610 MUCEDINES. 



1832. Sporotrichum chlorinum. Lk. "Yellow-green 



Sporotrichum." 



Erect, intricate ; flocci dense, very soft, simple and branched; 

 spores heaped together, globose, yellow-green. — Link. Sp.i.p. 

 17. Fr. S.M. m.p. 421. Eng. Fl. v. p. 346. 



On dry leaves. Glasgow. 



1833. Sporotrichum aurantiacum. Grev. " Orange 



Sporotrichum." 



Tufts of a reddish orange, filaments very slender, much en- 

 tangled; spores globose, extremely minute. — Grev. Wern. Trans. 

 iv. t. 5,/. 4. Fng. FL Y.p. 347. 



On dung, &c. 



** Tufted^ of a beautiful orange colour, wMcli acquires a reddish tinge with 

 age. Tufts generally about a line in breadth, but sometimes almost con- 

 fluent. Threads very fine and much entangled." — Oreo, 



1834. Sporotrichum sulphureum. Grev. " Sulphury Sporo • 



trichum." 



Flocci forming minute tufts, at length evanescent; spores 

 minute, globose, heaped together, sulphur-yellow. — Grev. 1. 108, 

 /. 2. Wern. Trans, iv./. 3. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 347. Fr. S.M. iii.p. 

 423. Berk. exs. wo. 211. 



In cellars, on corks, &c. Common. [Mid. Carolina.] 



"Tufted, roundish, of a pleasant yellow-colour, varying in shade accord- 

 ing to age. Tufts \-2 lines in breath. Threads remotely jointed, loosely 

 interwoven, and occasionally branched." —Grev. (Fig. 277 •) 



1835. Sporotrichum laxum.. Link. " Lax Sporotrichum." 



Very delicate, lax ; flocci few, white, as well as the oval 

 spores. — Link. Sp.l,p.l. Nees.f.4:6. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 84:7. S. 

 minutum. Grev. 1. 108,/. 1. Wern. Trans, iv./. i. 



On various substances. Common. Easily recognised by its 

 oval spores. 



" Small, very white, tufted, sometimes crowded together. Tufts about \ 

 line in diameter. Threads under the microscope loosely interwoven, seldom 

 and irregularly branched, and somewhat attenuated." — Grero. 



1836. Sporotrichum inosculans. Berk. " Dark Sporo- 



trichum." 



Effuse, dark umber-brown, forming a velvety crust ; fl.occi 

 erect, virgate ; spores minute, elliptic. — Eng. Fl. Y.p. 346. 



On Thelephora. Appin. 



