S42 FUNGI. [Botrytis, 



125. BoTRYTis. 3Iich. Botrytis. 

 Sporidia (at first included) simple, collected in little sori on 

 or towards the apices of thej^om and their branches. — Name, 

 ■(SoT^vg) a bunch of grapes. 



1. B. grisea, Fr. {grey Botrytis) ; fertile flocci scattered sub- 

 simple equal grey, sporidia of the same colour collected here 

 and there in heaps upon the^filaments. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 3. p. 

 396 Haplaria grisea, Nees, Syst.f. 49. Lk. Sp. \. p. 52. 



On decaying vegetables. Margate. Nov. On decaying petioles of 

 vines in a greenhouse. Rev. M. J. Berkeley. — It is usually found on 

 Sparganium and allied plants. Flocci shnple or forked, grey, slender 

 but rather rigid, septate, at the apices and sides of which are little heaps 

 of globose grey sporidia, giving it at first a whorled aspect. They soon 

 fall off and leave the flocci quite naked. 



2. B. cinerea, Pers. (cinereous Botrytis) ; fertile flocci gre- 

 garious subsimple cinereous soon strangulated, sporidia attached 

 here and there globose whiter than the flocci. Pers. Syn. p, 

 690. Disp. t. 3. /. 9, 10. Lk. Sp. 1. p. 60. Johnst. Fl. Bene. 

 '2. p. 212. 



On stems of herbaceous plants, frequently springing from Sclerotiiim 

 durum. Not uncommon. — Sphceria solida, Sow. t. 314, is, I believe, 

 Sclerotium durum beset with the present plant in an^old state after the 

 sporidia have been washed oif. 



3. B. cdna, Schmidt, {hoary Botrytis) ; flocci cinereous or 

 whitish, sterile eftuse, fertile branched at the apex, sporidia 

 large oval. Kitnze S)- Schm. Myc. Heft. 1. p. 83. Lk. Sp. 1. 



59. Fr. Syst, Myc. v. 3. p. 397 Mucor racemosus. Bull, t, 



504./. 7. 



On rotting stems and leaves. Apethorpe. Norths.^ Rev. M. J. 

 Berkeley. — It also appears to have been found at Appin by Captain 

 Carmichael on the leaves of Scrophidaria nodosa, the very habitatof 

 the plant as described under the above name by Schmidt. This species 

 is easily distinguished by the large oval, not ovate, sporidia. Branches 

 growing in a botryoid rather than racemose form. The flocci are some- 

 times nearl}^ white. 



4. B. vulgaris, Fr. {common Botrytis) ; flocci grey, sterile 

 rather fleecy, fertile divided at the apex into lobe-like branchlets, 

 on which are collected the globose minute sporidia. Fr. Syst. 

 Myc, V. 3. p. 398. — Botrytis poly actis, Lk. Sp. I. p. b^.—Poly- 

 actis vidgaris, Nees, Syst.f. 57. 



On rotting plants, gourds, cabbages, &c. Common in Norths. Rev. 

 M. J. Berkeley.— This species varies in the degree and manner of 

 branching, the branchlets being sometimes far less obtuse, the sporidia 

 also vary from white to glaucous. I have no doubt that Fries is quite 

 right in referring B. leucospora, Lk. to this species. In its best state 

 it resembles Chondria obtusa in miniature. 



5. B. vera, Fr. [Michelis Botrytis) ; fiocc'i grey, sterile rather 



