358 Mj^xomyceteffl, Pbj^saraeoie, Crateriachea. 



Ilab. in lignis cariosis Bethlehem At^er. bor. — Ca^^spites elon- 

 gatos forinat. 



LEOCARPUS Link. Spec. il. i, p. 25 (Ktym. leioa levis ot carpo.^ 

 fructusj. — Peridia irrogulariter runipentia, e menibrana duplici 

 composita, interiori niassam sporaruni undique cingente capillitiuin 

 protrudente, exteriori crassa. Tubuli capillitii reticulatim connexi. 

 Noduli alii tenelli, aere repleti, alii intiati, granulis calcareis fceti. 



1. Leocarpus fragilis (Dicks.) Rost. Mon. pag. 132, Pat. Tab. An. 

 Fung. pag. 77, fig. 180, Lycoperdon fragile Dicks. Cryp. t. 111, 

 fig. 3, Sow., tab. 136, Reticularia fragilis Poir. Ency. L>/ :o- 

 perdon parasilicnra Witli. Arr. IV., 379, Dide^ma ve^-nico- 

 sum Pers. Obs. tab. 111, fig. 7, Fl. Dan. tab. 1312, fig. 2, Eng. 

 Fl. V., 311; Cooke Handb. n. 1108, Trichia luiea Trent. p. 230, 

 Viderma vernicosum, [t, parasilicurn Pers. Syn. 165, Phy^iarum 

 nilidiLm Schum. Saell. 1451, I^ysarum vernicosum Schum. Saeil. 

 1-152, Leocarpus vernicosus Link. Obs. 1., 25, Nees. f. 100, Grev. 

 S. C. Fi. 111, Corda. V., f. 32, I^eocarpus spermoides Link. Obs. 

 I., 25, Leocarpus atro-virens Fr. Gast. p. 13, Leangium verm- 

 cosum Fr. Strip. Femj. 83, Leangium atro-virens Fr. Stirp. 83, 

 Biderma alro-virens Fr. S. M. 111., 103, Tripotrichia elegans 

 Corda. Ic. I, f. 288 a. — Peridiis aggregatis sessilibus aut sli- 

 pitatis, oboYoideis, raro subrotundis, e flavescenti spadiceis vel ruf''- 

 scentibus nitidis; stipite filiformi, adsccndente albo vel a]bo-tia\ 

 scente; sporis sphiieroideis, fusco-atris, spinulosis, 12-14 y.. diam. 



liab. in foliis, ramulis et muscis, in Suecia, Bohemia, Boigio. 

 Britaania, Germania, Tasmania et Caiifornia. 



CRATERIACHEA Rost. Mon. p. 125 (Etym. Craterium et clieo fundo). 

 — Peridia irreguiariter rupta, parte infera persistente, margine la- 

 cerato. Columella centrali, cylindracea, calce praedita. Capillitium e 

 tubis delicatis in rete collectis formatum. Nodi non evoiuti, tantunj 

 abnormiter subinde granulis calcareis inflati. Interstitia retis mar- 

 ginem peridii versus diminuentia et in extremitates parvas brevos. 

 margine conjunctas terminata. 



1. Crateriachea mutabiiis Rost. Mon. p. 120. — Peridiis cylindricis, 

 arcuatis, obovatis, rubiginoso-fuscis, liypothallo discoideo, conco- 

 lori suff^ultis, irregulariter ruptis; sporis subviolaceis, 8-10 u. diam., 

 valde verrucosis. 



Ilah. in ligiiis propo Borlin Gormani3D (Cienkowscki). • 



