The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, OhioMorgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
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The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio
Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
Myxomycetes -- Ohio -- Miami River Valley
2. LEOCARPUS CÆSPITOSUS, Schw. Sporangium small subglobose or obovoid to
turbinate, somewhat irregular, stipitate or subsessile; the wall a
reticulately thickened and fragile membrane, yellow-brown to
greenish-yellow or olivaceous in color, externally rugulose and glossy,
the inner surface with scales and patches of lime. Stipe short and
thick, sometimes nearly obsolete, yellowish or reddish brown, darker
below, the base expanded into a small hypothallus. Capillitium a loose
irregular net-work of tubules with wide expansions at the angles; the
nodules of lime large, numerous, white or yellowish, irregular, with
acute angles and pointed lobes. Spores globose, minutely warted, dark
violaceous, 9-11 mic. in diameter.
Growing cæspitosely or scattered on old wood and mosses. Sporangium
.6-.8 mm. in diameter, variable in shape, the stipe usually very short.
_Physarum cæspitosum_ Schw., _North American Fungi_. My specimens, some
of them, have been referred to _Physarum citrinellum_ Peck; others to
_Physarum variabile_ Rex.
3. LEOCARPUS BRUNNEOLUS, Phillips. Sporangium large, globose or somewhat
depressed, sessile; the wall a thick yellow-brown membrane, the outer
surface naked, smooth, and polished, with a dense white inner layer of
granules of lime, dehiscing in a stellate manner, the segments becoming
reflexed. Capillitium of tubules forming a dense net-work, with wide
expansions at the angles; the nodules of lime very large, numerous,
white, angular and irregular. Spores globose, minutely warted, dark
violaceous, 8-10 mic. in diameter.
Growing on bark of oak, California (_Harkness._) Sporangium nearly 1 mm.
in diameter. _Diderma brunneolum_ Phillips. I have taken the description
from Massee's monograph.
4. LEOCARPUS FRAGILIS, Dicks. Sporangium very large, obovoid-oblong,
stipitate or subsessile; the wall a greatly thickened membrane, polished
and shining within and without, from alutaceous or pale umber to
dark-brown in color, destitute of lime. Stipe short, weak, and slender,
arising from a thin hypothallus. Capillitium of slender tubules forming
a loose network of large irregular meshes, with slight expansions at the
angles; the lime white, variable in amount, sometimes quite scanty, then
again filling large portions of the net-work with long-branched and
reticulate masses. Spores subglobose, dark violaceous, opaque, 12-15
mic. in diameter.
Growing gregariously on old wood, leaves, mosses, etc. Sporangium 1.5-2
mm. in length by 1 mm. in thickness, the stipe variable in length, but
usually much shorter than the sporangium. _Diderma vernicosum_ Pers.
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