1238 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 
Badhamia papaveracea Berk, and Rav. 
1873. Badhamia papaveracea Berk, and Rav., Grcv II., p. 66. 
Saceardo: “ Sporangia sessile or stipitate. fasciculated, glo¬ 
bose smooth, white or grayish-white; when the spores are out, 
snowy-white; stipes branched or simple, straw-colored or red¬ 
dish ; spores adhering in rounded masses of 5 to 20; epispore 
very thick, spinulose, dark violet or black, 10-12/*. 
Massee: “ Spores at first in clusters of 3-7, triangularly 
pyramidal, with the rounded base, which corresponds to the 
free portion of the spore, covered with minute warts, the re¬ 
mainder smooth; pale lilac or brownish lilac, 9-10 /a in diameter.” 
Machride: “Sporangia closely gregarious, globose, large 
stipitate, iridescent gray; the peridium thin, translucent, and 
containing but little calcareous deposits, smooth or slightly 
rugulo.se; stipe very short but generally very distinct, black or 
very dark brown; hypothallus none; capillitium a network of 
large meshes with expanded nodes, prominent, white, persistent 
after the spores have blown away; sporemass deep brown; spores 
adhering in clusters of from 5 or 6 to 20 or more, exposed sur¬ 
face of spores most distinctly warted, 10-12.5 /a. ” He says that 
it is distinguished by its short, dark stipe and adherent spores, 
and that it is not common. 
Lister: “Sporangia subglobose, grayish-white, nearly smooth; 
0.7 to 1 mm. diameter, shortly stalked or sessile, gregarious; 
sporangium wall with scanty deposit of lime. Stalk firm, dark 
brown, rarely straw-colored, 0.2 to 0.3 mm high. Capillitium 
a network of flat bands with broad, thin expansions at the 
angles. Spores purple-brown, closely compacted in clusters of 
6-10, more strongly warted on the outer third, 10-13/a diameter. 
My specimen agrees with Macbride’s description, the short, 
dark stipe and the compacted balls of spores being very distinc¬ 
tive. 
We have but one group of specimens, which was found at Al- 
goma in October 1904. 
