HISTORY OF PILOBOLUS 9 



Coemans,^ Klein,^ van Tieghem,^ Bainier,'* Grove,^ Palla,® and 

 Morini.' 



In 1875 van Tieghem ^ founded the genus Pilaira on two mould- 

 species which have simple cylindrical non-exploding sporangiophores, 

 like those of Mucor, and dehiscent adhesive sporangia, like those 

 of Pilobolus. The genus Pilaira, as is evident, serves to connect 

 Pilobolus with Mucor .^ 



In 1884 appeared Grove's Monograph of the Pilobolidae,^^ which 

 contained a history of the family, a full discussion of the synonymy 

 involved, and a key to the ten species then known. The species 

 were arranged as follows : 



Order, MUCORINI, de Bary. 

 Family, PILOBOLIDAE, van Tieghem. 



Genus I — Pilobolus, Tode. 



1. Pilobolus oedipus, Montague. 



2. ,, exiguus, Bainier. 



1 E. Coemans, " Monographic du genre Pilobolus Tode, specialement etudie au 

 point de vue anatomique et physiologique." Mem. cour. et des Sav. etrang. Acad, 

 roy. de Belgique, T. XXX, 1861, 68 pp., 3 tab. 



2 J. Klein, " Zur Kenntnis des Pilobolus," Pringsh. Jahrb.f. wiss. BoL, Bd. VIII, 

 1872, pp. 305-381, Taf. XXIII-XXX. 



3 P. van Tieghem : (1) " Sur la structure et le mode de dehiscence du sporange 

 des Pilobolees et sur deux especes nouvelles de Pilobolus," Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 

 T. XXII, 1875, p. 274 ; (2) " Nouvelles recherches sur les Mucorinees," Ann. Sci. 

 Nat., 6 ser, T. I., 1875, pp. 41-61 ; (3) " Observations au sujet d'un nouveau travail 

 de M. Brefeld sur les Mucorinees et en particulier sur les Pilobolus," Bull. Soc. Bot. 

 France, T. XXIII, 1876, p. 35 ; (4) "Troisieme memoire sur les Mucorinees," Ann. 

 Sci. Nat., 6 ser., T. IV, 1876, pp. 335-349. 



* G. Bainier, jStude sur les Mucorinees, Paris, 1882, 126 pp., 11 tab. 



5 W. B. Grove, " Monograph of the Pilobolidae," The Midland Naturalist, 

 Birmingham, England, 1884. Reprint, pp. 1-39, PI. IV and VI. 



« E. Palla, " Zur Kenntniss der Pilobolus-Arten," Oesterr. bot. Zeitschr., Bd. L, 

 1900, pp. 349-370, 397^01, tab. col. Under the title " Contribution a la connais- 

 sance des especes du genre Pilobolus " Palla's paper is reviewed and translated by 

 R. Ferry in Eev. Mycol., T. XXVI, 1904, pp. 19-33, tab. 



' F. Morini, " Materiali per una monografia delle Pilobolee," Mem. delta R. 

 Accad. delle Sci. delVIstituto di Bologna, ser. VI, T. Ill, 1906 ; T. VI, 1909. 



^ P. van Tieghem, loc. cit., pp. 51-61. 



* The name Pilobolus is derived from Tciloq, a hat, and [iaXXco, I throw ; while 

 Pilaira is derived from ttTXoi;, and aipw, I raise. 



^^ W. B. Grove, loc. cit. The arrangement of the species of Pilobolus in Saccardo 

 is based on Grove's Monograph. 



