I072 CRYPTOGAMIA ALGJE. 



The ftaJks are black, about tvv'O lines in hcigfif^ 

 bearing each a fingle head, Ibmctimes a double 

 or treble one, ot" the fize of muftard or poppy- 

 feeds, of a loundifli figure at firft, but, when 

 burfl", often fiattifli or truncated, and of a black 

 color. The internal powdered down is black, 

 with a tinge of green. 



** Fuzaces. 



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mticedo. 3^ M. flipltatus, capfula globofi, Sp.pl 1655. (Mi- 

 chel, tab. ()q. f. I. Oedcr. Dan. t. 467. /. 4* 

 opt. Malpigh. Vegetal, t. 25./. 108. F. ^) 



Common grey Mould. Anglis. 



Upon bread, fruits, plants, and other fubflances 

 in a putrid ftate. It grows in clufters, the 

 ftalks a quarter of an inch high, pellucid, hol- 

 low, and cylindrical, fupporting each a fingle 

 globular head, at firft tranfparent, afterwards 

 dark-grey, which burfts with elaftic force, and 

 ejeds fmali round feeds difcoverable by the 

 microfcope. 



glaucus 4. M. llipitatus, capltulo fubrotundo aggregate. 

 Sp. pi. 1656. {Michel, gen. 212. t. ^i. f. i, 

 Malpigh. Vegctat. t. 25./. 108. L. M. N.) 

 Grey clufter- headed Mould. Anglis, 

 Upon rotten apples, melons, and other fruits, 



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