150 NOTES ON MYCETOZOA, 
instead of maturing to the usual form with a complete superficial 
net to the sporangium, it produced slender stalks and a lax capilli- 
ape without a definite net, closely corresponding with the var. 
it not ie why the ser oi Shee mat of S. splendens is met 
with so seldom in this country ? 
Sremoniris acorns Rost. var. 8 Wessert. We have received 
from Mr. G. H. Fox, of Falmouth, a fine specimen of this variety, 
gathered by him at ean on March 10th, 1899. The sporangia 
are perfectly matured, about 8 mm. in n height, with a complete but 
wide-meshed surface-net of the as eae re — and there broad 
flakes of persistent sporangium-wall. The men corresponds in 
all respects with the type ieee Philadelphia ees hal by the late 
Dr. Rex. ough S. splendens var. flaccida is often met with in 
this country, i s very abundant in the New Forest last summer, 
this is the only British alleen of the var. Webberi we are acquainted 
wit e var. genuina, which is common in hot regions, has not, 
E our knowledge, been found in England. The gardens in the 
neighbourhood of Fa spi: are celebrated for their half- tropical 
vegetation, and, if we are correct in the view set forth in the notice 
of the last species, that the different forms of capillitium in the genus 
Stemonitis may be attributed to the effects of climate, it is not 
Conall that this more perfect American type should be found in 
ATRICHA LURIDA List. This species has been found plenti- 
‘lly a on dead holly-leaves by Miss Margaret oped at Witley, 
Surrey, during the last three winter months; it has also been 
pave : the wooded hollow at Lyme Regis where it was first 
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C. nusens List. In February, 1899, this inconspicuous species 
was me = ere abaaisiss on dead leaves in the wooded hollow just 
mentio: 
ODERMA oe wae Rost. var. 8 SESSILE. Mr. Cran hai 
sent from Rhynie, N.B., an eereting sessile form of this y are 
iffering from those rotaived to in B:M. Cat., p. 126, 
that there must ‘lave been thirty or oe fort rty large growths on m 
and fir-stumps, in a ‘glen Opening into the upper ove valley. 
sees 
