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E U R O T IU M H erbariorum.
Yellow Eurotmm.
C l a s s a n d O k d e r C R Y P T O G AM IA F U N G I , £ ì™ . _ N a t . O h d . G A S T RO M YC I,
Link, Grev.
G EN E R IC CHARACTER.
Sporangium ghbosum, sessile, Jhccis basi adnatum. Peridium membranaceum,
Sporidia nuda coacervata.
Sporangium globose, sessile, adnate beneath, with fioccose filaments. Peridium
membranaceous. Sporidia naked within the peridium.
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
Eurotium Herb a rio rum; gregarium, punctiforme, luteum ; Jhccis albidis ramosis.
E. gregarious, punctiform, yellow ; filaments whitish, branched.
Eurotium Herbariorum, Link, in Berl. Mag. v. 3. p. 31. t. 2. f. 44.—Nees,
Syst. p. 25. t. 8. f. 9 1.
Mucor Herbariorum, Wigg. Hols. p. 111.— Pers. Syn. p. 202.—Alb. et
Schmein. p. 112.—De Cand. Fl. Fraiif. v. 6. p. 100.—Schmein. Fung.
Carol. No. 427.
M onilia n id u la n s , Roth. Fl. Germ. 1 . p. 559.
Mucor globosus flavus. Hall. Enum. Helv. 8.
Mucor luteus globosus, in basi tomentosa sessilis, Gled. Meth. Fung. p. 162.
H ab. On leaves and stems o f dried plants, when exposed to damp, very
frequent.
Gregarious, very minute, b rig h t yellow, smooth, globose, sessile. Peridium
membranaceous. Subjacent filaments whitish, branched, spreading, jointed.
Sporidia globose, naked, lying in a mass within the peridium.
It is rather singular, that a plant so extremely liable to infest
the herbarium as Eurotmm Herhariorwn, has so long remained
unnoticed in all our British works on natural history;
for I cannot, even under the name of Mucor, find tbe least
trace of it. Plants communicated from foreign countries, if
exposed to damp during the voyage, are often nearly covered
with it.
Fig. 1. a, Eurotium Herbariorum, nat. size, c. Plants magnified.
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