ERINEUM PYRiNüM.
Apple-leaf Erineum.
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C l a s s a s o O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn.— N a t . O r d . G A S T RO M YC l, Grev.
—MUCFDINFS, Link— FUNGI, Jw s . Dc Cand.
GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
Planta epiphylla, depressa, subgrunwsa vel serìcea, v d filamentosa, ex tubis cy-
liiidricis vel compressis, clavatis aut turbinatis, in cæspitulis latis congestis,
composita.
Plant epiphyUous, depressed, subgrumose, velvety, or filamentous, composed
of cylindrical or compressed, club-shaped or turbinate tubes, collected
into broad tufts.
s p e c i f i c c h a r a c t e r .
E rineom pyrinum ; hypophyllum sparsum vel subeffusum, spadiceum, tuhis
compressis, linearibus, sublaxis, apicibus clavatis sæpe truncatis.
E. hypophyllous, scattered or subeffused, rich reddish-brown. Tubes compressed,
linear, somewhat lax, with the apex club-shaped, and often
truncate.
E rineum pyrinum, Pers. Tent. Disp. Fung. p. 48. t. 4. f. 1. (malê.)—Syn.
Fung. p. 700.—Alh. et Schm. Conspect. Fung. p. 370.—Purt. Midi. Fl. v. 3.
p. 15.—Pers. Mycol. Furop. sect. 1. p. 4.— Crev. Fl. Fdin. ined.
H ab. On the leaves of the Common Crab and Wild Pear, {Pyrus malus et
communis). Between Bridgenorth and Faintree, Salop, T homas P urton,
Esq. Craigie Hill, near Edinburgh, Miss A nna W auch. Orchard at
Meavy Parsonage in Devonshire, the Rev. J . S. T ozer. Summer and
autumn.
White in its young state, gradually changing to a very rich reddish-brown ;
scattered in an irregular manner over the leaf, in tufts or spots of no precise
form; sometimes becoming partially confluent. Tubes lax, entangled,
rather long, linear, compressed, club-shaped, and cylindrical at
the apex, frequently truncate, and of a deeper colour, as viewed under
the microscope.
For this handsome and rich species, which is of considerable
rarity, I am indebted to the kindness of Miss A n n a W a u c h ,
who, in company with her brother Captain W a u c h , discovered
it for the first time in Scotland on Craigie Hill. Soon afterwards,
I received it from my friend the Reverend J. S.
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