Classificatio7i, 8 t 



Pllaira. Sporangia elevated on a long weak stem. 



Piloboliis, Tode. 



Sporangiferous lijplia^ erect, aseptate, swollen at 

 the apex, distilling minute drops of water, cut off 

 from tlie vegetative myceliuoi by a transverse septum 

 at the base; sporangium depresso-globose, black, 

 covered with the minutely warted tunic, ejected at 

 maturity. 



P iloholus, TodQy Fung, Meckl. p. 41; Sacc. Syll. 

 vii. p. 184. 



Minute fungi, growing chiefly on the dung of various 

 animals. 



Gregarious, or densely crowded, appearing as 

 minute crystalline threads tipped with yellow. As 

 development proceeds a certain amount of water is 

 transpired, which collects in minute drops on the stem. 

 The sporangium at maturity is ejected into the air 

 with its contained spores. 



Piloholus crystcdlimis, Tode (fig. 57). 



Sporangiferous hyph^ slender, pellucid, tinged 

 yellow, secreting minute drops of water, apex ventri- 

 coso-globose; sporangia hemispherical, 270-300 jj, 

 diameter, blacky externally with minute warts arranged 

 in a more or less reticulate manner ; columella bluish- 

 black; spores elliptical, epispore thin, very pale yel- 

 low, 7-1 Ox 5-6 [M. 



Pllohohcs crystallinus, Cke. Hdbk. n. 1894; Grove, 

 Mon. Pilob. p. 33, t. iv. f. 16. 



Eucrystallinus, I.e. p. 34; Sacc. Syll. vol. vii. n. 



592. 



On horse and cow dung. Very common. 



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