The North American Slime-Moulds: A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital SpeciesMacbride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)
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The North American Slime-Moulds: A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species
Macbride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)
Myxomycetes
oo Columella yellow 20. _P. citrinum_
OO Sporangium not yellow.
o Capillitial mass persistent.
+ Sporangia globose,
pallid or white 21. _P. globuliferum_
++ Sporangia blue or lilac,
rose, etc. 22. _P. lilacinum_
+++ Sporangia drab or brownish 23. _P. murinum_
++++ Sporangia wine-red 24. _P. pulcherrimum_
oo Capillitial-mass less
persistent; orange 25. _P. pulcherripes_
ii. Columella long, 4-5 the sporangium
non-calcareous. 26. _P. penetrale_
iii. Columella large globose 27. _P. luteo-album_
_b._ Sporangia without columella.
i. Sporangia nucleate, calcareous at center.
O Stipe yellow 28. _P. nucleatum_
OO Stipe white 29. _P. wingatense_
ii. Sporangia non-nucleate.
O Sporangia purple 30. _P. newtoni_
OO Sporangia blue, spotted with red 31. _P. psittacinum_
OOO Grey or white, iridescent betimes.
o Sporangia white, discoidal;
stipe yellow 32. _P. discoidale_
oo Sporangia lightly calcareous,
iridescent, sub-globose,
diam. about = to the stout,
brown, slightly wrinkled
stipe 33. _P. leucophaeum_
ooo Sporangia globose or sub-globose.
x. Small, .5 mm.
+ Stipe erect, clear brown 34. _P. nodulosum_
++ Stipe weak, yellow,
stuffed 35. _P. maculatum_
xx. Larger, lime-capped; stipe
strand-like 36. _P. didermoides_
xxx. Stipe snow-white, fragile 37. _P. leucopus_
xxxx. Stipe generally distinctly fluted
+ Sporangia laterally
compressed, fan-shaped 38. _P. compressum_
++ Sporangia typically
globose, umbilicate
below, connate, etc.,
strongly calcareous 39. _P. notabile_
+++ Sporangia reniform,
concave below _P. affine_,
see under 38
++++ Sporangia larger, to 1 mm.,
nearly limeless,
iridescent 40. _P. tropicale_
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