Alwisia bombarda

Alwisia bombarda Berk. & Br. Jour. Linn. Soc. 14: 87. 1873
Prototrichia bombarda Massee, Monog. 128. 1892.
Aethalia ovate-cylindric, dull reddish-brown or pallid, 1-1.5 X 0.5 mm., stipitate, the stalks coalescent, forming clusters of 4-8; total height about 4 mm.; peridium evanescent above, the lower half persisting as a cup; pseudocapillitium composed of a cluster of rigid, tubular threads, mostly unbranched except near the base of the cup, where they are attached, and protruding in brush-like fashion after dehiscence, nearly smooth or finely spinulose and often with bulbous enlargements, attached at the tips to the peridium before dehiscence; spores reddish-brown, faintly reticulate over two-thirds of the surface, 5-6 fx in diameter; Plasmodium watery-white.
Type locality: Ceylon.
Habitat: Dead wood.
Distribution: Blue Mountains, Jamaica; Ceylon; the Malay Peninsula; Sumatra.