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RHIZOMORPHA d iv e r g e n s .
D iva rica ted Rhizomorpha.
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Class AND O rd e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Lin n— N a t . Ord. H Y P O X Y L A ,
De CandU Grev.
G EN E R IC CHARACTER.
Receptaculum elmgatum, ramosissimum, ligmsum vel coriaceum, intus medulla
Jibrosa instructum. Perithecia ramulis adriafa, subglobosa? vel clavata,
apice poro dehiscenüa.
Receptacle elongated, very much branched, o f a woody or coriaceous substance,
contaimng a fibrous pith. Perithecia adnate with the branches,
subglobose.? or clavate, dehiscent b y a pore at the apex.
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
Rhizomorpha f f v e r g e n s ; cylindrica, mhfiexuosa, rufescens, ramis semper li.
hens,patentihus; peritheciis clavatis, numerosis, apicem versus albidis.
R. cyHndrical somewhat fiexuose, reddish, the branches always free, pate
n t; perithecia clavate, numerous, whitish towards th e summit.
R hizomorpha div e rg en s, Grev. Fl. Edin. p . 354.
Plant exteniBng to many inches in length, much branched, o f a reddish or
eddish-brown colour: branches spreading at rig h t angles from the
S m e t e f cylindrical, from 1 to 2 lines in
lameter, o f a substance between coriaceous and ligneous, rather fragile
b u t scarcely o f so dry a nature as most o f the other species. The peri-
™ e r ih ” “ i" a clustered and fan-like
pale, tosummit
coriaceo-carnose, and furnished at the
Z t Ï t f L I presume the sporules are situated,
S S i j L ” ; P - ;
The genus Ehizonwrpha of R o t h , seems to be such an
anomaly m every point of view in which it is considered, that I
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