508 PILOBOLUS. 



XV. PILOJBOLUS. Tode. 



Hydrogcra. ^eh, HoU.p. iio. Viloholus, Tode Meckl. 

 1. P. 41* Pers, Obs, i» p, "^6* Link^ diss, i» p, 52! 

 Tfees syst^ p. 85' 



CHAR. Uterus stipitiformis, tubulosus, mem- 

 branaceus, roridus , superne ventricoso-bullatus ; 

 adultus pilei instar coronatus Sporangio vesiculoso, 

 membranaceyi, derrTarnque elanice exploso. Spori- 

 dia distincfti, globosa. — Peridium sinwlex^ velo 

 fiigacissimo, 



HISTOR. Genus, a ■';7;/\os- & BuAi) dicSlum, 

 naturalissimum, continens fungillos gregarios, fu- 

 gaces, fimicolas, sstate & autumno obvios, versi- 

 formes; adulti ad Mucoroideos valde accedentei 

 (quare ab Nees & Ehrenbergio, sporangium arti- 

 culum flocci dieentibus, ad Hyphomjcetes refe- 

 runtur) ; sed in statu juniori cvidenter contexti, 

 Sclerotium 1. Sphasriam referentes. Peridia ejus- 

 dena indolis in veris Perisporiis occurrunt. Meri- 

 to igitur locum suum inter Angi.)gastres ut genus 

 mucediaeo-epiphytum servat. 



1. P. crystailimis, utero obovato, deorsum stipiti. 

 formi, vesicula hemisphrerica nigra. 



Mucor obliquu^. Scop. Carn. 2. p* 494. M< urceo- 

 ».... latus. Bull. Ch, p. iii. t. 480« /. I. Dicks. Qr. 1. 



p. 25* *. 3. /♦6. Bolt. t. 133. /. I. Kristall- 

 Scliwammehen* O. Fr, MiilU Kl. Schrift. p. 122« 

 t, 7. Hydr. cryst. T^Feb. Hols. p. iio. Ehrh.Beytr. 

 3. p. 122. Pilobolas cryst. Tod. in Schrift. Berl, 

 Nat. Fr. g. p, 46* t. I. Pers. Obs. 1. p, 76. *. 4* 

 /. 9 — ^^il* Syn. p. ix^* Sehum, Sczll. 2. p. i88- ^L 

 Dan^ t. loSOt A, S, p,. 72, Link, l^ c^ /^ 50. Nees 



^y^** f* 8i» 

 Junior Sclerotium pusillum lutescens, adultum 

 mucorem albidura diaphanum refert. Forma pri- 

 mo rotunrla, dein eloagata, tandemque obovata, 

 apice contracfla mucrone terminata, guttulis aqueis 

 irrorata. Ipse fungus admodum fugax, sed vesicu- 

 la dejcda indurescens» Ad fimum equinum, vacci- 



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