunica subpersistente, argentea, purpureo- 

 tincta, nitida; stipite brevissimo v. subobsoleto; columella apicem 

 poridiorum non attingente; capillitii floccis gracilibus, obscure 

 brumieis, irreguiariter ramosis anastomosantibusque, reticulatim 

 Junctis, apicibus longis liberis; sporis globosis, minute spinulosis, 

 obseure violaceis, 10-12 u. diam. 



Hdb. ad muscos et lichenes, Massacb usetts Amer. bor. — Pe- 

 ridium 1-1'/, mm. altum; stipes brevissimus v. obsoletus. 



LAMPRODERMA Rost. — Syll. VII. p. 390, XI, p. 4G5. 



1 Lamproderma inconsplcuum Schroet. Hedw. 1896, p. 208. — Pe- gjao 

 indiis sparsis, stipitatis, stipite setitbrmi usque ad 2 mm. longo 

 superne tenuiori, curvato, atrobrunneo levi; sporangio globoso, 

 vix 0,5 mm. diametro, columella brevissima; capillitio fasciculato, 

 ramis repetito-dichotomis, ramulis arcuatis, retii^ulato-conjunctis, 

 interdum torulosis, atro violaceo-brunneo; sporis globosis 6-8 p. 

 diametro, episporio pallide violaceo-brunneo, levi. 



Hab. in cortice in pr. St. Catharina Brasilife (Ule). 



Sect. 2. Lainprosporce 



LICEA Schrad. — Syll. VII, p. 404, X, p. 89, XI, p. 467. 



1. Licea Schoenleinii Johow in Estud. sobre la flora de las Isl. de 3121 

 Juan Fernandez. Santiago 1896, p. 196. — Sporangiis globosis, 

 leviter depressis, 6-7 mm. latis; peridio rigido, e fusco nigrescente; 

 sporis globosis, fusco-flavis, cpisporio punctato-echiuulato. 

 Hdb. in ligno nutrido in ius. Juan Fernandez (Johow). 



ENTERIDIUM Ehrenb. — SylL VII, p. 409, X, p. 90. 



1 . Enterldium olivacaum Ehrbg. - Sacc. SylL VII, p. 409. — Var. g^og 

 liCdOides Lisler, .loum. of Bot. 1896, p. 210. — Plasmodiocarpis 

 et absentia pseudocapillitii ut in Licea flexuosa, sporis vero glo- 

 merulatis ut in Enteridio. 



Hdb. ad fragmenta lignea in Britannia. 



RETICULARIA Bull. — Syll. VII, p. 418, XI. p. 468. 

 1. Retlcularia nitens Morg. Journ. Cinc. Soc Nat. Hist. XVIII, 1895, 3123 

 p. 40, tab. II, fig. 11. — ^Ethalio pulvinato, vario, membrana 



