Cribraria elegans Berk. & M. A. Curtis 1873

Cribraria elegans Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Grevillea 2: 67. 1873
Sporangia gregarious, globose, stipitate, erect or nodding, 0.3-0.5 mm. in diameter, deep lilac or rose-purple; stalk long, slender, tapering upward, almost black, arising from a scanty hypothallus; calyculus about one-half the sporangium, finely ribbed, covered, especially above, with small purple granules, the margin toothed or perforate; net well developed, the meshes small, polygonal, the threads delicate, colorless, with many free ends, the nodes dark, numerous, rather prominent; spores purple in mass, pale violaceous by transmitted light, smooth, 6-6.5 n in diameter.
Type locality: South Carolina.
Habitat: Dead coniferous wood.
Distribution: Widely distributed in the United States.

Cribraria elegans is a species of slime molds. It is found in the United States, Europe (including France) and Japan.