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C u b s a n d O b d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn— N a t . O b d . G A S T RO M YC l, Link.
GreD.—FUNGI, Juss, &c.
G EN ERIC CHARACTER.
Plantulæ ( sporangia) sessiles, ghbosoe vel difformes, prima oetate Jluidiusculoe.
Peridium simplex, fragile, irregulariter rumpens. Sporuloe flamentis paucis
intermixtoe.
SmaU plants (sporangia) sessise, globose or irregular, at first almost fluid.
Peridium simple, fragile, variously bursting. Sporules intermixed with
a few filaments.
S PEC IF IC CHARACTER.
L y c o g o l a minuta ; gregaria, alba, ovata, subconjluens, depressa, valde f r a g -
lis j sporulis nigris.
L. gregarious, white, ovate, subconfluent, depressed, extremely fragile; sporules
black.
L y c o g o l a m in u t a , Grev. Fl. Fdin. ined.
H a b . On decayed leaves, sticks, straws, &c. that have been heaped together.
Autumn. Woods at Foxhall, Captain W a u c h , and G r e v i l l e .
Gregarious, irregular in form, b u t mostly ovate, A-1 line in diameter, two
or three sometimes confluent, white, depressed, very brittle, black within,
and containing oval sporules, b u t not in great abundance, intermixed
with a few filaments.
This species has much the habit of a Licea, but, from possessing
filaments among the sporules, must be referred to this
place. In its young state, it is probably soft and pulpy, as it
is not unfrequently found confluent.
Fig. 1. Plants, nat. size. Fig. 2. Ditto, magnified. Fig. 3. A plant ruptured.
Fig. 4. Sporules and filaments,— both magnified.