Lycogala exiguum Morgan 1893

Lycogala exiguum Morgan, Jour. Cine. Soc. Nat
Hist. IS: 134. 1893.
Lycogala miniatum var. /3 tessellatum Lister; Penzig, Myxom. Buitenz. 77. 1898. Lycogala epidendrum var. tessellatum G. Lister in Lister, Mycet. ed. 2. 203. 1911. Lycogala epidendrum var. exiguum G. Lister; Minakata, Bot. Mag. Tokyo 27: 415. 1913.
Aethalia scattered or gregarious, subglobose, small, 2-5 mm. in diameter; cortex yellowbrown, thickly covered with dark purplish or black scale-like patches, which may be nearly confluent and which are usually divided internally into numerous chambers ; dehiscence beginning by an apical tear, soon irregular; pseudocapillitium composed of colorless, branching tubules arising from the inner portion of the cortex, somewhat wrinkled transversely, 2-10 y. in diameter; spores ochraceous in mass, by transmitted light colorless, marked with faint irregular warts and lines, 5-6 ft in diameter; Plasmodium probably pink or red.
Type locality: Ohio.
Habitat: Dead wood.
Distribution: Throughout North America; cosmopolitan.