MYCETOZOA OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 911 
. Z.) of a curious variety, having the walls of the sporangium 
and stalk studded with deposits of a rn yellow waxy or 
resinous substa a. these deposits vary in size from small 
scattered granules to large discoid patches, ae are either em- 
bedded in blister- like pouches of the wall, or lie freely on the 
it has been ice in various parts of England, in Scotland, and in 
Wales. As it seems a well-marked and constant form I propose 
e call it var. ae The only other species of the ty eR 
n which wax is known to occur is Diachea cerifera G. Lister ; 
hes it either forms a ee round the base of the i ara or 
is enclosed within the walls of the stalk. 
T. lateritia Léveillé. assets and Ballarat, V.; Sydney 
Ss 
_ and Moruya, N. 8S, W.; Enoggara, Q.; Auckland, N.Z In 
‘Mycetozoa’ this is placed as a variety of 7. Botrytis, which 
it closely resembles, and to which it is undoubtedly nearly 
allied. It differs, however, essentially in the structure of the 
stalk. In all forms of 7. Botrytis the walls of the stalk are 
narrow strands and slender threads; sometimes a little refuse 
matter is enclosed at the base, and exceptionally small masses of 
spore-like cells occur within the folds of the stalk. We infer, 
therefore, that in the developing sporangium of T. lateritia 
the plasmodium ejects its refuse matter ~— “ stalks are 
formed, and in 1. Botrytis refuse matter ned in the 
e . lateritia may be . 
ne by the elaters Bris redder and ie more shortly 
ta f the spo 
and nis Fit aig dena spemes in mind when arrcere: T. pyri- 
‘ ama , typic cal. 
H. _ clavate (Pors.) Rost. Blackall Mts., Q.; Mamaku, N. Z., 
typica 
ee somwe (Scop.) Rost. National Park, Sydney and Moruya, 
N. In na these gatherings the outer walls of the 
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