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WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE. 



" MUT/TOBUM MINIBUS GEANDE LEVATTJE ONUS," — Ovid. 



By C. E. Beoome, Esq. 

 ( Continued.) 



Genus LXXIL, (Ethalium Lk. Peridium indeterminate, exter- 

 nally covered by a floccose evanescent bark, cellular within from 

 the confluent interwoven flocci. 



Genus LXXIIL, Spamaria P. Peridium indeterminate, simple, 

 crustaceous; floccoso cellular. Spores surrounded by membrana- 

 ceous, ascending, often sinuous folds. 



Spumaria alba D. C, Rudlow, &c, common on grass, &c. 



Genus LXXIY., Diderma P. Peridium double, external distinct, 

 crustaceous, smooth ; internal delicate, evanescent, attached to the 

 straggling flocci, with or without a columella. 



Diderma vernicosam P., common on twigs, &c, 



Genus LXXV., Didymium Schrad. Peridium scaly or floccose 

 bursting irregularly. 



Didymium squamulosum A. and S., Rudlow, on dead leaves. 



Genus LXXVL, Physarum P. Peridium simple, membranaceous, 

 very delicate, naked, quite smooth, bursting irregularly. Columella 

 none. 



Physarum album Fr., Rudlow, on dead leaves. 



Genus LXXVIL, Angioridium Grev. Peridium membranaceous, 

 opening by a longitudinal fissure. Flocci adhering to the peridium 

 on all sides, reticulate, flat, ending above in the inner peridium. 

 Genus LXXVIIL, Badhamia B. Peridium naked, or furfuraceous, 

 spores in groups, enclosed at first in a hyaline sac. 



Genus LXXIX., Craterium Mont. Peridium simple, papyraceous 

 rigid, persistent, closed at first with a deciduous operculum. Flocci 

 congested, erect. 



Craterium leucocephalum Ditm., common on dead leaves, &c. 

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