Myxomj'cetea), Stemonitacoro, Comatricha. 395 



nilis typhina Roth. Fl. Germ. I, p. 547, Pers. Obs. I, p. 57, Sle- 

 monitis filicina Schrk. Fl. Bav., 1782, Trichia t.yphoides BuU. 

 t. 477, f. 2, Stemonitis typhoides DC, Fl. Fr. II, p. 257, Cooke 

 lldhk. n. 1157, Stemonitis bicolor Fries, herb., Stemonitis leuco- 

 poda Fr. Gast. p. 16, Stemonitis piimila Corda Ic. V, p. 37. — 

 Peridiis gregariis, stipitatis, cylindraceis, obtusis, subinde ad me- 

 dium constrictis et subincurvis, tenuissimis; stipite peridio brevio- 

 ri; columella apicem peridii fere attingente; tloccis capillitii nu- 

 merosis, flexuosis, obscure fuscis, ramis numerosis, reticulatim 

 junctis; sporis levibus, fuscis, 4-5,5 u. diam. 



Hab. in ligno putrido in Fennia, Lappouia, Suecia, Germania, 



Gallia, Italia, Hungaria, Java, Nova Zelanda, Carolina inf. Amer. et 



Algeria. — Peridia dilute fusca, stipes niger, nitens. Fungillus to- 



tus 2,5-4 mm. altus. Variat minor (,3. pumila Rost.) 2 mm. altit. 



■ sporis 5,5-6,5 y.. diam. 



2. Comatricha Friesiana (De B.) Rost. Sluzowc. p. 199, f. 51, 56, Pat. i356 

 Tab. An. Fung. p. 80, f. 187, Cooke Myx. p. 48, f. 51, 56, Mucor em- 

 bolus Linn. Sp. 1185, Lycogala Hall 2146? Stemonitis reticulata 

 Trent. p. ^23? Slemonitis nigra Pers. Gmel. Sys. 1467, Stemo- 

 nitis atro-fusca Pers. Disp. p. 11, Stemonitis atro-fusca, [j. niyra 

 Pers. Disp. p. 54, Stemonitis ovata Pers. Syn. p. 189, Berk. Eug. 



Fl. V, p. 317, Cooke Hdbk. n. 1158, Trichia mucoriformis Schum. 

 Saell. 1469, Stemonitis violacea Schum. Saell. 1491, Stemonitis 

 nigra Schum. Saell. 1493, Stemonitis globosa Schum. Saell. 1494, 

 Trichia alba Sow. t. 259, Stemonitis obtusata Fr. Sym. Gast. 

 p. 17, Eng. Fl. V, p, 317, Cooke Hdbk, n, 1159, Comatricha ob- 

 tusata Preuss. Sturm,, Stemonitis Friesiana De Bary, Rabh. 

 Fung. Eur. n. 568, Com. nigra Schroet, Krypt. Fl. Schles. Pilze 

 pag. 118. — Peridiis dispersis, sphseroideis vel ovoideis vel el- 

 lipsoideis, erectis, 0,5-1,5 mm. altis; stipite subulato, atro, niten- 

 te; columella ad dimidium vel paullo ultra penetrante; floccis ca- 

 pillitii flexuosis, ?equalibus, reticulatim junctis, ramis nullibi api- 

 cibus liberis ; sporis sphaeroideis, episporio crasso, levi, violaceo- 

 fuscis, 8-10 y.. diam. 



Hab. in ligno putrido in Gerraania, Britannia, Belgio, Italia, 

 Suecia, Carolina infer. Amer. bor. — Var. a, obovata: peridiis 

 subspha^roideis, 0,5-0,7 mm. altis. Cum typo. — • Var. /5. oblonga: 

 peridiis ellipsoideis vel ovoideis 0,7-1,5 mm. altis. Cum typo. 



3. Comatricha pulchella (Bab.) Rost. Mon. Suppl. p. 27, Cooke Myx. m: 

 p. 49, Stcmonitis pulchclia Bab. Abst. Linn. Soc. Trans., 1839, Berk. 



