590 236. Erysibe. 10. SARCOTHECEfE. Pl.cell.aph . 
8. Erysibe berberidis . Berberry mould-bud . 
two-forked at the tip. 
Erysiphe berberidis, De Can'd. FI. Gall. 737. 
On the upper face of berberry-leaves. 
9. Erysibe acariforme. Ticklike mould-bud. 
Thalli heartshape, brown, rather downy; rays interwoven, 
tom, yellow. 
Lycoperdon acariforme, Sowerby Fungi , 146. 
On rotten wood. 
10. Erysibe Sower bii. Sowerby y s mould-bud. 
Thallus nearly globular, brown, woolly; rays very slen- 
der, very long, radiately regular, yellowish, 
Lycoperdon radiatum, Sowerby Fungi, 143. 
On plaistered walls. 
II. 237. THANATOPHYTUM. Esenb. Death-mould. 
Thallus tuberous, expanded creeping, rootlike. 
Thanatophytum crocorum. Saffron death-mould. 
Thallus red. 
Tuber parasiticum, Bulliard Champ. 81. 
Sclerotium crocorum, Persoon Syn. 119. 
Thanatophytum crocorum, Esenbecfc Syst. 2,38. 
La vnort dc saffron. 
On the bulbs of crocuses, the roots of dwarf elder and 
asparagus. 
Very destructive to saffron, speedily destroying a whole 
plantation of it. The French cultivators trench the ground 
very deep round the infected spot, throwing the earth of 
the trench upon it, and no longer cultivate saffron thereon, 
as it will remain in the ground for 15 or 20 years. 
III. 238. SCLEROTIUM. Persoon. Corn-mould . 
Thallus variously shaped, mostly globular, without any 
expansion. 
1 . Sclerotium vaporariorum. Stove corn-mould. 
Thallus flat, often lobed, rather hard ; at first smooth- 
brown ; when old black, wrinkled. 
Sclerotium vaporariorum, Albert and Schwein. Nish, 73. 
On the bark-bed of hot-houses. 
