Gen. 2 2 6 . A S P E R G IL LU S , Micll.
Threads erect, articulate, crowned with a
globose head, producing necklaces of spores.
Berh. Outl. p. 347. {Fig. 261.)
1757. A s p e ig i l lu s g la u c u s . Lk . “ Blue
Mould.”
Sterile flocci effused, white ; fertile threads
simple, their apices capitate ; sporidia rather
loosely packed, at length glaucous.—Berh.
j:; 261 exs.no.298. Eng. FI. v.p. 339. Mucor. glaums.
Sow. t. 378,/. 9. Corda. St. t. 7. Mucor. aspergillus. Bull. t.
504,/. 10.
On various decaying substances, as lard, bread, cheese, &c.
Very common. Variable in colour. [United States.]
“ Flocci indistinctly articulate when fresh; head covered with a sub-
pellucid grumous substance, on which are seated the globose sporidia m-
ranged in radiating moniliform threads. ’—M. J . B. (Tig- Zol.)
1758. A s p e r g i l l u s d u b i u s . Corda. “ Doubtful Aspergillus.”
Tufts minute, white; stem simple, straight, pellucid; capi-
tulum globose, white, covered with linear, clavate sporophores,
which bear the chains of obovate, unequal, colourless spores.
Corda. ii. t. 4 ,/. 77. B. Br. Ann. N.H. no. 520.
On rabbit’s dung. Nov. King’s Cliffe.
In this very curious species the head is covered with linear processes, each
of which is snrmounted by four sterigmata, on which are developed the
chains of spores.—M. J , B.
1759. A sp e r g illu s c a n d id u s. Lk . “ White Aspergillus.”
Sterile flocci effused, white; fertile threads simple, thickened
at their apices; sporidia compact, white.—Berh. Eng. FI. v. p.
339. Chev. t. iv./. 17. Fr. S.M. iii. 79. 385.
On various decaying substances. Common.
Smaller than with a stiffer habit and more compact
sporidia.
1 7 6 0 . A sp e r g illu s r o s eu s . Lk. “ Pink Aspergillus.”
Mycelium thin ; fertile flocci simple ; sporidia globose, rose-
red.—Berh. Eng. FI. v. p. 340. Batsch.f. 58.
On damp paper, lint, carpet, &c. [Mid. Carolina.]
“ Flocci not septate; sporidia globose, minute, arranged in moniliform
rows.”—AT. J. B.
1761. A sp e rg illu s m o llis. Berk. “ White-branched
Aspergillus.”
Fertile flocci white, erect, dichotomously branched ; apices
clavate ; sporidia large, subglobose.—Berh. Eng. FI. v. p. 340.
On dead leaves. Winter.
“ Forming minute, scattered, pure white fascicles, with a thin procumbent
mycelium.”—M. J. B.
1 7 6 2 . A sp e rg illu s v iren s . Lk. “ Green-branched
Aspergillus.”
Tufts rather dense; flocci entangled, sub-erect, heads as well
as the branched flocci greenish.—Berh. Eng. FI. v. p. 340. Fr
N.flf. iii.79. 388. Grev. FI. ed.p. 467.
On decaying Agarics.
Gen. ZZI. NEMA TOGONUia, Desm.
Threads clavate at the apices, and
bearing necklaces of spores on distinct
scattered spicules.—Berh. Outl. p.
348. {Fig. 262.)
1 7 6 3 . Nematogonum aurantiacum .
Besm. “ Orange Nematogonum.”
Mycelium delicate, effused; flocci
ferruginous-orange ; spores of the
same colour, oval.— Desm. Ann. Sc.
Nat. {1834), ii.t. 2, f . l . Berh. Outl.
p. 348. Aspergillus aurantiacus. Ann.
N.H. no. 237, t. 13,f . 22. Berh. exs.no.
212. {Fig. 262.)
Fig. 262.
On elm bark. Apethorpe. [Low. Carolina.]
When in perfection the threads are simple, and the spores attached in moniliform
rows to a larger one at their base. I t has, however, a great tendency
to become proliferous, especially when it has been beaten down by the
weather.—iff. J . B.