MYCETOZOA OF THE SOUTH MIDLANDS 85 
ten per cent. on both leaves and straw. Apparently all the members 
of the following genera are limited to wood :—Stemonitis, Brefeldia 
Enerthenema, Lindbladia, Dictydium, Licea, Tubulina, Dictydiethalium, 
Enteridium, Reaicalaré ta, toe — Prototrichia, Lycogals, and also 
most of the Trichias and Are 
The most prolific anes for the Mycetozoa is a small coppice, 
some six or seven acres in extent, situated in the parish of Flitwick. 
It is practically a marshy alder swamp, some portions of which are 
always saturated with moisture, other parts being a tangle of — 
creepers, and ferns, under the moist shade of which ‘‘ Myxie 
luxuriate, especially in the early ss Micedbas some wi 
species have been collected within its a 
Among the more noteworthy species sien in the following 
lists may be specified ieee flavo-fuscum Rost. and Physarum 
didermoides Rost., found by Mr. C. Crouch ; peeing violacea Rex, 
a first record for Europe, since observed at Lyme Regis; and 
Trichia Botrytis Pers. var. munda, a ne ety. 
The additional county records to ose. ails published are 
sinteal with an asterisk; the others are new localities for the less 
common species. The arrangement and nomenclature followed is 
that of the monograph by Mr. Lister, to whom I express my grateful 
paraiso dear for his help in naming the specimens. 
*Oeratomyxa mucida Schroeter. Luton Hoo, Flitwick, Beds. 
Badhamia nitens Berk. Ridgmount, Beds, C. C. — *B. macro- 
carpa. Flitwick, Beds, C. C. — *B. ovispora Racib. — 
Stopsley Common, Nether Crawley, Beds. 
Physarum oo Alb. & Schw. Flitwick, Beds.—*P. stra- 
minipes List. ul End, Nether Crawley, Maiden Common, Beds. 
—*P, didermoides ‘Bost. Mead Hook, C. C., Nether Crawley, Beds. 
st Var: lividum List. Chaul End, Nether Crawley, Stopsley Com- 
‘ Flitwick, Stopsley Common, Beds. 
.C., Bedford, Warden Hills, 
Be ‘ — *P. contextum Pers. 
Flitwick, Beds.—* P. conglomeratum Rost. Flitwick, Beds. 
* Fuligo ellipsospora List. Stopsley Common, apne _— 1899. 
*Craterium mutabile Fr. Flitwick, Chaul End, : 
*Chondrioderma spumarioides Rost. Ridgmount, Miss E Croue 
Flitwick, Beds; Caddington, Herts. —C. testaceum "Rost. Flitwick, 
Beds. @ seasons Neyo, in profusion. — *C. Michelii Rost. 
Silsoe, C. C., Flitwick, Beds; Kenesbourne Fis. Herts. — *C. 
reticulatum Rost. Flitwick, Beds. — *C, niveum Rost. Flitwick, 
Beds. 
*Diachea elegans Fries. meee Beds. — *D. subsessilis Peck. 
Flitwich, Boder Mas G. Lister. (Found since * Holt, poke | iy 
*Didymium Trochus List. " Kitchen End, C. Cn, 9 ae 
Stapeley Common, Beds. — *D. Serpula Fr. Fiitwiek Be is, a f 
. Clavus Rost. Flitwick, Beds, C. D. nigripes 
Bricket Wood, Herts. — *Var. wanthopus. Flitwick, Stops ey 
Common, Beds. 
*Spumaria alba DC. Flitwick, Chalton, Beds ; Welwyn, Herts. 
