Report of the Botanist. 75 



DlDTMIUM FARINACEUM Fv. 



Fallen pine leaves. Center. October. Also on mosses. North 

 Elba. August. 



Physakum pulcherripes Peck. 



Peridium globose, variable in color, ochraceous, gray, brown or 

 black ; stem slender, equal or slightly tapering upward, vermilion ; 

 spores globose, brown, .00033 in. in diameter. 



Rotten wood. Pichmondville and Worcester. July. 

 The bright color of the stem is quite conspicuous notwithstand- 

 ing the small size of the plant. 



Physarum c^spitosum Pech. 



Peridia aggregated in tufts or clusters, crowded, sessile, smooth, 

 brown or blackish-brown ; spores dingy ochre, smooth, globose, 

 .00025 in. in diameter. 



Rotten wood. Greenbush. August. 



Angioridium sinuosum Grev. 



Dead stems of herbs and grass. Center. October. 



Craterium leucocephaltjm Ditm. 



Fallen leaves. Croghan and North Elba. August and Sep- 

 tember. 



Craterium obotatum Peck. 



Peridium obovate, rugose-wrinkled, glabrous, lilac-brown ; flocci 

 whitish ; stem colored like the peridium ; spores smooth, globose, 

 black, .0005-.0006 in. in diameter. 



Rotten wood bark and fallen leaves. Center, Sandlake and 

 Croghan. August and September. 



The peridium varies in shape from subglobose to oblong pyri- 

 form, but tlie prevailing form is obovate. The operculum is not 

 distinctly shown, the peridium often appearing to be irregularly 

 ruptured at the apex, so that possibly the species may have to be 

 referred to Physarum. 



SxEMONmS HERBATICA Peck. 



Densely fasciculate ; capillitium slender, cylindrical, brown 

 when moist, ferruginous-brown when dry ; stem black, arising 

 from a membranaceous hypothallus, penetrating to the apex of the 

 capillitium ; spores globose, .0003-.00035 in. in diameter. 



Plant 2"-3" high, growing on living leaves of grass and herbs. 

 Albany. June. 



