Classification , 8 9 



spores elliptical_, 15x6-7 //, sometimes subglobose, at 

 leugtli brown. 



Miicor stercoreuSj Link. Sp. v. p. 20 ; Sacc. Syll. 

 vii. 616. 



Sydroijliora stercorea, Tode, F. M. p. 6. 



In human dung. Kare. 



MucoT siibtilissimuSj Berk. 



Mycelium creeping ; sporangiferous hypk^e erect, 

 brau died, branches short, spreading, each terminated by 

 a minute, sj^herical sporangium ; spores elhptic-oblong. 



Miicor suhtilissimus, Berk. Hort. Journ. iii. p. 98, 

 fp. 1—5; Cke. Hdbk. n. 1893; Sacc. Syll. vii. 625. 



On mildewed onions, developed from Sderotium 

 cepaworiim. Rare. Exceedingly minute. No speci- 

 men exists in Berkeley's herbarium, consequently the 

 size of the spores cannot be given. 



Miicor clavatus, Link. 



Byssoid, white, vegetative mycelium delicate, 

 aseptate ; sporangiferous hyphge solitary, not fascicu- 

 late, simple, thickened into an obconic form at the 

 apex, at this point 12-18 fi across, brownish-olive; 

 sporangia spherical, smooth, smoky, very thin, 100- 

 180 fi diam., columella cylindrical, apex rounded; spores 

 spherical, or broadly elliptical, size variable, 8-21 fi 

 diameter, smoky-brown, epispore minutely striate. 



Mucor clavatusj Cke. Hdbk. n. 1887; Sacc. Syll. 

 vii. n. 626. 



On rotting fruits. Not common. 



The hyphasma, or vegetative portion of the 

 mycelium, forms a thin hyssoid or cotton-wool like 

 stratum^ from which scattered sporophores, or sporan- 



