1885. _Chondrioderma simplex_ Schroet., _Krypt. Fl. Schles._, III., 1, p. 123. 1911. _Diderma simplex_ List., _Mycetozoa, 2nd ed._, p. 107. "Plasmodium bright yellowish brown." Sporangia gregarious, sessile, globose or depressed globose, .3-.5 mm., or anon plasmodiocarpous, brown or brick-red when fresh, becoming paler, ochraceous, etc.; hypothallus everywhere in evidence; columella ill-defined; capillitium scanty, the threads delicate, pale, branching as they join the peridial wall; spores dull violaceous, slightly roughened, 8-10 mu. A rather crude, primitive representative of this beautiful genus. The inner peridium seems to be lacking,--a comfort to Rostafinski! Rare. Our best specimens are from New Jersey, by courtesy of Dr. C. L. Shear. These went to fruit on leaves and branches of _Vaccinium_. It seems to affect the heather of Europe, moorland, etc. I have also specimens from the herbarium of the lamented Dr. Rex. These are more plasmodiocarpous, but open beautifully by a median fissure as in _Physarum sinuosum_ Bull. In no American gathering that I have examined does the capillitium show calcareous thickenings as described by the British text. 4. DIDERMA GLOBOSUM _Persoon._ PLATE VII., Figs. 5, 5 _a_. 1794. _Diderma globosum_ Pers., _Roem. N. Mag. Bot._, I., p. 89. 1875. _Chondrioderma globosum_ (Pers.) Rost., _Mon._, p. 180. Sporangia more or less closely gregarious, sessile, globose or by mutual pressure prismatic or polyhedral, white, the outer wall smooth, polished, crustaceous, fragile, far remote from the inner, which is thin, smooth, or rugulose, iridescent blue; hypothallus usually pronounced and spreading beyond the sporangia, sometimes scanty or lacking, columella variable, sometimes very small, inconspicuous, sometimes large, globose, ellipsoidal, even pedicellate; capillitium abundant, brown or purplish brown, branching and occasionally anastomosing to form a loosely constructed superficial net; spores globose, delicately spinulose, 8 mu. This species seems rare in this country. We have specimens from Iowa. It is distinguished by small spores and generally snow-white color. Lister has thrown doubt upon Rostafinski's definition of this form--_Mycetozoa_, p. 78. Almost everything distributed in the United States under this name belongs in the next species. Reported also from Ohio,--_Morgan._ Washington. But:--it should be found in Europe, where first described!