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1855. Pap u la sp o ra sepedonioides. Preuss. “ Eed-headed
Eapulaspora.”
Pi-anched, septate, pellucid,
woolly, mterwoyen ; ramuli pedicelliform, asceLing, septate
sspuooireesT. — VI®. 45. Ann. N.H . no. 761*. oblong
On rice paste. Aug. King’s Cliffe.
(Pig. 289.]
RHOPAI,OniYCES, Corda.
_ Flocci free, septate, swelling at the
tip into an areolate head, each cell of
which bears a spicule, surmounted by a
spore.—Ber/c. Outl. p. 354.
{Fig. 290.)
Gen. 2 5 5 .
1 8 5 6 . Rh op alom y ces p a llid u s.
P . 4' B r. “ Pallia Ehopalomyce.s.”
Pale fawn colour; fertile flocci furcate,
flexuous; spores minute, elliptic.
B. 4f Br. Ann. N.H. no. 504, t. 5, f.2 .
On decayed Russian matting. Feb.
King’s Cliffe.
Creeping widely over the matrix, on which it forms a mealy pale fawn
coloured ragged stratum ; hyphasma delicate, consisting of very fine threads
winch produce little branches, swelling out suddenly, and rising at once or
creeping along and giving off fertile flocci. These are rather thick irregular
in outline, once or twice forked; heads globose, or nearly so, beautifully
an olate each areola producing in its centre a short delicate spicule sur-
mounted with a minute elliptic spore.—B. tt* Br,
1857. Rh op alom y ces c an d id u s. B . 4 B r. “ White
Ehopalomyces.”
White; hyphasma very sparing ; fertile flocci straight, simple
; heads subglobose ; spores minute, elliptic.—Ann. N .H. no.
505, t. 5 ,/. 3.
On a mixture of dung, earth and hops. Feb. King’s Cliffe.
Ex'remely minute and delicate, pure white ; hyphasma creeping, but very
spsinng; fertile flocci erect, even; heads globose or somewhat obovate
beautifully areolate ; spores minute, elliptic. Differing from R.pallidns in
colour, and the simple straight flocoi; the heads are somewhat larger.—
(Fig. 2 d )
Order X X I I . SF P FD O N IF I.
Mycelium floccose; fertile flocci obscure, and in consequence
the spores rest upon the matrix.
The spores are the principal element in this order, which approaches
ConioBiycetes,
Spores large, globose............................................................. Sepedonium.
Spores fusiform, curved, then septate—
Forming a gelatinous mass . . . Fusisporium.
Spores septate—
Apparently attached to the matrix . JEpochnium.
Spores simple—
At first covered by persistent flocci . Psilonia.
Gen. 2 5 6 . SRFEDO NIUm, Link.
Spores large, simple and globose, or ap -
pendiculate.—lierh Outl. p. 355.
{Fig. 291.)
S e p e d o n ium c h iy s o s p e rm um . Lit. “ Yellow
Sepedonium.”
Flocci fleecy, dense, white ; spores golden yellow, not appendiculate.—
®r. S.M. iii. p. 438. Eng. F I.y .p . 350. Bull. t. 564, f .
l , i . 476,/. 4. Sow. ¿.378,/. 13. Nees. f . 38. Grev.t. 198. Chev.
¿ .3 /1 6 . Kunze. exs.no. 223. Bisch.f. 3866. Bon.t. 4, f . 163.
Fchl. exs. « 0 .1 4 1 .
On decaying fungi. Common. [United States.]
Frequently penetrating the whole fungus, and converting it into yellow
dust; spores globose, ecbinulate. Tulasne regards this as the conidioid
condition of a Sphceria (Riipomyces), not yet recorded in Britain (Tul. Carp,
iii. y,. 49.). ^ I ./I' J (F ig .2 0 \)