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

by Thomas H. Macbride

GENERA

Alwisia, [208] Alwis; personal. Amaurochæte, [148] αμαυρος, dusky, and χαιτη, hair. Gr. Arcyria, [247] αρκυον a net. Gr. Badhamia, [313] C. D. Badham; personal. Brefeldia, [154] O. Brefeld; personal. Calonnema, [266] καλος, beautiful, and νημα, a thread. Gr. Ceratiomyxa, [18] κερατιον, a small horn, and μυξα, mucus. Gr. Cienkowskia, [110] Leon Cienkowski; personal Clastoderma, [191] κλαστος, broken, and δερμα, dermis, skin or covering. Gr. Colloderma, [147] κολλα, glue, and δερμα, dermis, covering. Comatricha, [171] κομη, and θριξ, both words meaning hair. Gr. Craterium, [103] κρατηρ, a vessel. Gr. Cribraria, [216] cribrum, a sieve. Lat. Diachaea, [185] διαχειυ, to pour out; the application not patent. Gr. Dianema, [238] δια, through or across, and νημα, thread. Gr. Dictydium, [230] δικτυον, a net. Gr. Dictydiæthalium, [215] Dictydium and æthalium; the latter from αιθαλοσ, sooty. Gr. Diderma, [129] δις, twice or twofold, and δερμα, as above. Gr. Didymium, [115] διδυμος, double. Gr. Echinostelium, [198] εχινος, a sea-urchin, and στηλιον, (?), a handle or stem. Gr. Enerthenema, [189] ενερθε, below, and νεμα, a thread. Enteridium, [211] εντερον the intestine. Gr. Fuligo, [23] fuligo, soot. Lat. Hemiarcyria, [259] ἡεμι, half, and Arcyria. Hemitrichia, [259] ἡεμι, half, and Trichia. Heterotrichia, [256] ἑτερος, other, and Trichia. Lachnobolus, [245] λαχνος, woolly, and βωλος, a lump. Gr. Lamproderma, [191] λαμπρος, shining, and δερμα, as above. Gr. Leocarpus, [111] λειος, smooth, and καρπος, fruit. Gr. Lepidoderma, [144] λερις, a scale, and δερμα, a covering. Gr. Licea, [199] said to be Latin; licium, a thrum, a girdle. Lindbladia, [203] A. Lindblad; personal. Lycogala, [233] λυκος, a wolf, and γαλα, milk. Gr. Margarita, [237] μαργαριτης, a pearl. Gr. Mucilago, [113] mucilago, musty juice. Lat. Oligonema, [278] ολιγος, few, and νημα, a thread. Gr. Ophiotheca, [240] οφις, a serpent, and θηκη, a case. Gr. Orcadella, [203] ορκα, a cask (?). Diminutive. Perichæna, [242] περι, around, and χαινειν, to crack open. Gr. Physarum, [45] φυσα, a bladder, something inflated. Physarella, [71] Diminutive of Physarum. Plasmodiophora, [17] ρλασμα, something formed, and φορος, that bears. Gr. Prototrichia, [257] πρωτος, first, and Trichia. Reticularia, [209] reticulum, a small net. Lat. Stemonitis, [156] Like a stamen. Tilmadoche, [95] τιλμα, lint, and δοχη, containing. Gr. Trichia, [267] οφιξ, hair. Gr. Tubifera, [205] tubus, a tube, and fero, I bear. Lat.

GENERA AND SPECIES

• Æthaliopsis,, [26].
  • stercoriformis Zopf., [27].
• Æthalium, [23].
  • flavum Link., [27].
  • septicum Fr., [27].
• Alwisia, [208].
  • bombarda Berk. & Br., [208].
• Amaurochæte, [148].
  • atra (Alb. & Schw.) Rost., [6], [149.]
  • cribrosa (Fr.) Macbr., [150].
  • fuliginosa (Sow.) Macbr., [149].
  • tubulina (Alb. & Schw.) Macbr., [150].
  • minor Sacc. & Ell., [145].
• Angioridium, [52].
  • sinuosum Grev., [52].
• Arcyria, [247].
  • albida Pers., [245].
  • bicolor Berk. & C., [255].
  • cinerea (Bull.) Pers., [254].
  • conglobosa Macbr., [255].
  • decipiens Pers., [276].
  • denudata (L.) Sheld., [253].
  • digitata (Schw.) Rost., [255].
  • ferruginea Sauter., [253].
  • flava Pers., [249].
  • gabriellae Rav., [257].
  • globosa Schw., [245].
  • incarnata Pers., [6], [251].
  • insignis Kalchbr. & Cke., [256].
  • leucocephala Pers., [105].
  • magna Rex, [248].
  • nodulosa Macbr., [252].
  • nutans (Bull.) Grev., [249].
  • œrstedtii Rost., [249].
  • pomiformis (Leers) Rost., [255].
  • punicea Pers., [253].
  • stipata, List., [262].
  • versicolor Phill., [250].
  • vitellina Phill., [250].

• Badhamia, [31].
  • affinis Rost., [35].
  • capsulifera (Bull.) Berk., [38], [40].
  • chrysotricha Berk. & C., [34].
  • decipiens (Curt.) Berk., [34].
  • decipiens Berk., [49], 63.
  • foliicola G. List., [39].
  • gracilis var. Macbr., [37].
  • hyalina (Pers.) Berk., [40].
  • iowensis Macbr., [36].
  • inaurata Currey, [34].
  • lilacina (Fr.) Rost., [65].
  • macrocarpa (Ces.) Rost., [37].
  • macrocarpa Rost., [37].
  • magna Peck, [38].
  • nitens Berk., [34].
  • nodulosa Mass., [51].
  • orbiculata Rex, [37].
  • ovispora Racib., [33].
  • panicea (Fr.) Rost., [35], [51].
  • papaveracea Berk. & R., [42].
  • penetralis Cke. & Ell., [177].
  • populina List., [41].
  • rubiginosa (Chev.) Rost., [43].
  • subaquila Macbr., [44].
  • utricularis (Bull.) Berk., [39].
  • varia Mass., [38].
  • verna Fries, [51].
  • versicolor List., [33].
• Brefeldia, [154].
  • maxima (Fr.) Rost., [154].
• Byssus.
  • fruticulosa Fl. Dan., [19].

• Calonema, [266].
  • aureum Morg., [266].
• Ceratiomyxa, [18].
  • arbuscula Berk. & Br., [20].
  • filiforma Berk. & Br., [20].
  • fruticulosa (Muell.) Macbr., [19].
  • mucida Schroet., [19], [21].
  • porioides (Alb. & Schw.) Schroet., [19], [20], [21].
• Ceratium,
  • hydnoides Alb. & Schw., [19].
  • porioides Alb. & Schw., [19], [20].
• Chondrioderma, see Diderma.
  • aculeatum Rex, [139].
  • calcareum Rost., [95].
  • crustaceum (Peck) Berl., [135].
  • globosum (Pers.) Rost., [134].
  • michelii (Lib.) Rost., [138].
  • niveum Rost., [137].
  • radiatum (L.) Rost., [141].
  • reticulatum Rost., [131].
  • roanense Rex, [141].
  • rugosum Rex, [144]
  • sauteri Rost., [139].
  • stromateum (Link.) Rost., [132].
  • testaceum (Schrad.) Rost., [137].
  • trevelyani (Grev.) Rost., [142].
• Cienkowskia, [110].
  • reticulata (Alb. & Schw.) Rost., [49], [111].
• Cionium,
  • xanthopus Ditm., [123].
• Clastoderma, [191].
  • debaryanum Blytt., [191].
• Clathroptychium, [215].
  • rugulosum (Wallr.) Rost., [215].
• Clathrus.
  • adnatus Batsch, [251].
  • denudatus L., [253].
  • ramosus Retz., [193].
• Clavaria, [19].
  • byssoides Bull., [19].
  • puccinia Batsch, [19].
• Colloderma, [147].
  • oculatum (Lipp.) G. List., [147].
• Comatricha, [171].
  • aequalis Peck, [180].
  • caespitosa Sturg., [173].
  • crypta Schw., [127].
  • cylindrica (Bilgr.) Macbr., [173].
  • elegans (Racib.) G. List., [182].
  • ellisiana (Cke.) Ell. & Ev., [177].
  • ellisii Morg., [184].
  • flaccida (List.) Morg., [174].
  • friesiana (DBy.) Rost., [128].
  • gracilis Wing, [183].
  • irregularis Rex, [176].
  • laxa Rost., [177], [184].
  • longa Peck, [175].
  • nigra (Pers.) Schroet., [178], [184].
  • obtusata (Preuss.) List., [179], [190].
  • persoonii Rost., [183].
  • pulchella (Bab.) Rost., [183].
  • rubens List., [183].
  • shimekiana Macbr., [144].
  • stemonitis (Scop.) Shel., [181].
  • subcaespitosa Peck, [132].
  • suksdorfii Ell. & Ev., [178].
  • typhina (Pers.) Rost., [181].
  • typhoides (Bull.) Rost., [163], [181].
• Cornuvia, [240], [241].
  • circumscissa (Wallr.) Rost., [241].
  • wrightii (Berk. & C.) Rost., [241].
• Crateriachaea.
  • crateriachaea mutabilis Rost., [99].
• Craterium, [73].
  • aureum (Schum.) Rost., [104].
  • citrinellum List., [37].
  • concinnum Rex, [107].
  • confusum Mass., [79].
  • convivale (Batsch) Morg., [105].
  • cylindricum Mass., [106].
  • leucocephalum (Pers.) Ditm., [105], [106].
  • lilacinum Mass., [65].
  • maydis Morg., [91].
  • minimum Berk. & C., [106].
  • minutum (Leers) Fr., [107], [108].
  • mutabile Fr., [104].
  • nodulosum (C. & B.) Morg., [51].
  • obovatum Peck, [70].
  • paraguayense (Speg.) List, [103].
  • pedunculatum Trent., [58], [107], [108].
  • rubescens Rex, [103].
  • rubiginosum Mass., [70].
  • vulgare Ditm., [107].
• Cribraria, [216].
  • argillacea Pers., [218].
  • aurantiaca Schrad., [221].
  • cernua Pers., [230].
  • cuprea Morg., [229].
  • dictydioides Cke. & Balf., [222].
  • elegans Berk. & C., [228].
  • intricata (Schrad.) Rost., [223].
  • languescens Rex, [229].
  • macrocarpa Schrad., [219].
  • microcarpa (Schrad.) Pers., [226].
  • microscopica Berk. & C., [220].
  • minima Berk. & C., [220].
  • minutissima Schw., [220].
  • piriformis Schrad., [228].
  • purpurea Schrad., [228].
  • rufa (Roth) Rost., [220].
  • splendens (Schrad.) Pers., [221].
  • tenella Schrad., [225].
  • violacea Rex, [227].
  • vulgaris Schrad., [222].
• Cytidium.
  • melleum (Berk. & Br.) Morg., [65].
  • ravenelii (Berk. & C.) Morg., [48].
  • rufipes (Alb. & Schw.) Morg., [50].

• Dermodium, [236].
  • conicum (Pers.) Rost., [236].
• Diachaea, [185].
  • bulbillosa (Berk. & Br.) List., [188].
  • caespitosa List., [173].
  • cylindrica (Bilgr.) List., [173].
  • elegans Fr., [186].
  • leucopodia (Bull.) Rost., [186].
  • splendens Peck, [187].
  • subsessilis Pk., [187].
  • thomasii Rex, [173], [188].
• Dianema, [238].
  • andersoni Morg., [239].
  • corticatum List., [238].
  • harveyi Rex, [238].
• Dictydiaethalium, [215].
  • plumbeum (Schum.) List., [215].
• Dictydium, [230].
  • cancellatum (Batsch) Macbr., [6], [230].
  • cancellatum cancellatum Macbr., [231].
  • cancellatum purpureum Macbr., [232], [173].
  • cancellatum prolatum Macbr., [232].
  • cernuum Nees, [230].
  • longipes Morg., [231].
  • microcarpon Schrad., [226].
  • splendens Schrad., [221].
  • umbilicatum Schrad., [230].
• Diderma, [129].
  • albescens Phill., [137].
  • asteroides List., [143].
  • brunneolum Phill., [58].
  • cinereum Morg., [138].
  • citrinum Peck, [37].
  • conglomeratum Fr., [57].
  • contextum Pers., [31].
  • cor-rubrum Macbr., [140].
  • crustaceum Peck, [135].
  • difforme (Pers.) Morg., [126].
  • effusum (Schw.) Morg., [130].
  • floriforme (Bull.) Pers., [143].
  • geasteroides Phill., [142].
  • globosum Pers., [134].
  • globuliferum Fr., [46].
  • granulatum (Schw.) Fr., [31].
  • hemisphericum (Bull.) Horne., [138].
  • laciniatum Phill., [142].
  • lyallii Mass., [136].
  • mariae-wilsoni Clinton, [137].
  • minutum (Schum.) Fr., [31].
  • niveum (Rost.) Macbr., [137].
  • oblongum Fr., [40].
  • ochraceum Hoffm., [140].
  • ochroleucum Berk. & C., [31].
  • persoonii Macbr., [126].
  • radiatum (L.) Morg., [141].
  • reticulatum Fr., [111], [130].
  • reticulatum (Rost.) Morg., [131].
  • roanense (Rex) Macbr., [141].
  • rufipes (Alb. & Schw.) Fr., [50].
  • rugosum (Rex) Macbr., [144].
  • sauteri (Rost.) Macbr., [139].
  • simplex List., [132].
  • spumarioides Fr., [132].
  • squamulosum Alb. & Schw., [119].
  • stellare (Schrad.) Pers., [141].
  • testaceum (Schrad.) Pers., [137].
  • trevelyani (Grev.) Fr., [142].
  • vernicosum Pers., [112].
• Didymium, [115].
  • anellus Morg., [117].
  • annulatum Macbr., [125].
  • anomalum Sturg., [127].
  • chrysopeplum Berk. & C., [47].
  • cinereum (Batsch) Fr., [35].
  • clavus (Alb. & Schw.) Rabh., [122].
  • complanatum (Batsch) Rost., [116].
  • connatum Peck, [41].
  • crustaceum Fr., [118].
  • difforme Duby, [126].
  • dubium Rost., [126].
  • effusum Link., [119].
  • erythrinum Berk., [50].
  • excelsum Jahn, [128].
  • eximium Peck, [124].
  • farinaceum Schrad., [121].
  • fulvum Sturg., [118].
  • glaucum Phill., [41].
  • gyrocephalum Mont., [95].
  • hemisphericum (Bull.) Fr., [138].
  • intermedium Schrad., [128].
  • lateritium Berk. & Rav., [33].
  • leoninum Berk. & Br., [128].
  • melanopus Fr., [122].
  • melanospermum (Pers.) Macbr., [121].
  • melleum Berk. & Br., [47].
  • michelii Lib., [138].
  • microcarpon (Fr.) Rost., [123].
  • minus List., [121].
  • nigripes Fr., [91].
  • nigripes (Link) Fr., [123].
  • obrusseum Berk. & C., [52].
  • oculatum Lipp., [147].
  • paraguayense Speg., [103].
  • polycephalum (Schw.) Fr., [95].
  • polymorphum Mont., [95].
  • proximum Berk. & C., [123].
  • quitense (Pat.) Torr., [127].
  • ravenelii Berk. & C., [48].
  • serpula Fr., [116].
  • squamulosum (Alb. & Schw.) Fr., [119].
  • stellare Schrad., [141].
  • tenerrimum Berk. & C., [52].
  • testaceum Schrad., [137].
  • tigrinum Schrad., [145].
  • trochus List., [125].
  • wilczekii Meylan, [117].
  • xanthopus (Ditm.) Fr., [123].
  • zeylanicum Berk. & Br., [102].
• Diphtherium.
  • flavofuscum Ehr., [176].

• Echinostelium, [198].
  • minutum DeBary, [198].
• Enerthenema, [189].
  • berkeleyanum Rost., [190].
  • elegans Bowm., [190].
  • papillatum (Pers.) Rost., [190].
  • syncarpon Sturg., [190].
• Enteridium, [211].
  • cinereum Schw., [26].
  • minutum Sturg., [214].
  • olivaceum Ehr., [214].
  • rozeanum (Rost.) Wing., [211].
  • splendens Morg., [211].
• Erionema, [31].
  • aureum Penz., [31].

• Fuligo, [23].
  • cinerea (Schw.) Morg., [26].
  • ellipsospora List., [26].
  • flava Pers., [29].
  • intermedia Macbr., [30].
  • laevis Pers., [29].
  • megaspora Sturg., [30].
  • muscorum Alb. & Schw., [25].
  • ochracea Peck, [25].
  • ovata (Schaeff.) Macbr., [6], [27].
  • plumbea Schum., [215].
  • rufa Pers., [28].
  • septica (L.) Gmel., [27].
  • varians Rost., [27].
  • varians Sommf., [23].
  • violacea Pers., [29].

• Hemiarcyria, see next, [259].
• Hemitrichia, [259].
  • ablata Morg., [264].
  • clavata (Pers.) Rost., [264].
  • funalis Morg., [264].
  • intorta List., [263].
  • karstenii Rost., [260].
  • leiocarpa Cooke, [263].
  • longifila Rex, [263].
  • montana Morg., [266].
  • obscura Rex, [260].
  • ovata (Pers.) Macbr., [261].
  • plumosa (Morg.), [265].
  • rubiformis (Pers.) Rost., [262].
  • serpula (Scop.) Rost., [260].
  • stipata (Schw.) Rost., [262].
  • stipitata Mass., [265].
  • varneyi Rex, [263].
  • vesparium (Batsch) Macbr., [262].
  • wigandii Rost., [261].
• Heterotrichia, [256].
  • gabriellae (Rav.) Mass., [257].