A R S C Y R IA PUNICEA.
Vermilion Arscyria.
C l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn— N a t . O r d . GASTROMYCI,
Link, Grev.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
eri lum plerumque cylindncum, fe r e ad hasin vel dimidmm evanescens. Fhcci
.mbctmpach, reticulati, basi adnati. Sporulæ floccis inspersæ.
Peridium mostly cylindrical, dimidiate or disappearing nearly to the base.
Filaments rather compact, reticulated, fixed to the base. Sporules inter-
mixed with the filaments.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
A rscyria p u n ic e a ; gregaria, congesta, ovato-cylindrica, cìnnabarina.
A. gregarious, crowded, ovate-cylindrical, fine crimson-red.
A r s c y r ^ punicea. P e r .. Disp. Meth. Fung. p. lO.-E Ju sd . Syn. Fung. p. 185.
2- P- lS .-S o hw e in . Syn Fung.
Carol. No. 399— Nees, Syst. t. 10. f. 114. Grev. Fl. Edin. p. 455.
iC H iA cinnabaris,PiÆ Champ, p. 121. t. 502. f. 1. De Cand. El. Franc, ed.
-i- V. 2. p. 255.—Ejusd. Syn. p. 53.
T r i c h i a denudata. With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. y. 4 . p. m . - S o r v . Fung. t. 49. -
Purt. Midi. Fl. V. 2. p. 718. t. 24. f. 2.
T r i c h i a graniforniis, Hoffm. Peg. Crypt. 2. p. 3. t. 1. f. 2
C l a t h r u s d en u d atu s Linn. Sp. Plant. iG ig - J a c q . Misc. Aust. 1. t. 6 . -
Bolt. Fung. t. 93. f. 2— Huds. Fl. Angl. p. 6S0.
S tem o n iti s den u d ata, B eh l Fl. Cantab, ed. 3. p. 574
Em b o lu s crocatus, Batsch. Flench. Fung. 2. p . 265. t. SO. f. 177
C 48. ^P h ^ rico ? Hall. Hist. 2164.
C l a t h r o i d e s p u rp u re um , pediculo don a tum , Mich. Gen. 214. t. 94. f. 1.
""k^utumn.”“ “ and
G r^ a n o u s , and growing in a very crowded manner in all directions, some-
S r v v h Ì ^ -a te -c y lin d ric a l, about two or three lines in
, y egrees th e form o f th e p e rid ium begins to appear, th e
colour changes, and a slender stipes is p r o d u c e d w h ! n m a J e ! co!
itW n s b-" “ d th« pedicels are found to arise from
a th in subjacent membrane. Peridium somewhat venose, thin, speedily
fixed at their base, forming a reticulated mass, which preserves the form
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