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The North American Slime Moulds A Descriptive List Of All Speci

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...

Chapters

1. Chapter 1

2. Chapter 2

Sporangia sessile depressed-globose or plasmodiocarpous, white or ochraceous, covered by dense calcareous scales; capillitium white, the lime-granules sometimes aggregate at the...

3. Chapter 3

4. Chapter 4

5. Chapter 5

6. Chapter 6

7. Chapter 7

8. Chapter 8

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...

9. Chapter 9

1786. _Lycoperdon complanatum_ Batsch, _Elench. Fung._, I., p. 251. 1829. _Didymium serpula_ Fr., _Syst. Myc._, III., p. 126, Rost., _App._, p. 21. 1875. _Didymium complanatum_...

10. Chapter 10

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...

11. Chapter 11

12. Chapter 12

"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...

13. Chapter 13

14. Chapter 14

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...

15. Chapter 15

16. Chapter 16

17. Chapter 17

18. Chapter 18

19. Chapter 19

Sporangia dull ochraceous-olivaceous, globose, nearly 1 mm. in diameter, sessile or short stipitate, closely gregarious or crowded, the peridial walls at maturity smooth, shinin...

20. Chapter 20

Sporangia densely aggregated, forming clusters of greater or less extent, sometimes reaching several centimetres in either direction, tawny gray or ashen, cylindric, tapering a...

21. Chapter 21

Sporangia 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. Chapter 22

handicap 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...

23. Chapter 23

very 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...