Order X X V . SA P RO LEG N IE I.
This order is at present
uncertain, some considering
it to belong to Algales,
others to Fungi; it is
named here provisionally,
without venturing any
special claim to a place
amongst moulds, though of
opinion that the evidence
seems to be in its favour.
The following works may be
consulted with advantage
Pringsheim, JV., Nachträge zur
Morphologie der Saprolegnieen.
Jahrbücher für wissenschaftliche
Botanik, ii. p. 284 (1858); t. xix.
XX. ii. p. 205, t. xix (1860).
Archer, W., On Saprolegniacese.
Proceedings Dublin Microscopical
Club, i. p. 17, 97.
Archer, W., On two New
Species in Saprolegniese. Proceedings
Dublin Microscopical
Club, i. p. 123.
Pringsheim, JV., Monographie
der Achyla prolifera. Nova Acta
Nat. Curios., xxii. p. 1 , t. 60.
De Bary, A., Einige neue Saprolegnieen.
Pringsheims Jah rbücher,
vol. ii. p.'169 (I860).
ünger, Dr., Becherches snr
l’Achyla prolifera. Ann. des Sc.
Nat. 3rd ser., vol. ii. p. 5 (1844).
Thuret, G., Becherches sur les
Zoospores des Algues Saproleg-
niees. Ann. des Sc. Nat. Srdscr.,
vol. xiv. p. 229 (1850).
Tafe,/ .& , Insect Moulds. Sei.
Fig. 308.
. Goss., 1865, p. 133.
Gnffilh&Hmfrey, Micrographical Dictionary— “ Achyla,” p. 8 (I860);
Braun, A., Eejuvenescence in Nature, pp. 188, 268 (1853).
E ffin , C., Histoire des Vege'taux parasites, p. 372 (1853).
Cienkowski, in Botanische Zeitung, xiii. p. 801.
Nageli, C., Zeitschrift für Wiss. Bot., i. p. 102, iü. p. 28.
Fig. 309.
The following species are named as British :—
S a p e o l e g n ia p b r a x , Kutz. of which Sporendonema muscw,
Fries, or Empusa muscce, Cohn, is an imperfect terrestriai condition.
I t is common on flies in autumn. (Figs. 308, 309.)
S a p r o l e g n ia m o n o ic a . Prings. Archer i n Proc. D u b i .
Micr. Ciub, i. p. 17.
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