612 



Gen. 245. 



MUCEDINES. 



BOLACOTRICHA, B. & Br. 



Fig. 280. 



Flocci unbranclied, 

 jointed, curled at the 

 top ; spores large, glo- 

 bose, shortly pedicellate, 

 conglomerated towards 

 their base. — Berk. Outl. 

 p. 353. Ann. N.H. no. 

 506. {Fig. 280.) 



1840. Bolacotricha grisea. B.^^Br. " Grey Balocotricha." 



Effused, grey ; flocci thicker below, flexuous, tips curved, 

 irregularly articulated ; spores conglomerate, globose. — Ann. 

 N.H. no. 506, t. 5,/. 4. 



On dead cabbage stalks, &c. 



Tufts resembling strongly those of Myxotrichum chartarum, but rather 

 larger, forming large effused, grey patches ; threads thicker at the base, 

 flexuous, pale purple under the microscope, strongly curved at the tips like 

 little tendrils, sparingly articulate at irregular distances, or perfectly con- 

 tinuous ; spores conglomerate, large, 5-8 times as broad as the threads, 

 globose; episporium thinj endochrome strongly granulated. {Fig. 280.) 



Gen. 246. 



MYXOTRICHUM, Kunze. 



Flocci branched, bearing 

 towards their base little con- 

 glomerated masses of spores. 

 — Berk. Outl. p. 353. 



{Fig.2Sl.) 



1841. 



Fig. 281. 



Myzotxichum chartarum. 



trichum." 



Xze. " Paper Myxo- 



Foi-ming little patches, dark grey, globose ; flocci caespitose, 

 decumbent, divaricately branched, erect, emergent, uncinate at 

 the apex ; spores in clusters at the tips of the branches, sub- 

 globose, at first concatenate. — KunzeM.H.n.p. 110, t. 2,f. 1. B. 

 ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 121. Berk.exs.no. 207. Corda.Yi.f. 23. 

 Sturm, vi. t. 40. 



On straw, &c. {Fig. 281.) 



