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CRYPTOSPHÆRIA a ü r a n t ia
Orange Cryptosphoeria.
C l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, A m „ ,_ N A T . O r d . HYPOXYLA,
De Cand. Grev.
GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
Receptamlnm 0. SpkeruUe duriusculoe, sparsæ vel aggregatæ, suh epidermide
i^dentes, we nunc depresso nunc elongato, quandoque nullo; inlus massa ge-
latinosa sporulifera instructoe.
Receptacle 0. Spherules mostly corneous, scattered or aggregate, lying beneath
the epidermis, with the mouth depressed, elongated or wanting,
containing a gelatinous sporuliferous mass.
S PE C IF IC CHARACTER.
C R Y P TO S PHÆ R IA aurantia ; conferta, sphoerulis Jlavidis, suhrotundis immersis,
we brem, crasso, obtuso, exserto, tomento aurantio cincta.
C. crowded, spherules roundish, yellowish, immersed, with a short, thick,
obtuse, exserted mouth, surrounded by an orange web.
C R Y P TO S PHÆ R IA aurantia, Grev. FI. Fdin. ined.
Sphæria aurantia, Pers. Icon, et Desc. Fung. fasc. 2. t. 11. f. i,-5 .~E ju sd .
Syn. Fung. p. 68.~Alb. et Sçhw. Conspect. Fung. p. 35.—Schwein. Syn.
Fung. Carol. Sup. No. 170.
S p h æ r ia aurantiaca, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. 1. p. 526.
H a b . On decaying Fungi, such as various Agarici, Doto-, &c. Rare. New.
hston woods, near Edinburgh, in the autumn, Messrs W a u c h and G b e -
VILLE.
Spherules minute, densely crowded, and appearing at first, like broad, irre-
gulai^ orange-yellow spots, which spread over the decaying lamellæ of
Agarics, and pores o í Boleh; on a minute examination the mouths of the
spherules are perceived, protruded through a reddish-orange tomentose
substance, which forms a thin close web, and closely surrounds the base
of the mouths, which are short, and very obtuse. The spherules are
nearly round, and while young are of a succulent substance; as the fungus
dries on which they are parasitic, they sometimes become half exserted.
Sporules elliptical-oblong, in slender diaphanous tubes or thecæ,
ying in a gelatinous mass, which often escapes at the orifice, and dries
into a white powder.
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