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PL cell. aph. 9. GASTEROMYCE.^. 202. Eurot. 567
Moiiilia nidulans. Roth Fl. Germ. 1, 559.
Stemoiiitis suJpluirea, Roth. Fl. Germ. 1,443?
Wiicor herbarionim, Fersoon Sijn. 202, 9.
Eurotiuni herbariorum, Link in Berl. Mag. 3.
On dried plants, placed in damp situations, or on recent
plants while being dried, if not changed often enough.
II. 203. iETHALIUM. Link. Froth-mould.
Sporangium irregular ; peridia sessile, double ; the outer
towlike, vanishing ; the inner membranaceous, flakey
sporidia naked, conglomerate.
^thalinm flavum. Yellow froth-mould.
Peridia yellow; becoming whitish, branny: sporidia purplish-brown.
Reticularia lutea, Bulliard Champ. 87, 380 ; Sowerby Fungi, 399, 2.
Reticniaria carnosa, Sowerby Fungi, 399, 3.
Reticularia cerea, Sowerby Fungi, 399, 4.
Reticularia hortensis, Sowerby Fungi, 391, 1,
Bolton Fung. 134.
Fuligo flava, Persoon Syn. 161, 4 ;
yEthalium flavum, Link in Berl. Mag. 3.
On grasses, fallen leaves, &c.; autumn after rain.
Resembles a froth fallen upon plants ; in a few hours it
grows brittle, fibrous, and filled with sporidia.
III. 204. LIGNYDIUM. Link. Leaf-mould.
Sporangium nearly globular, adnate to a membranaceous
stroma; peridium single, membranaceous, bursting, flocks
adherent to the inside ; sporidia crowded, among the flocks.
Lignydium griseo-flavurn. Greyish-yelloiu leaf-mould.
Peridia grey; flocks yellow; sporidia brown.
Lignydium griseo-flavum, Link in Berl. Mag. 3,24.
On the bark of trees.
From one-third to half an inch in diameter.
IV. 205: SPUMARIA. Persoon. Fold-mould.
Sporangium irregular, on a membi'anaceous stroma; peridium
loose, cellularly flocky; inside with various twisted
plaits arising from the stroma ; sporidia heaped in the folds.
Spumaria alba. White fold-moulds
Sporangium white; plaits iron-black; sporidia brown,
Reticularia alba, Bulliard Champ. 92.
Spumaria Mucilago, Persoon Syn. 163, 1.
On the stem or leaves of plants ; autumn.