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SC L E R O T IUM s c u t e l l a t u m .
Shield-like Sclerotium.
C l a b s a n d O iiD E R CllYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, £ m « .— NAT . O k d . G A S T RO M YC I,
Link, Grev.
• GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
Massa siAgUbosa aut dìfformis, intus homogénea, vesiculosa, carnosa vel cornea.
(Sporulæ incognita;J.
A subglobose or shapeless mass, within homogeneous, vesiculose, fleshy, or
corneous. (Sporules have not been discovered).
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
Sclerotium scutellatum; epiphyllum, orbiculare, depressum, demum centro sulconcavum,
inferne puncto céntrale byssoideo affixum, fuscum, intus album.
S. epiphyllous, orbicular, flattened, a t length somewhat concave in the centre,
fixed beneath b y a central filamentous point, brown, white within.
Sclerotium scu te lla tum , Alb. et Schwein. p. 74. t. 3. f. 6.— De Cand. in Mém
du Mus. d'Hist. Nat. 1816, p. 418.—Aeci' Syst. 1 .14. f. ISQ.— Fries, Sust
Mycol. 2. p . 248.
Hab. On th e veins and petiols o f the leaves of several trees, as the Oak,
Ash, Sycamore, &c. Spring. Foxhall, Captain Wauch.
Gregarious, scattered, orbicular, and much depressed, attached by a centra
l point, or minute tu ft o f filaments beneath. Colour pale when young,
a t length deep brown, and eventually nearly black, white within. Surfa
c e smooth. Substance extremely tough. I t has a remarkably strong
smell for so small a plant, much resembling th a t of the large fungi.
This comparatively recently discovered species is new to the
Flora of Great Britain, and has hitherto been only found by
my friend Captain W a u c h . I t belongs to the same tribe as
S. Semen ; and coming close together in a systematic arrangement,
I have placed them on the same plate.
Fig. 1. a, S. scutcUatum, nat. size, b, A plant magnified,
tically divided.
The same ver