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Sporangia sessile depressed-globose or plasmodiocarpous, white or ochraceous, covered by dense calcareous scales; capillitium white, the lime-granules sometimes aggregate at the center to form a pseudo-columella; spores not adhering, brownish-purple ellipsoidal, 8 x 10-10 x 15...
1831. _Physarum reticulatum_ Alb. & Schw., Schweinitz, _N. A. F._, No. 2295. 1885. _Physarum gyrosum_ (Rost.) Wingate, Ellis, _N. A. F._, No. 1396. 1892. _Physarum gyrosum_ Rost...
14. iii. Sporangia ovate or cylindric, minute,Sporangia densely crowded or cespitose, sub-sessile or short stipitate, clavate, 1-1.5 mm. high, the peridium gray, iridescent with blue tints, comparatively permanent but final...
20. ii. Capillitium reddish, flesh-colored, atSporangia densely aggregated, forming clusters of greater or less extent, sometimes reaching several centimetres in either direction, tawny gray or ashen, cylindric, tapering a...
19. iii. Stipe slender, sporangiumSporangia dull ochraceous-olivaceous, globose, nearly 1 mm. in diameter, sessile or short stipitate, closely gregarious or crowded, the peridial walls at maturity smooth, shinin...
23. d. Many of the more minute species with which this volume has to do arevery elusive, very difficult; for one reason,--perhaps in itself sufficient,--because of their minuteness, and consequent apparent paucity. They may be common, but none the less...
10. iii. Peridium chocolate without,1831. _Physarum effusum_ Schw., _N. A. F._, p. 257. 1896. _Diderma effusum_ (Schw.) Morg., _Jour. Cin. Soc._, p. 71. 1899. _Diderma effusum_ (Schw.) Morg., Macbr., _N. A. S._, p...
12. iv. Sporangia, spore-mass,"The stems are branched in a furcate manner and confluent at the base, forming a compact tuft. The capillitium is membranaceous at the angles; spores very large compared with al...
9. iii. Peridium turbinate, columella1786. _Lycoperdon complanatum_ Batsch, _Elench. Fung._, I., p. 251. 1829. _Didymium serpula_ Fr., _Syst. Myc._, III., p. 126, Rost., _App._, p. 21. 1875. _Didymium complanatum_...
2. i. Stipe when present yellowishSporangia sessile depressed-globose or plasmodiocarpous, white or ochraceous, covered by dense calcareous scales; capillitium white, the lime-granules sometimes aggregate at the...
21. ii. Elaters with scattered rings; sometimesSporangia crowded and superimposed, sessile in small masses or clusters 1 cm. or less, bright yellow, shining, the peridium thin but opaque, yellow; capillitium of long, slender...
22. c. The considerations just mentioned may, indeed do, sometimes act as ahandicap to the American student, for the simple reason that he comes later to the field of time. He must naturally defer to the decision of men in Europe who are supposedly fam...
3. i. Sporangia as if interwoven,4. ii. Columella long, 4-5 the sporangium11. iii. Sporangia short, jet- or5. xxxx. Stipe generally distinctly fluted1. ii. Stalked, at least some of them13. ii. Sporangia shorter, capillitium15. ii. Calyculus with radiant lines or ribs;17. ii. Calyculus minute or none;18. i. Meshes regular and the nodes16. ii. Net-threads often parallel in twos6. xx. Stipe flesh-colored,7. xxxxx. Stipe very short or none,