ACOTYLEDONS. — FUNGI. MonUia. 33 



B. Helvelloide^. Large, carnoso-memlranaceous, fragile, 

 externally suljarinaceous. 



2. P. aiirantiay stemless caespitose subflexuose reddish orange^ 

 externally whitish. Ptrs. p. 038. P. coccinea, Sow. t. 78 

 P. cjjalhuides, Light/', p. 1052. 



Hab. Rotten sticks and sometimes upon the ground, on ditch banks 

 in shady places. Spring and autumn. Light/., Hopk. 



3. P. vesiculosa, coespitose large olive brown somewhat connivent 

 at the mouth at length campanulate torn at the margin, ex- 

 terior coat separating from the inner one. Pers. p. 641. 

 Sow. t. 4. 



Hab. On the ground on road sides^ and on dunghills, during the spring 

 and autumn, but not common, Hopk. 



C. Mostly small, externally hairy or pubescent. 



4. P. scutellata, rather large flattened orange-coloured, exter- 

 nally furnished with divergent black hairs. Pers. p. 650. 

 Sov'. p. 24. Light/, p. 1053. 



Hab. On rotten wood and old cow dung, in spring and autumn. 

 Light/. ; and often on tlie ground in hot-beds, and in flower-pots, 

 common, Hopk. 



5. P. pulchella, scattered subsessile hairy white, disk orange red. 

 Pers. p. 653. P. bicolor. Sow. t. 17. 



6. P. virginea, gregarious white upon rather a long stipes hemi- 

 sphaerical patulous hairy. Pers. p. 653. P. niveu, Sow. /. 6.5. 



Hab. On rotten wood and decayed trees, frequent. Autumn. Hopk. 



D, Entirely glabrous, at least not manifestly doivny, carnoso- 

 cereaceoiis {mostly minute). 



7. P. Prunastri, breaking through the epidermis scattered sessile 

 coriaceous black paler beneath. Pers. p. 673. 



Hab. On the dead stems of Prunus Cerasus, Mr. Greville. 



38. ASCOBOLUS. 

 Receptacle hemisphaerical, fleshy. Capsules {thecce) manifest, 



protruding, filled with a fluid, and generally three seeds or 



sporules. 

 1. A. furfuraceus, gregarious somewhat concave brown or 



greenish, externally furfuraceous. Pers. p. 676. Peziza 



stercoraria. Sow. t. IS. 



Hab. On cow dung, about Edinburgh, Autumn. Mr. Greville. 



Sect. II. N^matothecii. Filamentous Fungi. 



39. MONILIA. 



Stipitate, or spreading. Filaments moniliform or articulated, 



* Stipitate. Filaments /arming a rounded head. 



1. M. glauca, tufted cinereo-glaucous. Pers. p. 691, Mucor 



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