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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Mucor. 
M. cespito'sus. Stem branching; fructifications digitate. 
Bull. 504. 11 — Bolt. 132. 2 — Mich. 91. 4. Aspergillus — Gled. 1- — Byssus, row 
3./. 2. 
(Digitated Mould. M. ccespitosus. Linn. Huds. Bolt. Monilia ccespitosa. 
Belli. Purt. M. racemosa. Pers. E.) On decayed vegetables in woods. 
M. crusta'ceus. Stem undivided: fructifications radiating, terminal. 
Var. 1. Bays of fructifications few. 
{Purt. t. 34. E.) — Mich. 91. 3. Aspergillus. 
Height one to two-tenths of an inch. Fructifications beaded, issuing in 
rows like rays from the top of the stem. 
Var. 2. Rays of fructifications crowded. 
Bull. 504. 10— Mich. 91.2. Aspergillus. 
(Beaded Mould. Monilia racemosa. Pers. E.) On decayed vegetables, 
and corrupted food, in moist shady places. (Mr. Purton is of opinion that 
Monilia ccespitosa might include both this and the preceding species, the 
chief difference being in their stems. E.) Jan.—Dec. 
M. bo'trytis. Stem bearing fructifications in bunches. Bolt. 
Bolt. 132. 3—Bull. 504. 7—Ft. Dan. 777. 1— Mich. 91. 4. Botrytis—Gled. 1. 
Byssus , row 3. f. 1. 
Height from one to two-tenths of an inch. Fructifications like bunches of 
grapes. 
(Bunch-of-grapes Mould. E.) On a decaying plant of Boletus versi¬ 
color. 
M. ca'seus. Crust rather coriaceous: stems very short: heads or 
seeds roundish, white, yellow, or scarlet. 
Bull. 504. 2— ( Sowerhy 180. E.) 
(Cheese Mould. M.caseus. Relh. Purt. M. crustaceus. Bull. Trichia 
polymorpha. Sowerby. E.) Observed by Mr. Relhan on old cheese kept 
in a moist cellar, and on decayed leaves in woods. See FI. Cant. Suppl. 
iii. p. 39. 
M. auran'tius. Crustaceous: stems branched, creeping: seeds few, 
roundish, scattered, very minute, orange-coloured. 
Bull. 504. 5. 
(Orange Mould. E.) Of long duration. Found by Mr. Relhan on wil¬ 
lows, by the rivers in Granchester meadow. 
M. ciirysosper'mus. Bull. Extremely subtile, yellow; consisting of 
stems supporting yellow seeds, singly or in clusters. 
Bull. 476. 4 and 504. 1— {Sowerby 378. 13. E.) 
It has the same property of repelling wet that has been observed in the 
seeds of Lycopodium. A specimen now before me is not wetted, 
though it has been immersed in a fluid for a year. 
Covering the whole surface of the plants on which they grow, and staining 
k, the fingers yellow. 
