1. Licea variabilis Schrader.

[Plate XII]., Figs. 7 and 8.

Fructification plasmodiocarpous, elongate, hamate, annulate or irregularly repent, very dark brown, rough, the peridium of two layers, the outer closely adhering, dark brown, thick, opaque, the inner delicate, membranous, very thin, transparent, iridescent, rugulose, rupturing irregularly; hypothallus none; spores in mass pale yellow with a greenish tinge, by transmitted light nearly colorless, large, globose, minutely spinulose, 12.5 µ.

This is the largest species of the genus as represented in this country, the plasmodiocarps of various lengths and from .5–.7 µ wide. Somewhat resembling some species of Ophiotheca, but of much darker color. The outer peridium is deciduous, and the inner slowly ruptures, by irregular fissures discharging the spores. The plasmodium, according to Schrader, is white. Rare. Probably overlooked.

Any good reason for changing the name given to this form so well illustrated and described by Schrader does not appear. Persoon quotes his predecessor's species and adds L. flexuosa on his own account; strangely enough, since Schrader expressly describes L. variabilis, "in uno eodemque enim loco peridium hemisphericum, ovatum, oblongum flexuosum vel aliter formatum diversi est diametri."

New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa.

Licea flexuosa Pers. is by Schweinitz reported from Pennsylvania. It is described as having brown spores, 10–15 µ, spinulose.

2. Licea biforis Morgan.

[Plate XII]., Fig. 10.