266 NOTES ON MYCETOZOA. 
Plasmodium ?, among dead leaves. ee angia (x 40) ho eg 
0-5 m mm. diam., on a narrow base, or vermiform or net-like plas 
ular gra ; 
Paar "net of alow, spare branched threads, 2-4 » diam., 
rough with irregular points and constrictions, sometimes ‘apolidk 
at ree ria 8p. Spores yellow, minutely warted, 10-15 p. 
Pl. 38 
Dead — 
The capillitiam varies in different gatherings. The threads ‘in 
sporangia which have developed under favourable conditions are 
narrow and but slightly expanded at the angles of the branches ; 
those which wee ave matured in cold weather the thread r 
— ates many vesicular swellings enclosing refuse 
gre is a small specimen of this species in Broome’s collection 
at the British Museum, No. 310, from Batheaston, Feb. 25th 
sperma” (syn. Cornuvia circumscissa (Wallr.) Rost.). 
Specimen No. 990 in the Kew collection, under the name of 
Perichena Friesiana R., from Ellis, New Je ersey, is identical with 
the Lyme Regis gatherings ; ; capillitium 1:5-3 p, spores 10-18 p. 
It may be doubtful whether there is a specific difference between 
the two forms, P. Friesiana R. and P. vermicularis Schw. given 
the former name, which would appear to have been applied toa 
single gathering only, and of which the characters given by Rosta- 
finski are not correct for the — exam age 
ti _— valde vesiculoso-inflatis formato ; protuberantis 
aa xe disseminatos varie attitudinis sistentibus ; 
sporis idsihes, & 8-9 p dia 
‘“* Hab. pro, pe Petersburg Rossie et Pinzgan ae nec non ad 
— Saccardo, Syl. Fung. p. 
in some a Rhtchtaain at Clevelands, ett pe Regis, in 
Oct. E07, Noy. 1888, and Jan., 1889; also gathered by A. Camm 
near Birmingham, Sept. 1890. With ehitenteen as under :— 
Plasmodium white, in the sound wood o: fir-log. rs 
(x 40) crowded, cylindrical, complicate, stipitate, 0-6-1-5 
- di dullerimson. § 
c gi 
ae membranous, nearly colourless, evanescent, with the exception of 
__ the basal cup, and also of certain shield-like, well- defined, persistent 
: hagas of the upper wall, which, as well as the cup, are papillose, 
_ With a smooth margin ; to these shields the capillitium is attached 
