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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Trichia. 
Stem white. Capsule varying in colour from scarlet to yellow brown; when 
its texture opens the lower part remains entire on the stem. The whole 
plant not one-tenth of an inch in height. 
(Tawny Trichia. T. futva. Purt. T. fallax. Pers. E.) Sphcerocarpus 
trichoides. Bull. Clathrus fulvus. Huds.. Bolt. Relh. Mucor fulvus. 
Linn. On decayed wood. About Bungay. Mr. Woodward. 
May—Oct. 
Trig, al'ba. White, globular, changing to deep purple or black; 
shining; stem black. 
j Bull. 407. 3./ Z)—( Sowerby 259. E.) 
Capsule globular : dust red brown. Stem black, cylindrical, but flatted and 
broader at the base. 
(White Trichia. T. alba. Sowerby. Purt. Sphcerocarpus albus. Bull. 
Physarum nutans. Pers. Hook. E.) On decayed sticks. 
Trig. flaVa. Capsule on a stem, whitish: wool yellow. 
Bull. 407. 2— Bolt. 93. 4— Hall. Enum. 1. 3 and 3. atp. 21; Hist. 48. iii. at 
p. 116 . 
This has been supposed to be Mucor spcerocephalus of Linn, which it may 
be, as Bolton remarks that the capsule turns black after the discharge of 
the seeds. (The same observation also applies to T. alba, with which 
plant Purton identifies Mucor sphoerocephalus of Linn. E.) 
(Yellow Trichia. E.) ClathrusJlavus. Huds. 631. On decayed wood. 
June-—Oct. 
Trig, pyrifor'mis. Yellow, as if varnished: capsules gradually taper¬ 
ing downward into a cylindrical stem. 
Bull. 417. 2 —{Sowerby 400./. 6. E.) 
Stem short. Capsule not larger than the head of a pin. Seeds wool yellow. 
(Pear-shaped Trjchia. Sphcerocarpus pyriformis. Bull. S. pyriformis . 
Purt. E.) Found upon decayed wood in Shotover plantations, by Dr. 
Sibthorpe. Oct. 
T rig. nu'tans. Plant yellowish: stem very short: capsule very long, 
reclining. 
Bull. 502. 3— (Sowerby 260— Purt . 24. 1. E.) 
When young egg-shaped and white; but on the capsule givingway, its 
contents assume an oblong figure and a brown yellow colour. Hardly 
a quarter of an inch high. Bull. 
(Procumbent Trichia. T. nutans. Sowerby. Bull. Purt. Arcyriajlava. 
Pers. Hook. E.) Observed by Mr. Dickson on decayed wood. 
Trig, oliva'cea. Stem and capsule woolly, olive-coloured. Bolt. 
Bolt. 94.2. 
(Olive Trichia. E.) On putrid weeds when thrown on aheap to rot for 
manure. 
Tric. furfura'cea. Stem thread-shaped, green: capsule globular, 
mealy. 
{Schmid. 54.2. E .)—Batsch 178—(E. Bot. 1539. 
