Lamproderma sauteri

Lamproderma sauteri Rost. Monog. 205. 1874
Lamproderma violaceum & Sauteri Lister, Mycet. 129. 1894.
Sporangia stipitate, globose or slightly depressed, usually flattened or umbilicate below, 1-2 mm. in diameter, the total height 1-4 mm.; peridium membranous, persistent, dark blue with a metallic luster, not brilliant; stalk usually short, rarely exceeding the height of the sporangium, black, subulate, from a firm, well developed hypothallus; columella reaching about
* as "arcyriodes," obviously an error. the center of the sporangium, truncate or slightly enlarged at the tip; capillitium coarse, purplish with pale tips, appearing hoary after the spores are shed; spores black in mass, dark purplish-brown by transmitted light, echinulate, 12-15 /z in diameter.
Type locality : Salzburg, Austria.
Habitat: Wood, leaves, and debris, mainly of coniferous trees.
Distribution : Ontario, Michigan, Montana, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, California ; Europe.