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Sporotriclium tenuissimuni, mihi. 
Plate V. %. 2. 
S. candidum latum telaforme^ Jilis dense intertextis te- 
nuissimis sporis globosis sparsis minutis. 
Hab. In ligno mortuo, autumno. 
Pure white, and adhering so close to the wood, that, with 
the naked eye, it was impossible to say whether it was a 
fungus or a lichen. Very broad, and following the in- 
equalities of the surface on which it grows. Threads very 
fine, and seldom branched. Sporules round, very minute, 
somewhat scattered. Found on a piece of dead and rather 
dry wood, growing chiefly on the bark ; Braid Hermitage. 
Sporotrichum sulphureiim. 
Plate V. fig. 8. 
^S*. sulpliureum ccespitosum^ fills laxe contextis sporis nu- 
merosis suhglohosis, 
Monilia sulphurea? Pbrs. Syn, Fung, p, 691. 
Albert, et Sciiw. Conspect. Fung. p. 346. 
Hab. In stercore et in cellariis, toto annOt 
Tufted, roundish, of a pleasant yellow colour, varying 
in shade according to age. Tufts from half to two lines in 
breadth. Threads remotely jointed, loosely interwoven, 
and occasionally branched. Sporules globular, rather nu- 
merous. 
This plant is by no means uncommon, frequently grow- 
ing along with the following species, in damp cellars, upon 
various substances. A short time ago, I received from Dr 
Brewster a specimen of this and S. aureum^ growing to- 
gether on a wine cork ; and a few days afterwards, met 
with tiicm on dung in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, 
