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Sporangia subcylindric, the apex obtuse, tapering gradually downward, growing close together on a common hypothallus.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Sporangia subcylindric, the apex obtuse, growing closely crowded together on a thin, brown hypothallus.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Sporangia elongated, subcylindric, tapering and obtuse at the apex, tapering gradually downward, growing closely crowded together on a strongly-developed brown hypothallus.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Each sporangium traversed by a central subcylindric hollow columella, which extends also to the branches, but does not reach to their apices.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Cones 4 to 6 in. long and half as wide, subcylindric, tapering to the end, semipendulous, clustered.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)