MYXOMYCET^ Wallr. em. 



Syll. VII p. 323, X p. 83, XI p. 462, XIV p. 831. XVI p. 819. 



Fam. 1. Myxomycetaceae Wallr. 



BADHAMIA Berk. — Syll. VII p. 329, X p. 83, XV p. 819. 



1. Badhamia versicolor Lister in Journ. of Bot. 1901, XXXIX, 3885 

 p. 81. — Plasmodiis ? peridiis sessilibus, subglobosis, 0,3-0,5 mm. 

 diaiu., griseis v. griseo-carneis, sparsis v. paucis aggregatis, tunica 

 hyalina, glomerulis calcareis innatis, raro subnuUis; columella nulla; 

 capillitio grosse reticulato, filamentis latiusculis v. angustis calce 

 copiose priuditis; granulis calceis capillitii modo albis modo arme- 

 niacis; sporis ovoideis v. subcuneatis, in glomerulos denis-quadra- 

 genis pluribusque aggregatis, purpureo-brunneis minuteque ver- 

 ruculosis (apice latiore), alibi levibus pallidioribusque, 10 ^ 8-12 ^^ 9. 



Hab. ad lichenes et muscos ad truncos, Aberdeenshire Britau- 

 nicie (W. Cran). 



2. Badhamia populina A. et G. Lister, Journ. of Bot. 1904, p. 129, 3886 

 t. 459, f. 1. — Plasmodio albo; peridiis albis, globosis v. ovoideis 

 1-2-1,7 mm. diam , confertis, sessilibus, hypothallo parco, pallide 

 ochraceo insidentibus, rarius solitariis stipiteque brevi flavo-brun- 

 neo prpeditis; tunica dense calcarea, exteriore plicatula et orificiis 

 triangularibus v. rhombeis s;epe exarata, tunicam interiorem gri- 

 seam revelantibus; capillitio reticulato ex filarnentis crassis gra- 

 nulis calcareis onustis formato; sporis globosis 11 ;j.. diam., sub- 

 vicenis in glomerulos subglobosos conjunctis, atro-purpureorbrun- 

 neis, minuto, plerumque uno latere distinctius, verruculosis, plica 

 simplici v. furcata percursis. 



Hdb. in trunco dejecto putrescente Populi canescentis, 

 Epping Forost Angline (T. Pesck). — Ab affini Bad. hyalina pla- 

 smodio candido et sporis plicato-ticniatis diversa. 



