Myxomycoteoc, Stemonitacere, Lamproderma. 391 



Ilab. iu truncis et muscis iii Rritannia, Gennania, Belgio, Ita- 

 lia, Gallia, Anier. hor. 

 6. Lamproderma Schimperi Rost. Mon. p. 203. — Peridiis sphfcricis. i'^43 

 pariete o viiidi nigricante, aut subrubro-metallico pra^ditis; sti- 

 pite nigro, nitido, rigido, subulato, intus peridii in columellam 

 obovatam vix mediam peridii altitudinem attingentem porrecto; 

 capillitio cum fioccis furvis, ex columella exeuntibus, initio sim- 

 plicibus ulterius semper magis diffluentibus, et ramis transversis 

 se jugentibus in reticulum valde compactum versus superficiem pe- 

 ridii; sporis sordide-violaceis, exacte aculeosis, 10-11 u.. diam. 

 Hab. in Alsatia (Schimper). 



4. Lamproderma echinulatum (Berk.) Rost. Mon. App. p. 25, Stemo- 1344 

 niiis echinulata Berk. Fl. Tasm. p. 268. — Peridio globoso co- 

 lumbino-chalybeo; stipite valido aterrimo sursum attenuato, semi- 

 penetrante; capillitio pallido globoso ; sporis magnis, crasse rigide- 

 que echinulatis, 16-20 u. 



Hab. inter muscos Tasmania^ (Archer). — Sphaericum, coeru- 

 leo metallicum ; stipites nigri, rigidi, cylindrici rarius subulati versus 

 verticeni; columella magna, rigida, cylindrica, in vertice globosa, 

 % altitudinis peridii attingens; flocci capillitii lati farvi, in den- 

 sum reticulum junctis, in nodis conspicue triangulariter dilatata;. 



5. Lamproderma coiumbinum (Pers.) Rost. Sluzowc. p. 203, fig. 61, 1345 

 Schroet. Krypt. Fl. Schles, Pilze pag. 119, Mucor violaceus 

 Leers Fl. Herb. n. 1128, Trichia violacea Hoffm. Veg. Grypt. 

 pag. 5, tab. II, fig. 1, Physarum colurnbinwn Persoon Syst. 

 pag. 173, Trichia columbina Poir, En. n. 17, Physarum sa- 

 licinum Schum. Fl. Saell. n. WAA, Physarum bryophilum Fries 

 Syst. Myc. III, p. 135, Physavum bryophilum ,5. melanocepha- 

 lurn Corda Ic. I, pag. 22, tab. IV, fig. 287. — Peridiis stipitatis, 

 sph.Troideis vel obovoideis, metallicis, nitidis, caeruleo-vel violaceo- 



vel viridi-aeneis, minutis; stipite sursum attenuato vel suba^quali, 

 ruguloso, atro vel purpureo, nitidulo, 1 mm. long. vel ultra, intra 

 peridium in columellam cylindraceara apiceque conoideo-attenua- 

 tam, medium attingentem vel longiorem porrecto; floccis capilli- 

 tii e columella enatis, subfuscis; sporis sphreroideis v. subellipsoi- 

 deis, spinulosis, atro-fuscis, 12-15 a. diam. 



Hab. in ligno putri rarissime in Muscis et Jungerma- 

 niis in Suecia, Fennia, Lapponia, Hungaria, Germania, Boheniia, 

 Belgio et in America boreali. 



6. Lamproderma iridescens (Berk.) Rost. Mon. App. p. 25, Physarurn 1346 



