A Monograph of the Mycetozoa; being a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the British Museum

Abstract

ALTHOUGH this is an official publication of the Natural History Department of the British Museum, that part of the title referring thereto is somewhat misleading, because the author includes everything published belonging to this curious group of organisms. At the same time it is not a monograph in the strict sense of the word, because the author had no opportunity of examining a large number of the reputed species inhabiting Central Europe, Scandinavia and North America. Thus, out of 15 species of Badhamia, only 9 came under his observation; of Physarum, 30 out of 45; of Didymium, 8 out of 17, and so on all through. It is true that he repeats, in English, the authors' descriptions, and frequently suggests the affinities of the species in question.

A Monograph of the Mycetozoa; being a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the British Museum.

Illustrated with seventy-eight plates and fifty-one woodcuts. By Arthur Lister. (Printed by order of the Trustees. London: 1894.)