Pac7inoci/he.] FUNGI. 333 



113. EuRoTiuM. Lhili. Eurotium. 



Peridia membranaceous, sessile, springing- immediately from 

 the mycelium, bursting irregularly. Sporidia globose, minute, 

 falling a\Fay in water, pellucid Name, gy^wr, mouldiness, 



1. E. herhariorum, Lk. (yellow Eurotium) ; peridiola spheri- 

 cal snbdepressed yellow, surrounded by radiating expanded 

 branched intricate flocci. Lk. Sp. I. p. 79. Grev. ! Sc. Cn/pt. 

 Fl. t. 164. /. 1. Fr. Syst, Myc, v. 3. p. m-l.—Miicor Uer- 

 hariorum^ Pers. Syn. p. 202. — Farinaria sulphured^ Sow. t. 379. 



On damp plants in Herbaria, preserves and various decaying bodies. 

 Very common. — There is a white and an orange variety. 



Tribe 3. DEi\rATiEr. Springing from corticated, continuous 

 or septate, sporidiferous flocci, 



114. Sporocybe. Fr. Sporocybe. 



Sporidia simple, conglobated into a terminal head. Flocci 

 somewhat fibrous. — Name, a-rroioc, seed, and '/.v^n, a head. 



1. S. calicioides, Fr. {Calicium-like Sporocybe) ; black, my- 

 celium effused spot-like, head globose compact, stem slender 

 subulate. Fr, Syst. Myc. v. 3. ]). 342. — Calicium haustellare, 

 Ach. in Vetesk. Acad. Hand. 1816. t. 5./. 6. (in part.) 



On decaying stems of i)lants, Apethorpe, Norths. Jiev. M. J. 

 Berkeley. — Much larger tiian the following species, the stems breaking 

 up into fibres whicii give it a fibriiloLis ap[)carance. Head small, scou 

 falling off. 



2. S. byssoides, Fr. (small black Sporocybe) ; black, head 

 globose compact, sporidia globose, stem subulate pellucid at the 

 apex. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 3. p. 3-13. — Periconiu byssoides, Ptrs. ! 

 Syn. p. 686. Nees, Nov. Nat. Car. v.ix. p. 239. t. 5.f. 9. 



On small sticks and mouldering stems of herbaceous plants, especially 

 those belonging to tiie order 3Ialvacea'. Winter. Common in Norths. 

 Jiev. M. J. Berkeley.— Vovmmg a thin, black, velvety stratum, casilv 

 recognised under a lens by ti)c globose heads with which the hairs of 

 the [)ilc are terminated. Scarcely \ a line high. Stem stiff, brown, 

 obscurely anniilated. Sjmridid largo.'globose, pclluciti, brown, minutely 

 echinnlatc. The apex of the stem is generally a little incrassatcd, 

 forming a receptacle for the sporidia. 



115. PACiiNocynR. Berk. Pachnocybe. 



Stem solid, fdiform, swollen above and forming a receptacle 

 which is pruinose with the sporidia. — Name, ■Ta;/v>;, hoarfrost, 

 and 'li'ji^ny a head. 



1. /*. stdfulfiftt, V,v\k. {subidatc Pachnocybe) ; stem brown- 

 grey snbulatr sliglitly incrassatcd above, sporidia minute. — Peri- 

 co/iia subulata, A'ces, Nov. Act. l\at. Cur. /.r. p. 238. /. o. f. 8. 



