Botrytis.] FUNGI. 343 



fleecy, fertile branclied above forming" spikes about tlie slender 

 apices. Fr. St/st. Myc. v. 3. p. 398. — Bot. spicata, Pers, Styn. 

 jy, 69l.—3Iucor Botrytis, Bolt, t, 132./. 3. With. v. 4. ;?. 370. 

 — Botrytis spicata, S)-c. 3Iich.p. 21:2. ^. 91./. 4. 



On various deca3'ing substances. On Pohjporus versicolor, near 

 Halifax, Bolton, who alone appears to have observed this species. 



6. B. lateritia, Fr. (^tile- coloured Botrytis) ; flocci brick -red 

 inclining to rnfous, sterile widely effused, fertile irregularly 

 verticillate multifid at tlie apex, sporidia oval. Fr. Syst. 3Iyc. 

 V. 3. p. 402. — SporotricJium luteritiwn, Lk. Sp. I. j?. 15. 



On decaying stems of herbaceous plants, not unfrequentl}' within the 

 hollow, old potatoes, beet-root, &:c. Common in Norths. Bev. JI. 

 J. Berhclej/. — This species has at first sight entirely the habit of a 

 Sporotric/nmi, forming a thin almost uninterrupted stratum, but a care- 

 ful examination shows it to be a true Botrytis. Each apex is at first 

 terminated with a single sporidium. Desmazieres's VerticiUium ochro- 

 rubrum, Ann. des Sc. N, S. v. 2. t. 2./ o, differs in nothing except the 

 globose sporidia. 



7. B. criistosa, Fr. (crust-Uhe Botrytis); flocci w\\\iQ in every 

 stage of growth, fertile simple, trifid and verticillate, spores 

 globose terminal. Fr. Syst. JSIyc. v. 3. p. 403. — Mucor Dema- 

 Hum, Fr. Obs. I. p. 210. 



On leaves and stems of plants, especially Heracleinn Sphondyliinn. 

 On leaves o( ul^r/opodiuni Podufjraria. Berwick. J)r. Johnston. — 

 The specimens referred to the present species were marked, previously, 

 iiowever, to the publication of the concluding portion of the S>/sf. 

 Myc. as a new species. The filaments confessedly vary so much in 

 their manner and degree of branching, that I rely more upon the evitlcnt 

 affinities of the plant than on the technical character given above from 

 Fries, which according to his own account would at times be scarcely 

 sufficient to distinguish the species. The sjjorcs I find both globose 

 and ellij)tic on the same individual, tlie branches rather cymose than 

 verticillate above, and the apices sometimes exactly trifiil, the spores 

 very large and decidedly filled with sporitlia as in JIucor,i\ud altogether 

 destitute of the jewel-like brilliancy of the large sporidia in Botrytis 

 cana. 



8.2?. parasitica, Pers. ( parasitic Botrytis) ; flocci white in 

 every stage of growth, branches of the fertile flocci raninlose, 

 sporidia very large globose. Pcrs. Obs. 1. t. 5. /'. 5. G'lvr. 

 iV. Ed. ]). 408. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 3. p. 403. — Bot. Oijaricinu, 

 Johnst. Ft. Berw. 2. p. 212. — JIucor Botrytis, Sow. t. 359. 



On stems of Ctipaclld Jiursd J'tistoris, FrDphiln rrrna, ike. gone- 

 rally when infested with Vrcdo Candida. Very connnon. The same plant 

 appears to be fii^nred by Sowerby upon the poils of Brysiniinn Alli- 

 ariu ; the sporidia, however, arc rejjrescnted as oval. 



9. ]i. cflusn, Grev. (Spijinch Mould) ; pale pnrplish-groy 

 spreading, fertile* flocci branched above, branches siiort divari- 

 irated, spores hw'j^i*. oval. Grcv. ! Fl. Jul. p. lOS, — Mucor 

 spiiiacca, Soic. .' llcrb. 



