GRYPTOGAMIA FUNGL 



'IS 



..■":. . . as alfo upon decay'd v/ood, and the flalks of 



wheat. ,;,•!., I , 



Thele are of a pellucid grey color. The flalks 



generally fingle, lupporting a fphjeacal ball, 



' which, when magnified, appears to be com- 



, ^■^-': pounded of numerous fine, n^ioniiiform, or neck- 



J. f • lace-like ri^i/V* '• . ■ 



(ruflo.Uus M. ftipitatus, fpicis digitalis. Sp. fl. 16^6. (MI- 

 S' cbel. gen. 212. /. 01./. 3.) 

 Fingered Mould. Anglis. 

 Upon corrupted food of various kinds, frequent. 

 This is of a white aqueous color ; the flalks 

 fingle, each fupporting at the top four or five 

 necklace-like radii, diverging from the fame 

 point or centre. 



fipiicusS. M. unfluofus flavus, Sp. pL 1656. (Schwffer. 



fung. tab. 192. opt.) 

 Yellow frothy Mucor. Anglis. 

 Upon the leaves of plants, fuch as ivy and beech, 



&c. fometimes upon dry flicks, and frequently 



upon the tan or bark in hot-houfes. VIII. — 



XI. 

 It is of no certain fize or figure, but of a fine 



yellow color, and a fubftance refembling at 



firll cream beat up into a froth. 

 In tlie fpace of twenty-four hours it acquires a 



Z z z thin 



