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570 210. Licea. .9. GASTEROMYCEiE. PLcellaph.
2. Liceafragiformis. Strawlerry hare-mould.
Sporangia cylindrical, in hemispherical tufts, at first
fulvous-red, afterwards pale- brown; sporidia brown.
Tubifera ferruginosa, Gmelin Syst. Nat. 2, 1472.
Tubulifera arachnoidea, Jacq. Miscel. 1, 144.
Tubulifera Cremor, (Eder Fl. Dan. 659.
Stemonitis ferruginosa, Batsch. Fung. 175.
Tubulina fragiformis, Persoon Syn. 198.
On rotten trunks of trees ; autumn.
X. 211. DERMODIUM. Link. Flight-mould.
Spora?igium irregularly formed ; peridium single^, membranaceous,
very thin, vanishing; sporidia very numerous,
conglomerate.
1. Dermodium inquinans. Dirtying Jlight-moidd.
sporidia black.
Sporangium widely expanded, black j
Dermodium inquinans, Link in Berl. Mag. 3.
On the trunks of trees.
2. Dermodium fallax. Deceiving flight-mould.
Sporangium umber-brown; surface warty, cellular; spO"
ridia in tufts, cylindrical, globular.
Dermodium fallax, Esenbeclc Syst. 2,29.
On the trunks of trees.
C. PHYSARiDEiE. Peridivm thin, single or double, rei^ular,
mostly pedicelled, skinny, the outer falling into an-
flocci adnate to the base of the peridium, not
gular pieces ;
extending beyond it; sporidia collected into a ball ; columella
mostly distinct.
XL 212. DIDYMIUM, Schrader. Skin-mould,
Sporangium nearly globose; peridia double, both mem-
laranaceous, crustlike, falling to pieces ; columella distinct,
nearly globular ; sporidia globular.
1. Didymium candidum. WJiite skin-mould.
Sporangia sessile, smooth, globular or rather hemisphe*
rical, snow-white.
Diderma globosum, Persoon Syn. 167.
On decayed leaves; autumn.
Resemble the eggs of insects.