TORTJLACEI. 



487 



Gen. X60. 



Fig. 195. 



TETRAPLOA, B.& Br. 



Spores mostly quadri-articulate gro^^Eg 

 together in fours, and each crowned with a 

 jointed bristle. — Berk. Outl.p. 328. Ann.N.H. 

 no.4:D7. {Fig. 196.) 



This genns is represented by one species, whicli is 

 80 rare that no opportunity has occurred of watching 

 its growth. It appears to be a kind of compound 

 Sj)oridesniium . 



1451. Tetraploa aristata. B. d; Br. " Bearded Tetraploa." 



Stratum olive-black; spores oblong, quadriarticulate, connate 

 in fours, each with au articulate seta of the same length. — B. 

 ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 457, 1. 11, f. 6. 



On grass. King's Cliffe. 



Forming a thin olive-black stratum, consisting of generally quadriarticu- 

 late oblong spores, growing four together and perfectly connate, each 

 crowned with an articulate seta as long as itself. The quadriaristate bodies 

 may either be regarded as made up of four spores or as spores formed of 

 four parallel rows of cells, each row being terminated by a bristle. — B. d;Br. 



(Fig. 195 J 



Gen. 161. ECHINOBOTRYUm, Corda. 



Parasitical ; spores unicellular, stel- 

 lato-fasciculate, ovate, acuminate, rough. 

 —Berk. Outl.p. 328. {Fig. 196.) 



1452. Echinobotzyum atruxn. Corda. 

 '' Black Echinobotryum." 



Tufts at first stellate, then irregularly 

 expanded, black ; spores fawn coloured, 

 ovate- oblong, narrowed at the base, 

 warted, warts produced above into long 

 obtuse points, which are brown. — Corda. 

 ^ ^gg Sturm, i. t. 26. Bon. 1. 10,/. 2l8d. Corda. 



^' ' Icon. iii./. 6. B. 4' Br. Ann. N.H. no. 124, 



457*. Corda. Anl.t.B.f.S,no.6,6,7. Kl.exs.no. 168b. 



Parasitic on black moulds {Pachnocybe.) Milton. King's 

 Cliffe. 



The spores have the appearance of fascicles of minute perithecia. 



{Fig. 196.) 



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