Myxobacteriaceae. Polyangium. 819 



stophora pro more simplicia, 200-400 |j.. longa; cystes e globoso 

 ovoide;t' in cystophoro sessiles, 25-50 ij.. diam. ; baculi 2-3 * 0,6. 



Hab. inLichenibus et Fungis putridis, fimo, lignis udis 

 etc. in Amer. bor., ins. Java, Austria. 



3. Chondromyces lichenicola Thaxt, — Syll. XI, p. 46l (nomen). g086 

 L*te ruber in brunneolum transiens, cystibus globosis, 26-45 \k 

 diam., partim in substrato sessilibus, partim breviter pedicellatis, 

 non raro pluribus laterahter fatiscentibus; baculis 2-3 a. longis. 



Hdb. in Lichenibus viventibus, quos destruit, in Amer. bor. 

 (Thaxtee) et in fimo cuniculino prope Berolinum Germanite 

 (Quehl). 



4. Chondromyces serpens Thaxt. — Syll. XI, pag. 461 (nomenj. — 6087 

 Pallide roseus v. in atro-rubrum nutans, arescendo valde atratus, 



1 mm. lat., ex baculorum sacculis intestiniformibus varie inter se 

 contortis formatus; baculis brevibus, 2-3 ;j.. long. 



Hdb. in lichenibus corruptis in Amer. bor. (Thaxter) et 

 in fimo cuniculino prope Berolinura Germani;e (Quehlj. 



5. Chondromyces glomeratus Zederb., Sitzb. k. Ak. d. Wiss. Wien, 6088 

 CXII Abt. I (1903) p. 477, t. II, fig. 6-20. — Acervulis sessili- 



bus versiformibus, ssepe verticaliter oblongis, 2-6 mm. alt., con- 

 fluendo pulvinato-lobulatis, e roseo purpurascentibus, subtremelli- 

 formibus, ex mucedinea cum bacteriacea symbiotice connexis, teste 

 auctore, coustantibus ; Mucedinea [Dendrodochii sp. ? . ; hyphis se- 

 ptatis, 1,5-3 |j.. cr., conidiophora compacta ascendentia gerentibus ; 

 conidiophoris pluries dichotomice ramosis; conidiis solitariis vel 

 breviter catenulatis, continviis, e globoso ovoideis, 7-12 jx. long., 

 brunneolis; Bacteriacea: [Bacillus Chondromycetis-glomerati Zederb. 

 1. c); baculis oblongis utrinque rotundatis, 2*0,5-1, subinde cur- 

 vulis, ciliis (?) 4-6 tortuosis exilissimis longis ornatis^ materiam 

 roseam labilem secernentibus. 



Hab. in truncis fagineis locis udis aliquot, Wienerwald Au- 

 strite. — Genesis fungilli iterum inquirenda et confirmanda ! 



POLYANGIUM Link — Syll. VII p. 47, XIV p. 38 et 844, XVIII 

 p. 219. 



1. Polyangium vitellinum Link — Syll. VII, p. 47. — Myxobacter 6039 

 aureus Thaxt. — Syll. XI, p. 461 momen;. — Baculorum cumulis 

 ante maturitatem albis, dein in fragmenta numerosa, globosa, 100- 

 300 ;j.. diam., mox membrana aurea (cystica) induta secedentibus j 



