34.0 ^ rUNGl. [Aspergillus, 



Sow. t. S78.f. 9. IVU/i. V. 4. p. 369. — Mucor Aspergillus, Bull 

 t. 504. f. IQ.^Monilia glauca, Pers. Syn\ p. 691. Hook. Scot. 2. 

 p. 33. 



On various decaying substances, as lard, bread, cheese, &c. — Flocci 

 indistinctly articulate when fresh ; head covered with a subpellucid 

 grumous substance on which are seated the globose sporidia arranged 

 in radiating moniliform threads. This agrees with the account given by 

 Corda, but the grumous substance is not constantly present. — One of 

 the most common moulds and always unacceptable, except upon cheese 

 which is valued when attacked by it. On the same substance the my- 

 celiitm is often of various colours, as bright-yellow, green, &c., and the 

 sporidia partake in great measure of the same tint, but all so intimately 

 blended that it is impossible to distinguish species. 



3. A. roscus, Lk. (pink Aspergillus) ; mycelium tliin, fertile 

 flocci simple, sporidia globose rose-red. Lk. Sp. 1. p. 68. 

 ^Monilia rosea, Pers. Sijn. p. 697. Batsch, El. p. 183./. 58. 



On damp paper, lint, carpet, &c. Sent to Sowerby by 3Ir. Templeton 

 on damp blue paper. — Flocci not septate ; sporidia globose, minute, 

 arranged in moniliform rows. I am inclined to think this a distinct 

 species. It is doubtful whether the plant on hasel-nuts, &c., figured by 

 Sowerhj, t. 378./. 11, is the same. 



4. A. aureus, Berk, (golden-i/ellotv Aspergillus) ; fertile flocci 

 erect short simple clavate, sporidia large thinly scattered elliptic 

 golden-yellow. 



On bark. Soicerhij. — This very beautiful and distinct species 1 find 

 unmarked in Sowerby's collection and suspect that he considered it a 

 form of his Mucor ferrugineus. The Jiocci are short, consisting of 

 about four articulations, clavate above and covered thinly with large, 

 subelliptic ^eWo^ sporidia, in which it recedes from the usual character 

 of the genus and from Asp.Jiaviis. 



5. A. mdximus, Lk. [large Asper-gillus) ; sterile flocci yellow- 

 brown forming a compact fleecy stratum, fertile dichotomously 

 branched clavate above, sporidia very large at length of the 

 same colour with the flocci. Nees, Syst.f.Ql. Fr. Syst. Myc, 

 V. 3. p. 387. — Asp. laneus, Grev. FL Ed. p. 467 — Sporodinia 

 Qvandis, Lk. Sp. \, p. 91. 



On putrid fungi. About Edinburgh. Dr. Greville. 



6. A. mollis, Berk, (wkite branched Aspergillus) ; fertile flocci 

 white erect dichotomously branched, apices clavate, sporidia 

 large subglobose. 



On dead leaves. Winter. Apethorpe, Norths. Bet). M. J. Ber- 

 keley. — Forming minute, scattered, pure white fascicles, with a thin 

 procumbent mycelium. 



7. A. virens, Lk. (green branched Aspergillus) ; tufts rather 

 dense, flocci entangled suberect, heads as well as the branched 

 flocci greenish. Lk. Sp. \. p. 67. Grev. FL Ed. p. 467. Fr, 

 Syst. Myc, v. 3. p. 388. 



On decaying Agarics. Carlowrie, near Edinburgh. Dr. Greville. 



