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DESCRIPTIONS OF 
I dare not venture to pronounce this plant the Moniiia 
sulplmrea of Persoon : his whole character is comprised 
in the words " ctEspitosa sulphur ea f and the little use he 
seems to have made of the microscope, renders the point 
still more doubtful. 
Sporotrichum aurantiacum, mihi, 
Plate V. %. 4. 
S. OBspitosum aureum, Jilis tenuissimis valde contextis. 
sporis globosis sparsis minutissimis. 
Moniiia aurea? Peks. Syn. Fung. p. 691. 
Albert, et Schw. p. 363. 
Ha.Bo In stercore et in ceilariis, &c, toto anno. 
Tufted, of a beautiful orange colour, which acquires ^ 
reddish tinge in age. Tufts generally about a line in 
breadth, but sometimes almost confluent. Threads very 
fine, branched, and much entangled. Sporules globular^ 
scattered, and very minute. 
The same degree of uncertainty envelopes this species, 
as sulphureum. Persoon's character is only " asspitosa 
aurea i"^ but from the striking similarity of colour, it is 
probable that both plants are what Persoon has described 
with so much brevity, and under the same specific names, 
under the genus Moniiia. 
It appears very distinct from aureum of Link, in the 
Berl Mag. 7. IS, 
Penicillium, Link. 
Flocci simplices aut ramosi, apicihvs dilitatis Jiiiduntur 
injascicidum^ ramulorum capitulum sporarum globosarum 
€olUgentem. 
