CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Mucob. 
369 
(Water-drop Mould. E.) Observed by Mr. Dickson on putrefying 
paste. 
M. muce'do. Stem undivided, supporting a single globular capsule. 
Bull 480. 2—(Sowerby 378. f. 5. 6. 7. E.)— FI. Dan. 467. 4;—Bolt. 132. 
1 —Mich. 95. 1. Mucor — Gled. 6. Mucor f. 3. a. f. f. 2. a—Sterb. 31. 
more highly magnified. 
(Cotton Mould. M. Mucedo. Linn. Sowerby. Relh. Huds. Bolt. Lightf, 
Purt. Pers. M. sphcerocephaliis . Bull. M. vulgaris , &c. Mich. E.) On 
decayed planks, and putrid substances. Jan.—-Dec. 
(M. glau'cus. On stems ; heads roundish, in clusters. 
Sowerby 378. 9. 14. E.)— FI Dan. 777. 2 — Mich. 91. 1. Aspergillus ; f. D — 
Gled. 1. Byssus 1. row 3. f. 4— FI. Dan. 840. 3. may be the same plant. 
(Glaucous or Common Blue Mould. M. glaums. Linn._ Relh. Huds. 
Lightf. Purt. Monilia glauca. Pers. Hook. E.) On decayed fruits, as 
apples, melons, and such substances. Jan.—Dec. 
M. urceola'tus. Evanescent; stem ventriccse upwards, transparent, like 
a dew-drop: head roundish, elastic, black. Dicks. 25. Relh. n. 
1062. 
(Purt. 31— Bull. 480. 1. E.)— FI. Dan. 1080— (Sowerby 300. E.)— Bolt. 133, 
1— Dicks. 3. 6. 
Stem yellowish, changing to a pellucid watery blue, ventricose upwards 
Head spherical, but depressed, black, shining, when ripe thrown off with 
an elastic force. Dicks. This plant, having the property of ejecting 
the seed-vessel in the same manner that Lycoperdon carpobolus does, 
and the head, which is blackish grey, appearing to be replete with seeds 
like that, should the former be made a distinct genus, might associate 
with it. The structure of it is clearly a membrane surrounding and in¬ 
closing the capsule, in form of a globe at the top of the stem, which, 
when ripe, is exploded to some distance. This membrane is not fuga¬ 
cious like the Mucors ; a specimen, now six or seven years old, still shows 
the remains of the collapsed membrane, though the capsules are fallen 
into powder and gone. Stem, after the explosion of the head, loses its 
ventricose appearance, becomes cylindrical and crooked, in which state 
it will remain for years, if kept in a dry place. Woodw. (In certain 
states the stem has a swelling at the top, in others is of equal thick¬ 
ness from the base upwards. Bulliard asserts that on discharging the 
seed, the head becomes pendent. 
Pitcher-shaped Mould. M. urceolatus. Sowerby. Bull. Dicks. Bolt. 
Purt. vol. 2. Pilobolus urceolatus. Purt. vol. 3. P. crystallinus. Pers. 
Hook. M. roridus of our Author, also of Bolt. 132. 4. Pluk. and 
Pet. Gaz. described with stem strictly cylindrical, would appear to be no 
other than a variety of M. urceolatus, the form of the head and stem being 
liable to change ; as was suspected by Persoon, and is confirmed by 
Pur ton. E.) On horse and cow dung: to be found in dewy mornings or 
evenings. Aug. 
M. em'bolus. Stem black, bristle-shaped, set with brown woolly 
hair. 
Hall. Enum. 1. 1. at p. 21. Hist. 48. 1. at p. 116. 
Bristly Mould. E.) On decayed wood. Jan.—Dec. 
VOL. iv, 2 A 
